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1. Dispute over recording of township meeting costs Bridgewater Twp. more than $17,000
(N.J./State)

... litigated the case," Luers said. The newspaper reported that Township Administrator Jim Naples said the litigation was necessary to defend the township's fee ordinance. In its filing to the GRC, however, ...

2. Downtown Trenton working on a comeback
(N.J./State)

... are decrying a controversial ordinance passed last year banning downtown parking before 9:30 a.m., and many feel is constricting business. According to Segal-LaBate Realtor associate Roland Pott, the law ...

3. New Jersey’s bear hunt is not about public safety
(Opinion/Commentary)

... flyers, dotted i's and crossed t's, yet energetically shunned the basic requisites of any bear smart program: Uniform local ordinances requiring bear-resistant garbage containers and dumpsters Setting ...

4. Bill to exempting disabled veterans from fees for handicap-related home improvements approved by Senate panel
(N.J./State)

... state Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee. Cities and towns currently have the option of exempting all disabled persons from the fees by ordinance. The bill (S-918) would make it a state mandate ...

5. Dr. Oz being sued
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Bisceglie. According to the New York Post, the lawsuit also names the borough of Cliffside Park and zoning officials as plaintiffs, saying they failed to enforce zoning ordinances — including one that ...

6. Latest Fugitive Safe Surrender efforts nets over 3,900 wanted New Jerseyans
(N.J./State)

... in at the Franklin event, an estimated 71 percent had at least one warrant arising from municipal courts — including disorderly persons offenses, municipal ordinance violations or traffic violations. An ...

7. Exxxotica Expo finds New Jersey works for adult fans
(Entertainment/Movies)

... of municipal and state ordinances on alcohol and proximity to a day-care center. Exxxotica officials bowed to town pressure and promised to remove the "Harem Lounge" and go-go dancing, among other things, ...

8. New Jersey cities and towns awarded $18M in state aid
(N.J./State)

...  Among other requirements, the memorandum of understanding (MOU) directs the municipalities to adopt a local pay to play ordinance that covers political contributions by all vendors, including those selected ...

9. Hoboken's Washington Street one of ‘Top 10 Great Streets in America'
(Life/Style)

... homes," the association said. "In response, Hoboken's city council approved an ordinance in 1988 requiring affordable housing, including units along Washington Street, to be made available to low- and ...

10. Relocation
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... they will pass a TNR Ordinance. It is extremely hard and stressful to relocate a cat that is why TNR is so important. It is the only way to humanely control the population. Ewing is extremely fortunate ...

11. Jersey Shore's ‘Snooki' Polizzi fined, ordered to perform community service
(Entertainment/Movies)

... community service after she pleaded guilty to violating a municipal ordinance of "interfering with the enjoyment of the quiet use of the beach by others." At a hearing held Aug. 18, Polizzi was charged ...

12. Senate approves legislation to turn landfills and quarries into renewable energy farms
(N.J./State)

... notwithstanding any existing law, local ordinance or regulation – that the development of solar and photovoltaic energy facilities or structures on any closed landfill or quarry, or an existing or closed ...

13. N.J. monitoring of hotel occupancy taxes made into law
(N.J./State)

... Additionally, every municipality that has adopted an ordinance imposing the occupancy tax will have to annually provide the division with the names and addresses of all hotel and motels located within ...

14. N.J. employers, landlords being targeted for illegals
(Money/Economy)

... took a step towards punishing not only employers who hired illegal immigrants, but landlords as well. In 2006, the council voted unanimously to approve an ordinance that would fine employers found employing ...

15. N.J. lawmakers less friendly to environment in Trenton
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... — Promotes Small Wind A barrier to renewable energy in New Jersey is municipal ordinances that seek to limit or ban solar panels and small wind turbines. This bill will prohibit municipalities from adopting ...

16. New Jersey's Union County pays $500,000 to settle whistleblower suit
(N.J./State)

... park neighbors, she worked with the county counsel's office to prepare two ordinances specifying penalties and procedures, adopted by the freeholders in 2003. She also helped write a "Dear Neighbor" ...

17. Video of freeholder’s brother Genarro Mirabella ruled a public record by Superior Court judge
(N.J./State)

... to stop applying archaic statutes. But many towns have kept them on the books, including Frenchtown, which provides a textbook example of the type of ordinance that has been eliminated in New Jersey, ...

18. History shows that attacks on civil liberties persist through the generations
(Opinion/Commentary)

... an eye on overreaching government, still a high priority today. In 1973, we represented the Taxpayers' Association of Weymouth in Atlantic County when the town passed an ordinance specifically designed ...

19. Asbury Park topless beach addressed by officials
(N.J./State)

... current ordinance," said Mayor Ed Johnson. Noting that topless sunbathing is commonplace in much of the world, local businesswoman Reggie Flimlin last month questioned whether women were allowed to remove ...

20. Assembly Democrats kiss Christie's government change bills good-bye for the summer
(N.J./State)

... reforms similar to those affecting municipalities. Assemblyman Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson): *Allow counties and municipalities to opt out of civil service by ordinance or referendum signed by 15 percent ...