1. Welcome To the Tri State Area NYCFC, Let The Brand Business Games Begin
(Sports/Professional)

BY JOE FAVORITO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Timing, as we all know, is essential to success in sport. A millisecond layer and a home run becomes a pop up, a blink too soon and a NASCAR driver ends up being ...

2. Child Poverty in NJ on the rise
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY MICHAEL HAYNE NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM SPECIAL COMMENTARY CEO pay may be astronomical and actually getting higher and Wall Street may have returned to its bullish primacy, but ...

3. Thank God It’s Frauday! TGI Fridays Main Culprit in State-wide Liquor Scam
(N.J./State)

BY PAM LOBLEY WWW.NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM NOW THAT'S FUNNY Authorities in New Jersey have charged 29 restaurants and bars in New Jersey, including 13 TGI Fridays, with fooling their customers by putting ...

4. Lovely Little Romance “Fill the Void” Both Chaste and Intimate
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY MIRIAM RINN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The Israeli romantic drama “Fill the Void” premiered in this area at the New York Film Festival in the fall of 2011, as did Noah Baumbach’s “Frances Ha” a year ...

5. Pineapples Crush N.J. Man, He Survives
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM There are some accidents in industrial environments that are harder to anticipate than others. One of them happened in a Jersey City warehouse on Wednesday. About ...

6. Gov. Christie: Stop interfering with the law
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

It should not matter what the governor's opinion is--his job is to uphold the laws of the state, not block the laws he does not agree with. It is an abuse of his constitutional powers and his sworn oath ...

7. Christie Flies Flags Half-Staff For Tornado Victims in Oklahoma, Tells NJ Reps Not To Refuse Aid Even Though Oklahoma's Republicans Did With Sandy Aid
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY MICHAEL HAYNE NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Even if New Jerseyians rightfully despise Oklahoma's two vile, hypocritical and corporate-owned Republican Senators who wanted Jersey to drop ...

8. Tick Tock Diner Manager Makes Bail
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Georgios Spyropoulos, manager of the Tick Tock Diner in Clifton, was released from Passaic County Jail on Tuesday after posting bail of $600,000. Spyropoulos had ...

9. N.J. Firefighter Loses Homes to Sandy and Now Fire
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Seaside Heights volunteer fireman Tim Farrell was one of many who lost their homes to Hurricane Sandy last year. It would be hard to blame Farrell for feeling unlucky ...

10. The Democrat Hypocrisy
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY JOE SINAGRA NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Yes we have the highest taxes due to the last two previous administrations. Corzine and McGreevey combined added over 154 tax increases. A budget that was in the ...

11. N.J. Sinkhole Swallows Man in Warehouse
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM A man from the Bronx was swallowed into a large indoor sinkhole while operating a forklift at an East Rutherford warehouse on Monday. Danny Rodriguez fell into a ...

12. Justice for Sammy: Cocker Spaniel Packs Brick Courtroom
(N.J./State)

BY REBECCA SHEEHAN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM “Woof, Woof,” may have been the testimony uttered by an abused cocker spaniel if on the stand in a Brick Township courtroom on Monday. “I want to see justice ...

13. Bloomberg's Career Advice to Students: Be a Plumber
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY PAM LOBLEY WWW.NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM NOW THAT'S FUNNY Mayor Bloomberg has some advice for high school kids considering a career – if you’re not a great student, become a plumber.  He said ...

14. 'Nikolai and the Others' Off Broadway Review: Russian Exiles Contemplate Life and Art
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Consumer note to anyone who plans to see “Nikolai and the Others”:  Devote an extra five minutes to study the playbill in order to get a grip on how these ...

15. Student Running in NJ School Election Gets Racist Texts
(Opinion/Commentary)

... know the difference between your and you're. "Whites! Your a waste on this earth, a waste at this school, and most importantly a Waste for this campaign."  And the third message to the student contains ...

16. Legislation, court could mean a good day for New Jersey animals
(N.J./State)

BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM May 20 has the potential to be a notable date for humane policies in New Jersey, but cats, dogs and other domesticated animals face ongoing issues in the state. ...

17. Kai, the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker, Gained YouTube Video Fame Before N.J. Murder
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Things could have turned out entirely different for Caleb "Kai" McGillvary, otherwise known as “Kai, the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker.” For a time, things were different. ...

18. Christie Is All That's Stopping Same Sex Marriage In NJ
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY MICHAEL HAYNE NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM SPECIAL COMMENTARY New York, Maryland and Delaware now all have legalized same-sex marriage, meaning that New Jersey is the lone bigot amid a sandwich of tolerance. ...

19. Mafia suspect gets a court win in N.J.
(U.S./Nation)

BY REBECCA SHEEHAN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Thanks to the success of HBO in the creation of the ever-so-famous television drama, The Sopranos, the Garden State always has interest in anything having to ...

20. Bonjour New Jersey! Coconuts for Healthy Cholesterol? You May Be Surprised!
(Life/Style)

BY AMANDA GRIEME aka “PRUDENCE” NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Dear Prudence: Okay… it goes like this!  I am a French woman, working in New Jersey, completely content in my own skin.  I eat what ...