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1. N.J. wildfire has burned over 600 acres of Pinelands in Burlington County
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

...  Approximately 60 state firefighters joined by dozens of volunteers are battling the blaze in Tabernacle and Woodland townships in the heart of the Pinelands. The blaze is expected to eventually burn ...

2. State Forest Fire Service issues statewide fire danger alert and campfire restrictions
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Raritan River. The danger is graded as high in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic Somerset, Union and Warren counties, plus Hopewell Township, Mercer County and Middlesex County, north ...

3. Earth Hour tonight: N.J. leaders dim lights at Thomas Edison National Historical Park
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... is a powerful symbol of our commitment to help heal the planet and an important step in making that a reality." The Township of West Orange is a participating member in Earth Hour. The town's ...

4. Hammonton, N.J. resident sentenced for arson
(N.J./State)

... pleading guilty, Siligato admitted that on April 8, 2005, he agreed with one or more unindicted co-conspirators to start a fire in a vacant building at 750 South Whitehorse Pike in Winslow Township. He ...

5. N.J. man Jason Kerrigan pleads guilty to breaking infant daughter's bones
(N.J./State)

Jason Kerrigan  (DOB 6/17/76), a former resident of Monroe Township NJ, pleaded guilty today to second-degree aggravated assault, admitting that he yanked and banged his 3-month-old daughter in her ...

6. New state wildlife area dedicated on Cape May peninsula
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

Cox Hall Creek cost state $9.2 million BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The former Ponderlodge Golf Course in Lower Township on the tip of the Cape May peninsula was dedicated Monday as the ...

7. Christie proposes $1 million in state aid for college freshmen in 14 cities and towns
(N.J./State)

... Chris Christie announced Tuesday. The cities and towns are: Asbury Park, Camden, East Orange, Irvington Township, Jersey City, Lakewood, Millville, Newark, New Brunswick, Trenton, Paterson, Plainfield, ...

8. In bid to protect Barnegat Bay, state buys 385 acres of Pinelands
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... acres to the DEP's Forestry Resource Education Center in Jackson, expanded Double Trouble State Park by 306 acres, and assisted Ocean County in preserving 836 acres of Pinelands in Ocean Township. In ...

9. Lopatcong Asphalt Plant
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I have personally lost my faith completely in the Highlands Act and the council appointed to administer its values. Recently Lopatcong Township passed a vote allowing for an asphalt plant to be built ...

10. Bloomfield to celebrate bicentennial Friday in true colonial style
(N.J./State)

BY JERRY MILANI NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM 200 years to the date of its original charter, the Township of Bloomfield will kick off a year of Bicentennial activities with Opening Ceremonies at Bloomfield ...

11. Breathing Bonuses
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How did this end up? Just noticed they're in our township budget. ...

12. Christie unapologetic to William Brown, the ex-Navy SEAL, Rutgers law 'idiot'
(N.J./State)

... Township. The ex-Seal, William Brown, challenged the Governor over the proposed merger of Rutgers University with Rowan University in Glassboro. Brown, who is a law student at the Rutgers-Camden campus, ...

13. Propert valuation fixing to maintain tax base
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I learned today that the last 4 properties sold on my block were not listed on the township public record list or viable to be used as a comparison for comparable property tax basis. There is no available ...

14. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. James Cullen of Jefferson honored at White House dinner
(U.S./Nation)

Obama recognized veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Lt. Cmdr. James Cullen, a Coast Guard reservist from Jefferson Township and a Morristown police lieutenant, was among the service members honored at ...

15. Christie kicks William Brown, ex-Navy SEAL, Rutgers law student, out of town hall meeting
(N.J./State)

... escorted by police from a town hall meeting Thursday in Florence Township after engaging in a heated shouting match with Governor Christie over the proposed merger of Rutgers-Camden with Rowan University. ...

16. 7 N.J. towns to share $21M in federal aid to buy out or elevate flood-prone houses
(N.J./State)

... to green space. $3.1 million for Cranford for the township to implement a construction program to complete the elevation of selected dwellings above base flood elevation. $2 million for Denville ...

17. N.J. municipalities would share under $1.5 billion in state aid in Christie's proposed 2012-13 budget
(Money/Economy)

... Asbury Park $7.4 million, Upper Township $6.3 million, Atlantic City $6.2 million, Bridgewater $5.9 million, Burlington City $5.4 million, Pennsville $5.2 million, Bridgeton $4.4 million, Parsippany-Troy ...

18. Burning of N.J. flag in Michigan part of Christie's Whitney Houston fallout
(U.S./Nation)

... The flag lowering was not followed by Wayne Township. According to The Times of India, Mayor Christopher P. Vergano said, “I have received 13 emails in favor of not lowering the flags and one opposed to ...

19. Capt. Brian Brady of Sparta, state Human Services officer, indicted on string of charges
(N.J./State)

... township mayor and councilman, was indicted Friday on charges that he submitted fraudulent time sheets that indicated he was working when, in fact, he was traveling out of state for personal pleasure or ...

20. BettyLou DeCroce sworn in to replace late husband Alex DeCroce in N.J. Assembly
(N.J./State)

... in representing the 26th District serving the 26th District in Morris and Passaic counties. Previously, DeCroce served as a Mine Hill councilwoman and as the Roxbury municipal clerk and deputy township ...