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1. Schultz
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The Burlington County SPCA Humane Police Department is saddened by the sudden and heinous act in his death during his act of official duty. We share the shock and sorrow of the Chief, Officer Pickard and ...

2. State Dept. of Education voids Westfield schools' superintendent's contract extension
(N.J./State)

Margaret Dolan faces $13,553 pay cut BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The state Department of Education on Thursday disapproved a contract extension for Westfield Schools Supt. Margaret ...

3. Syree Hakins of West Orange and Tyrane Mathis of Newark plead guilty to racketeering
(N.J./State)

... Attorney General Lauren Scarpa Yfantis is prosecuting the case. The indictment stems from "Operation Hardhat," an investigation that began in 2007 and was conducted by the state Department of Corrections ...

4. New Jersey in prime location for offshore wind farms
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... sources, including wind turbine fields. But the new report cited a study released in July by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, which found relatively low bird populations in potential ...

5. Gov. Paterson wants New Jersey to help pay for repairs to New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge
(Life/Style)

BY PAM LOBLEY NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM NOW THAT'S FUNNY New York's Governor Paterson has put forth the idea that New Jersey could help pay for the much-needed repairs on the Tappan Zee Bridge. The job ...

6. New Jersey taking U.S. FTA to court over the $271M repayment demand for canceled ARC tunnel
(U.S./Nation)

... Administration's demand that the state repay $271 million that is spent on the construction of the Hudson commuter rail tunnel before the governor canceled the project last month out of concern for the ...

7. Report: New Jersey loaded with bridges in need of repair
(N.J./State)

... Trust Fund is expected to run out of money, sometime in the summer, to perform any repairs or bridge rebuilding because all of its revenues will be used to pay off other debts. According to NJ.com, Bergen ...

8. New Jersey officials, environmentalists rewarded with Obama’s offshore drilling ban
(U.S./Nation)

... to a year, according to the Interior Department. The new policy drops Atlantic coastal areas from the agency's next five-year drilling plan, 2012 to 2017. Earlier this year, President Barack Obama ...

9. Schultz, Gloucester Twp. K-9 police dog, killed in action; suspect, partner in custody
(N.J./State)

... as "members of our department." Schultz was not identified by name as the dog who had died until notifications of his family could be made. His partner was Cpl. Mark Pickard. Schultz had lived with the ...

10. Geological survey discovers age of New Jersey's oldest rocks
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Department of Environmental Protection, teamed up with the U.S. Geological Survey and the Australian National University in a project funded by private grants to provide the most precise dating ever of ...

11. Princeton grad Bill Dawes tackles Paul Hornung role on Broadway
(Entertainment/Movies)

... has been a bigger factor for you in preparing for this role, football or comedy? BD: I was always pretty shy when I played football. I was, in general, shy during high school and my freshman year at ...

12. Search engine optimization nuggets from Jeffrey Hayzlett (VIDEO)
(Money/Economy)

... news and cover as many as we can! OTHER FLIP REPORTS BY PATTIE SIMONE Networking Nuggets: Local entrepreneurs benefit from Chamber of Commerce events Get prepared with timely college survival tips ...

13. Gov. Christie goes national with N.J. education battle
(N.J./State)

... of charter schools, which are public schools that operate separately from local school administration. Right now, 73 New Jersey charter schools get public funding. Seven new charter schools will open ...

14. Study: No cancer risk near Jersey City chromium waste sites
(Health/Healthquest)

New Jersey health officials checked for oral, esophageal, stomach cancer A health assessment by the state Department of Health and Department of Environmental Protection has found no evidence that Jersey ...

15. Thinking of buying a foreclosure bargain in New Jersey?
(Money/Economy)

... sale. To be prepared to do so you need to be familiar with the foreclosure process, whether all liens will be cleared in the foreclosure, how much cash is required on the sale date and whether you can ...

16. Groundwater tests at Oyster Creek show decreasing levels of radioactive tritium
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... wells located in the Cohansey aquifer exceeded 4 million picocuries per liter, compared with an EPA health-based standard of 20,000 pCi/L. Martin said those levels have since declined markedly. Recent ...

17. World Aids Day 2010: The Pope and condoms
(Health/Healthquest)

...  Make no mistake, the pope separated the use of condoms to prevent disease from their use to prevent pregnancy. The Catholic Church has not sanctioned the use of contraception, because it believes that ...

18. Bipartisan federal debt commission does its job
(Opinion/Commentary)

... This would freeze Defense Department salaries and non-combat military pay at 2011 levels for three years, cutting overseas bases by one-third and doubling proposed cuts in defense contracts. Me: I'd ...

19. Newark schoolchildren desperately need Gov. Christie to lift state’s school construction ban
(Opinion/Commentary)

... income communities across the state. Newark's "long-range facilities plan," as approved by the NJ Department of Education, calls for approximately 40 new school buildings and 30 major addition and renovation ...

20. State says 400,000 New Jerseyans will continue to receive unemployment checks
(Money/Economy)

... checks even if Congress allows the Wednesday deadline for continuing federal emergency benefits nationally to pass, the state Department of Labor announced Tuesday. The immediate impact in New Jersey ...