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1. Local elections can help N.J.'s small business owners make a difference
(Opinion/Commentary)

... mind that it is a necessary evil. And in the end, it will be worthwhile. AnnMarie McDonald is the Director of Communications at the New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance. She can be reached at amcdonald@njlra.org ...

2. 'We Were an Island': N.J.'s Peter Blanchard tells story of couple escaping technology and conserving nature
(Opinion/Commentary)

... environmentally accessible open spaces, go to www.greenwoodgardens.org. Michele S. Byers is the Executive Director of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation. For more information about conserving ...

3. Obama's favorability rating climbs to 56% among New Jersey voters
(N.J./State)

... campaign headquarters right now has got to be “coattails’,” Patrick Murray, the poll’s director, said. The poll also found U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) with 41 percent approve to 32 percent disapprove ...

4. Christie goes after Lautenberg on toll payment
(N.J./State)

Senator used perk to escape paying tolls 284 times BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) called Port Authority Deputy Director Bill Baroni to Washington Wednesday ...

5. REVIEW: Visit ‘Clybourne Park’
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... Ilona Somogyi, a well-meshed ensemble of seven excellent actors confidently invests their characters of 1959 and 2009 with distinctive personalities under director Pam MacKinnon’s discerning guidance. ...

6. New Jerseyans can now deposit unneeded prescription drugs at 7 police departments
(N.J./State)

... Affairs Director Eric T. Kanefsky said. “We are encouraging New Jerseyans to think differently about their prescription medications – including how to use them responsibly and talk to their family members ...

7. Victoria Gorham, 19, of Mahwah charged with assault on ABC detective at Mason Jar restaurant
(N.J./State)

... enforcement actions prove that there will be serious consequences for both consuming underage and selling alcohol to those underage,” Alcoholic Beverage Control Director Michael Halfacre said. The ...

8. Ex-state treasurer David Rousseau joins N.J. Policy Perspective
(N.J./State)

... the legislative and executive branches; prior to his tenure as treasurer, he served as deputy treasurer, as well as director of budget and fiscal analysis for the state Senate Democrats. “In boom years ...

9. Chris Christie as potential Romney running mate could account for poll disparities
(Opinion/Commentary)

... the two polls’ divergent trends. Other theories are most welcome. Patrick Murray, a Camden County native, is the director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute. RECENT COLUMNS BY PATRICK MURRAY ...

10. N.J. Republican and Democratic parties take a post-election breather from fundraising
(N.J./State)

... $1.6 million. ELEC Director Jeff Brindle said Wednesday that party fundraising committees typically experience a lull after a major election. All 120 legislative seats were in contention in November, ...

11. Fake check ‘N.J. State Treasurer Imposter’ scam is the latest financial con
(Money/Economy)

... third party.” “This fake check, purporting to be from the state treasury, is a new twist on what is known as the ‘cashier’s check scam,’” state Consumer Affairs Director Eric T. Kanefsky said. “This ...

12. REVIEW: ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ delivers laughter
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... and a shamefully hilarious encounter with an elderly waiter (a wild-eyed Tom Edden) are among the most memorably funny sequences in director Nicholas Hytner’s expertly staged romp. Playing Stanley as an ...

13. Christie creates council to examine homelessness in New Jersey
(N.J./State)

... Corrections; Education; Health and Senior Services; Human Services; Labor and Workforce Development as well as the director of the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency; chairman of the State ...

14. New York's Tribeca Film Festival 2012: 'The Five-Year Engagement' kicks off event
(Entertainment/Movies)

... belongs to young English actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster in the leading role. Beautiful and sharp French actress Julie Delpy is back mining her own life as writer/director/star of "2 Days in New York." ...

15. REVIEW: 'Man of La Mancha' revival maintains original power
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... series (in 1959,) starring Lee J. Cobb in the dual role of Cervantes/Quixote. And fewer still will recall that it was director Albert Marre who convinced playwright Wasserman to turn it in to a musical. ...

16. On Tax Day, N.J. activists offer to move Prudential so taxpayer dollars can pay for schools, health care and safe streets
(N.J./State)

... and wasteful corporate subsidies is a dollar that isn't spent on essential services," said Phyllis Salowe-Kaye, Executive Director of New Jersey Citizen Action. "Instead of giving even more tax cuts to ...

17. New Jersey child porn investigation brings down 27
(N.J./State)

... computer experts from law enforcement, who are patrolling the Internet to stop this tragic victimization of children,” Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor said. “The Division of Criminal Justice ...

18. REVIEW: ‘In Masks Outrageous and Austere’ stars Shirley Knight
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... of “The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore” and “The Red Devil Battery Sign.” Snatches of eloquent writing sporadically appear but not sufficiently to make the play worth seeing. Director David Schweizer’s ...

19. Mitt Romney's VP can be Chris Christie or Rob Portman for Pa. and Oh. swing states
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Representatives. In his former capacities in the administration of former President George W. Bush as U.S. Special Trade Representative and Office of Management and Budget Director, Portman gained an encyclopedic ...

20. Boston Marathon runners felt the heat
(Sports/Professional)

... did run agree it was a race to remember. “This is not a day for personal bests,” said Pierre d’Hemecourt, one of the race’s medical directors, via Time Magazine. “If you choose to run, run ...