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1. Valentine’s Day love song that warms the heart
(Life/Style)

... day of school — and boy I miss every second of it This role reversal thing takes a little getting used to The vacation's over ... and it's back to reality Hair: The shear madness of the daily struggle ...

2. Oprah Winfrey isn’t only OPRA disappearing
(Opinion/Commentary)

... commonly known as OPRA, after the late Martin O'Shea, a longtime journalist and leading advocate for public access to government records. In addition to providing O'Shea with a much-deserved posthumous ...

3. Christie signs legislation creating ‘Gold Star Family’ license plates for those who lost an armed service member
(N.J./State)

...  "Today is the happy culmination of a lot of work and shear tenacity," state Motor Vehicle Commission Chief Administrator Raymond P. Martinez said. "For the last few months, the MVC has had the privilege ...

4. New Jersey-New York Harbor is on the mend
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... shoes and shoe soles, having served as an unofficial dumping ground in the 1920's and 1930's. Located between Sheepshead Bay and Jamaica Bay, this was New York's waterfront at its most infamous and notorious. ...

5. Who really owns the New York Jets?
(Sports/Professional)

... Jets "belong" to: New York or New Jersey? Bloomberg has pointed out that the Jets originated in New York and played for years at Shea Stadium in Queens. Christie objects, saying, "when they're practicing, ...

6. State pushes data to show N.J. urban charter schools outperform neighboring public schools
(N.J./State)

... those, more than 75 percent were located in former Abbott districts. "With charters — as with all schools — accountability is critical," Mashea Ashton, Newark Charter School Fund CEO, said. "Charters ...

7. Wow, amazing amount of residents posing as nurses
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... about CRNAs making mistakes, might wanna do a search and see how many come up about physicians before you start making accusations. I guess when you don't have a shead of evidence to prove anything ...

8. Bisheaba liquidgloss
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Bisheaba's products are the best! ...

9. New Year’s Eve fashion fix
(Life/Style)

... looks. Shimmer — A best kept secret worn by celebrities created by New Jersey based Make Up Artist Bisheaba offers her funky brand of liquidgloss — that is simply divine. The Golden Pink gives you a ...

10. Inaccuracies in this article
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... states that Mashea Ashton, the chief executive officer of the NCSF, remains a senior advisor to the New York-based New Leaders for New Schools, with the implication that the organization is receiving favorable ...

11. Newark Charter School Fund spending more on itself than it's giving out
(N.J./State)

... New Leaders for New Schools, where fund partner Mashea Ashton was executive director and remains a senior advisor. The organization recruits and trains aspiring principals, often through year-long residencies ...

12. New Jersey’s horse racing problems rooted in NFL wanderlust
(Sports/Professional)

... 1976. Meanwhile Leon Hess was becoming more and more unhappy with the terms of his lease at Shea Stadium as his Jets franchise played second fiddle to the New York Mets at the New York City-owned sports ...

13. Extension of 7 Train makes fiscal sense for New Jersey
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Sierra Club and was recently given our volunteer of the year award for his work on this project and others. Instead of the tunnel to Macy's basement, we will have the subway to Shea Stadium/Citi Field. ...

14. New Jersey farmers markets to be featured on NJN
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... (5:30 p.m.); and 11/14 (3:30 p.m.). Episode 2 takes us to the Burlington County Farmers Market in Moorestown, which includes community gardens; and stops at local farms featuring sheep shearing, ...

15. Phish Phans Unite
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... have so many full rooms. From now on I'll wait till Phish plays somewhere more welcoming and I'll gamble in my own state of Pennsylvania. I encourage all Phisheads to do the same! ...

16. I remember when the San Francisco Giants played in New York
(Sports/Professional)

... at the site in Queens which later became the location of Shea Stadium. O'Malley wanted no part of Queens. If he couldn't get his stadium in Brooklyn, he decided that he might as well move his ball club ...

17. N.J. makes $30 million in federal low-interest bonds available for charter school building improvements
(Life/Style)

... bonds with the charter schools. "In our city, we are working together to help address the facilities needs of some of our outstanding charter schools, but more work is needed,'' Mashea Ashton, CEO of ...

18. disheartened
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May Allah shower you with His Mercy and Blessings in the Hereafter brotha. You were one of a kind, and will certainly be missed.

19. Bret Schundler subpoenaed
(N.J./State)

... have the in-depth hearing this issue deserves, than we need information related to Race to the Top beyond that which officials wanted us to see," Buono said. "It's disheartening that state officials and ...

20. Newark schools will receive Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 million gift over five years
(N.J./State)

... play, more resources, backing leaders like you have here. I'm excited to be on this journey together and thank you so much." Mashea Ashton of the Newark Charter School Fund said, "This historic donation ...