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REVIEW: ‘The Columnist’ lacks detail

John Lithgow stars as mighty scribe Joseph Alsop at Manhattan Theatre Club

BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

BROADWAY REVIEW

Quick – who remembers Joseph Alsop?

I sure don’t, since Alsop retired as a syndicated political columnist back in 1974 when I was still a school boy.

But my elders tell me, and certainly playwright David Auburn assures the audience in his new drama “The Columnist,” that the...

Education Law Center charges state DOE has failed to make emergent repairs in urban schools

BY TOM HESTER SR.

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The Newark-based Education Law Center announced Wednesday that it has filed a petition with a state Office of Administrative Law judge charging the state Department of Education has failed to promptly review and approve hundreds of emergency health and safety projects in urban school buildings statewide, as required under the state Educational Facilities C...

State Attorney Gen. Cheisa, State Police Supt. Fuentes meet, trooper-escorted high-speed caravans part of discussion

BY TOM HESTER SR.

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The Christie administration Wednesday continued to play down the seriousness of two law-breaking State Police-escorted high speed sports car caravans that endangered the lives of other motorists on the Garden State Parkway on March 30 and in 2010.

State Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa and State Police Superintendent Col. Rick Fuentes met Wednesday morni...

Liberty Natural Gas temporarily kills plan to build liquefied gas terminal off Asbury Park

Tells federal authorities it will develop new plan

BY TOM HESTER SR.

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Liberty Natural Gas has canceled a plan to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 16 miles off Asbury Park. The company said it will propose a new plan in the future.

Gov. Chris Christie vetoed the plan in February 2011, declaring it posed a risk to New Jersey’s tourism and fishing indust...

West New York, N.J. woman accused of trapping mother-in-law in basement

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

A call of animal abuse has turned into potential elderly abuse charges for a New Jersey woman.

According to 7online.com, police received a call that there were a large number of cats living in the basement of a West New York home. After they responded, they found 89-year-old Delphine Von-Der Linden inside the basement. The basement door had been barricaded from the ou...

Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas true to name as another customer drops

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

There is a sign at the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas that reads: "This Establishment is Bad for Your Health.”

I suppose there’s something to be said for truth in advertising. The second Grill customer in two months collapsed during a meal on Saturday, and needed to be rushed to the hospital.

ABC News reported that a woman from Las Vegas in her 40s, passed out while sh...

Powerball winning numbers worth $173 million

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The lottery lines are getting closer to forming at your local dealer again, and this time they’ll be playing Powerball.

After the ninth consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner in Powerball on Saturday, the new prize for Wednesday April 25 is estimated to be $173 million, and the cash option payout is $107.7 million.

The Saturday April 22 winning numbers were 6, 8,...

Affiliated Dermatology in Morristown mourns loss of Emil Bisaccia, M.D.

Affiliated Dermatology Cosmetic Surgery Center mourns the loss of co-founder and head surgeon Emil Bisaccia, M.D. who died on April 21, 2012, in a plane crash. Widely regarded as one of New Jersey’s preeminent dermatologists and cosmetic surgeons, Dr. Bisaccia was piloting a single-engine plane while en route to Columbus, OH. Omar Torres, M.D. has assumed Dr. Bisaccia’s patient responsibilities ...

Lifetime defends Lindsay Lohan playing Elizabeth Taylor

BY ANGELA DAIDONE

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Can Lindsay Lohan pull it off?

That's the question surrounding the recent announcement that the troubled Lohan will portray legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime Original Movie "Liz & Dick," based on the film icon's romance with actor Richard Burton, according to reports.

Apparently, Lifetime execs are confident in Lohan's ability to handle the ro...

PAC campaign financing can be revised, not abolished

BY CARL GOLDEN

COMMENTARY

The ongoing debate over New Jersey’s system of financing political campaigns has focused almost exclusively on bans and prohibitions, loopholes and regulations, limits and caps.

Largely overlooked has been what is arguably the more salient point: It requires money --- a great deal of money --- to mount a campaign for elected office in this state.

Gone are the days when someon...