1. N.J.-based United Water Wants to Raise Your Rate
(N.J./State)

... United Water spokesman Steven Goudsmith to northjersey.com. As part of the proposal, the company would change customer billing from quarterly to monthly. United Water New Jersey provides water service ...

2. Butler Councilman Indicted for Allegedly Threatening 5 Year Old
(N.J./State)

... McNear had pointed a loaded BB gun at his face while in his bedroom when he was five.  Peter Gilbreth, McNear’s attorney, told NorthJersey.com the charges are linked to a divorce proceeding between ...

3. Christie Looks Outside New Jersey For Campaign Donors
(N.J./State)

... to offer hosting an out-of-state fundraiser for the governor, according to NorthJersey.com. “When Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan offer to hold a fundraiser for you, you say, ‘Yes sir’,” Christie ...

4. FBI Keeping A Close Eye On Sandy Aid Claims
(N.J./State)

... into consideration because ultimately in the end that can add up to be much more. According to northjersey.com the federal Justice Department has twice sent teams to New Jersey and New York in recent ...

5. New Jersey Education Association Questions New Teacher Evaluation Ratings Proposal
(N.J./State)

...  New Jersey Education Association members are saying the evaluation process is moving too quickly, and too much emphasis is being put on students’ test scores. NorthJersey.com reports that ...

6. Court to Hear Argument about N.J. Voting Machines
(N.J./State)

... New Jersey are still voting on machines that can be tampered with and can lose votes,” according to NorthJersey.com. Venetis wants to see a record of voting results on paper. Lawmakers actually approved ...

7. Privatizing Waste Site Cleanup Making NJ Cleaner: DEP
(N.J./State)

... effects on N.J.’s environment. “The N.J. Department of Environmental Protection is anticipated to lose $4.891 million because of the sequestration,” Tittel wrote in NorthJersey.com. “This money would ...

8. Hero Pit Bull Locates Missing Elderly Woman
(Life/Style)

... home earlier in the day. Piscataway Police said she may have suffered a slight case of hypothermia, but was in good physical condition,according to an Associated Press report on NorthJersey.com. Jones ...

9. Christie Quietly Raids N.J. Clean Energy Budget
(Money/Economy)

... (NorthJersey.com) Overall, Christie took $89 million from the fund this year and $210 million the year prior. One would think that Christie, being the patron saint of Superstorm Sandy (he's Super ...

10. Christie Continues Path of Pragmatism, Accepts Medicaid Expansion Portion of Obamacare
(N.J./State)

... with mental illness, rely on N.J.’s emergency rooms for primary health care needs, or those citizens who lack insurance or access to treatment in other ways,” Christie said. (NorthJersey.com) It seems ...

11. NJ Democrats, Including Gubernatorial Candidate Buono, Want To Hold Hearings on Christie's 'No-Bid' Sandy Contract to Ashbritt
(N.J./State)

... the joint hearing. “They will also allow us to examine and evaluate how the state performed in an emergency situation,” he said accroding to NorthJersey.com. And in his typical Tony Soprano, Joisey Guy ...

12. New Jersey Judge Fights to Keep Comedy Career
(Entertainment/Movies)

... on the ABC show. They say the episodes could make defendants question his impartiality, according to NorthJersey.com. Some believe the committee is being too strict with Sicari, as it is common for ...

13. Busted: Man Hides 100 Bags of Heroin in Anal Cavity
(U.S./Nation)

... Speight was found to have 100 bags of heroin hidden in his rectum, NorthJersey.com reported . Sylak was concealing a syringe and a spoon, both having heroin residue, in his jacket liner. Mail Online ...

14. Economic Justice or Hogwash? Hackensack Pays $150,000 for Unused Sick and Vacation Days to Retired Interim Police Chief
(N.J./State)

... Padilla will be receiving a package of $148,596 in compensatory days to go along with his yearly pension. NorthJersey.com reported that Padilla’s payout came from 236 leftover sick days, 50 vacation ...

15. N.J. Kids and Fitness: Senate Committee Approves Mandatory Recess For Elementary Students
(Health/Healthquest)

... children “very sedentary.” Turner said, according to NorthJersey.com, “They sit in front of their T.V. sets for hours at a time, in front of their computers, in front of their electronic games, and ...

16. Paramus Catholic High School Football Players Subjected To Racial Taunts
(N.J./State)

... to a report on NorthJersey.com. Jim Vail, the president of Paramus Catholic, told NorthJersey.com that he contacted Bergen Catholic regarding the behavior and was told school officials had, “handled ...

17. Erratic Bike Riding by N.J. Man Leads to Drug, Assault Charges
(U.S./Nation)

... in Scrivani’s possession. NorthJersey.com reported that Bergen County officials want Scrivani extradited to New Jersey because he already faces aggravated assault charges relating to an incident in New ...

18. How Much Privacy Is Afforded to N.J. Cell Phone Users?
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... the Wiretap Act, is currently under fire and seems to be growing by the day. According to NorthJersey.com, the New Jersey Supreme Court picked up a case on January 29 that privacy activists had particular ...

19. Waste of N.J. taxpayer money? N.J.Transit shells out 14G so Four Employees Can Go to Super Bowl
(Money/Economy)

... as part of the learning experience. NorthJersey.com reported that the four employees sent to New Orleans were Rich Andreski, chief of staff of rail operations; Joseph Meade III, superintendent of Hoboken’s ...

20. Seaside Heights Aims at May 10 to Complete Boardwalk Reconstruction
(N.J./State)

... crews plan to drive 60 pilings a day for the two weeks or so, then increase that to 115 pilings a day afterward. According to NorthJersey.com, they will be driven down 20 feet for the reconstruction. The ...