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1. Paul and Charlotte Trace, Miriam Andrew, Frank Harder guilty of growing marijuana at home
(N.J./State)

Four Gloucester County residents pleaded guilty Thursday to growing marijuana plants in their homes using hydroponic equipment and grow lights, state Attorney General Paula T. Dow said. The charges resulted ...

2. Bret Schundler: Christie worked so hard to avoid reductions in aid to N.J’s public schools
(Opinion/Commentary)

... had done nothing, the state would have run out of money before this current fiscal year is over. If the governor had raised taxes, people would have been hurt and an accelerated exodus of jobs and residents ...

3. Bill declares half of N.J.’s 566 towns already meet affordable housing obligations
(N.J./State)

... production for our state and for our residents.'' Housing advocates argue the legislation is designed to weaken the affordable housing effort in New Jersey. The Cherry Hill-based Fair Share Housing Center ...

4. Rep Pascrell's letter to the President on Healthcare
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

I am so certain that this dog of a bill is nothing less than an arrogant attempt at a Socialist takeover of a large chunk of America's financial system. It is a blatant abuse of power, and it needs to ...

5. Washington and Trenton: A modern tale of two cities
(Opinion/Commentary)

... spending by "taking a scalpel" to the budget, one of this president's first acts was to sign an appropriations bill that increased federal spending across the board, justifying the increase by calling ...

6. Poll finds health care hangs over Democrats; Kean even with Menendez in 2012 Senate race
(N.J./State)

Support for President Obama and his health-care reform proposals has begun to rebound in New Jersey, even as a rematch with state Sen. Tom Kean indicates trouble for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) in ...

7. Heroin drug trade a growing industry in Afghanistan
(World/International)

... of U.S. President Barack Obama, Washington has altered its approach to tackling drug production in Afghanistan. The focus on eradication that prevailed for most of President George W. Bush's tenure has ...

8. N.J. ignores law banning cell phone use while driving
(N.J./State)

... are committed to enforcing our state's laws that help to ensure the safety of the motoring public on our roadways,'' said Ewing Police Chief Robert A. Coulton, president of the New Jersey Chiefs of Police ...

9. N.J. Sports and Exposition Authority problems blamed on past decisions, competition
(N.J./State)

... the explanation Dennis Robinson, the Sports Authority's president and CEO, provided the state Senate Legislative Oversight Committee Wednesday during a hearing called to examine the agency's future role ...

10. It has been said:
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Its better to set a thousand guilty men free, than to hang an innocent man! This has happend all through out history! President Lincoln said that! Dont let this become a race or creed or class lynching ...

11. As health care debate continues, N.J. hospitals test one possible solution
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY BETSY RYAN COMMENTARY I watched with great interest as President Obama and congressional representatives met last week in a bipartisan summit on healthcare reform. One of the lead discussion points ...

12. Shakira, Eva Longoria, Ricky Martin, others come out in support of Chile
(World/International)

... addition to his prayers called for "solidarity, especially from ecclesiastical organizations," to the communist government of North Korea, which sent a condolence message. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio ...

13. Questioning the role of a lieutenant governor
(U.S./Nation)

...  Dave O'Neal famously resigned the office in 1981 out of boredom, after a failed bid for U.S. Senate. Likewise, Bob Kustra, now president of Boise State University, left the office early in 1998 to take ...

14. Cablevision mounts PR campaign against ABC, including a Facebook page
(Entertainment/Movies)

... pull the plug unless Cablevision pays $40 million more in new fees for the exact same channels," Charles Schueler, Cablevision's executive vice president of communications, said in a prepared statement. ...

15. Poll: New Jersey's TEA Party Republicans see Obama as un-American and a socialist
(U.S./Nation)

Seventy five percent of New Jersey Republicans with a favorable impression of the TEA Party movement think President Barack Obama is a socialist, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll released Tuesday. Republicans ...

16. Bill Pascrell on health care reform: Dear Mr. President
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY BILL PASCRELL, JR. COMMENTARY Dear Mr. President: I want to applaud you for the initiative you took in bringing together Members of Congress from both parties for the Bipartisan Health Care Meeting ...

17. Assembly members want N.J. Chamber of Commerce to shift annual trip from Washington to Atlantic City
(N.J./State)

... City is the site of annual gatherings, among others, of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities and the New Jersey Education Association. On Feb. 18, Polistina wrote chamber President Joan Verplanck ...

18. What if New Jersey courts do not follow the law?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Counsel, who collectively mocked and threatened us. Bergen admits knowing of the defect it failed to cure as well as failing to warn my parents, already County residents who were bona-fide purchasers ...

19. Christie meets with economic advisors to discuss New Jersey's fiscal challenges
(N.J./State)

... States at The Pew Charitable Trusts, and David Crawford, adjunct professor of management at the Wharton School of Economics and President of Econsult Corp. – TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM  ...

20. Hearing on future of N.J. Sports and Exposition Authority's operations set for in Trenton
(N.J./State)

... panels are Dennis Robinson, the Sports Authority's president & CEO, Robert Ceberio, director of the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission; Oceanport Mayor Michael Mahon, Prof. James Hughes, dean of the ...