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1. Over 500 flood-prone homes in Passaic River Basin to be bought out: $121M in FEMA aid approved
(N.J./State)

... towns in the Passaic River Basin at a cost of $121 million in FEMA aid, state Environmental Commissioner Bob Martin told officials Thursday. Of the total 540 properties in the pipeline, 125 are acquisitions ...

2. N.J. wildfire has burned over 600 acres of Pinelands in Burlington County
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

...  Approximately 60 state firefighters joined by dozens of volunteers are battling the blaze in Tabernacle and Woodland townships in the heart of the Pinelands. The blaze is expected to eventually burn ...

3. With high gas prices, New Jerseyans want more 'walkable' communities says Monmouth poll
(Opinion/Commentary)

... of them will no longer need or want large homes in auto-dependent suburbs. New Jersey’s diverse cities, towns and villages can easily capitalize on these trends – with walkable downtowns, rail hubs and ...

4. State Forest Fire Service issues statewide fire danger alert and campfire restrictions
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Raritan River. The danger is graded as high in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic Somerset, Union and Warren counties, plus Hopewell Township, Mercer County and Middlesex County, north ...

5. Guadagno presents World Trade Center steel for Woodland Park 9/11 memorial
(N.J./State)

... New Jersey cities and towns to present steel from the World Trade Center to include in public memorials. “It is very meaningful to me to present this piece of steel from the World Trade Center ...

6. Earth Hour tonight: N.J. leaders dim lights at Thomas Edison National Historical Park
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Park on Main Street in West Orange. Hundreds of millions of people in thousands of cities and towns around the world are expected to turn off their lights in observation of the largest environmental ...

7. NJDOT proposes $3.2 billion for highway and bridge repair, mass transit
(N.J./State)

... for state aid programs to cities, towns and counties as well as $25 million for the local bridge improvements The $1.155 billion program also advances debt service obligations, preventive maintenance, ...

8. Hammonton, N.J. resident sentenced for arson
(N.J./State)

... pleading guilty, Siligato admitted that on April 8, 2005, he agreed with one or more unindicted co-conspirators to start a fire in a vacant building at 750 South Whitehorse Pike in Winslow Township. He ...

9. N.J. man Jason Kerrigan pleads guilty to breaking infant daughter's bones
(N.J./State)

Jason Kerrigan  (DOB 6/17/76), a former resident of Monroe Township NJ, pleaded guilty today to second-degree aggravated assault, admitting that he yanked and banged his 3-month-old daughter in her ...

10. New state wildlife area dedicated on Cape May peninsula
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

Cox Hall Creek cost state $9.2 million BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The former Ponderlodge Golf Course in Lower Township on the tip of the Cape May peninsula was dedicated Monday as the ...

11. NJDOT awards $78.4M for road repair, mass transit, pedestrian safety improvements
(N.J./State)

BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The state Department of Transportation Friday announced 376 cities and towns will share $78.4 million in aid for street and public works improvements. The ...

12. Permit Extension Act would create 'Ground Hog Day' in N.J.
(Opinion/Commentary)

... permits are issued. Towns increase in population, sewer capacity shrinks, water supplies dwindle, schools fill to capacity, traffic gridlocks, and contaminants are found on former industrial sites. Zoning ...

13. Christie loses Phillip Kwon as Supreme Court nominee
(N.J./State)

... which requires wealthy suburbs to share the burden of funding low-income urban schools; and Mt. Laurel, which requires all towns to have a certain amount of affordable housing. That has left many Democrats ...

14. Christie proposes $1 million in state aid for college freshmen in 14 cities and towns
(N.J./State)

BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM College freshmen who live in 14 New Jersey cities and towns will be eligible for $1,000 in aid under a $1 million Governor’s Urban Scholarship Program that Gov. ...

15. In bid to protect Barnegat Bay, state buys 385 acres of Pinelands
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... acres to the DEP's Forestry Resource Education Center in Jackson, expanded Double Trouble State Park by 306 acres, and assisted Ocean County in preserving 836 acres of Pinelands in Ocean Township. In ...

16. N.J. Marathon has runners embracing spring training
(Sports/Professional)

... on Sunday, May 6 – a full 26.2-mile race which begins at Monmouth Park in Oceanport and meanders through eight New Jersey shore towns, including Monmouth Beach, Deal, Allenhurst, Lock Aurbor, Asbury Park ...

17. Lopatcong Asphalt Plant
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

I have personally lost my faith completely in the Highlands Act and the council appointed to administer its values. Recently Lopatcong Township passed a vote allowing for an asphalt plant to be built ...

18. Bloomfield to celebrate bicentennial Friday in true colonial style
(N.J./State)

BY JERRY MILANI NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM 200 years to the date of its original charter, the Township of Bloomfield will kick off a year of Bicentennial activities with Opening Ceremonies at Bloomfield ...

19. Breathing Bonuses
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

How did this end up? Just noticed they're in our township budget. ...

20. Global warming means rising sea levels: Are N.J. shore towns at risk?
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... when we have to. We keep our residents informed. We have a strong evacuation plan. But short of having a magic wand, I don’t know how you can solve the risk that we have." Nevertheless, shore towns are ...