http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/newbrunswick/ en-us Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:05:26 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092152/posts HURRICANE KYLE DISCUSSION NUMBER 10 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL112008 1100 PM EDT SAT SEP 27 2008 KYLE CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT A VERY ASYMMETRIC CLOUD PATTERN FOR A HURRICANE. THE CENTER OF THE CYCLONE IS LOCATED NEAR THE SOUTHWESTERN EDGE OF THE DEEP CONVECTION...DUE TO SOUTHWESTERLY SHEAR. THE LATEST DVORAK DATA T-NUMBERS FROM BOTH AGENCIES DECREASED A LITTLE...HOWEVER...THE CONVECTION HAS EXPANDED AND THE CLOUD TOPS HAVE COOLED DURING THE PAST COUPLE HOURS...AND KYLE REMAINS A 65-KT HURRICANE. ANOTHER RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WILL BE SAMPLING THE STORM AROUND 0600 UTC. SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS INDICATE VERY STRONG...BUT DIVERGENT FLOW OVER... National Hurricane Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092152/posts#comment Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:05:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000134/posts Dealing with border-jumping duffers Enhanced security putting the future of unique Aroostook Valley Country Club at risk By Mark Rickard and Madeleine LeClerc Published Friday April 11th, 2008 Appeared on page A2 Will the only golf course that sits on both sides of the Canada-United States border fall victim to enhanced border security? The future of the Aroostook Valley Country Club – which has served both Americans and Canadians for 81 years – is in doubt if United States Customs border patrol officers enforce entry regulations at the club. For more than eight decades, Aroostook Valley has been a unique... The Bugle-Observer (Woodstock, New Brunswick) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000134/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:06:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1769858/posts Reservist picks Afghanistan after NB Power denies leave Article Tools Print DANIEL MARK WHEATON TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL Published Thursday January 18th, 2007 Appeared on page A1 A military reservist who nominated NB Power for an award for supporting the Canadian Forces has resigned after the Crown corporation refused him a leave of absence to deploy to Afghanistan. Maj. Sean Courty took the career hit in order to lead a team of soldiers from across Atlantic Canada who are leaving within three weeks for Kandahar on a six-month mission. "I had to make a difficult decision," Courty said. He left the job the... The Telegraph-Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1769858/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:11:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1709046/posts FREDERICTON, New Brunswick, Sept. 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A pro-life woman was arrested Tuesday for holding an image of an aborted child outside an abortion facility in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Suzie Ryan, mother of seven, was silently holding the image outside the Morgentaler centre as abortions were being performed inside. Mrs. Ryan was charged with violating s.163 of the Criminal Code. S.163 is about the display of obscene material. She was released after being held in a jail cell for several hours. She must face the charges in court in November. Prior to her arrest Mrs. Ryan was not warned... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1709046/posts#comment Wed, 27 Sep 2006 05:54:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1672349/posts The way Joe Fabics sees it, he has the right to choose who lives under his roof with him. His choice: God-fearing Christians. But state officials are investigating whether Fabics is violating housing discrimination laws by asking tenants in his New Brunswick house to sign leases with phrases such as, "This is a Christian household" and "If you hate God, do not move in." "I try to tell people to believe in God and the Ten Commandments, not the desecration of today's teachings," he said. "I'm just telling them that this is a Christian household and that if they don't... NorthJersey.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1672349/posts#comment Wed, 26 Jul 2006 05:26:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1650813/posts All Coat-Hangers Aimed at New Brunswick By Gudrun Schultz FREDERICKTON, New Brunswick, June 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The province of New Brunswick is being targeted by a concerted effort from abortion activists throughout North America for its laws limiting access to government-funded abortions. “This has been an ongoing campaign, but the volume has stepped up recently,” N.B. Right to Life director Peter Ryan told LifeSiteNews.com. “The voices are very loud and very present in the media: ‘New Brunswick has oppressive and outdated policies on abortion’.” Abortion activists have called on supporters to mail coat hangers to all N.B. MLA’s, he... LifeSiteNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1650813/posts#comment Fri, 16 Jun 2006 23:15:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1619773/posts Religious material ban lifted in N.B. schools Updated Sat. Apr. 22 2006 7:05 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff Schoolchildren in New Brunswick can once again receive religious material in class, but texts like the Bible can't be distributed freely as they had been for 60 years. The Gideons, a Christian group that hands out Bibles to hotel rooms and hospitals, had been distributing copies of the New Testament to Grade 5 students for 60 years before a school board policy changed stopped the practice in 2003. In lifting the province-wide ban Thursday, Education Minister Claude Williams said the Gideons will... CTV.ca http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1619773/posts#comment Sun, 23 Apr 2006 02:37:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1590824/posts Former Governor and current State Senate President Dick Codey sponsors the legislation. He says, "We would be the first in the country to build a building dedicated solely to stem cell research." He adds, "We would be using existing tobacco bond monies so, we're not spending new money." $150 million dollars would be needed leading many critics to ask, "What else could that money be used for?" Codey says, "This is about saving lives in the future." He asks, "If the cure for diabetes or something else came out of this New Jersey facility, wouldn't that be a great legacy…it... NJ101.5 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1590824/posts#comment Mon, 6 Mar 2006 14:06:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1562040/posts LITIGATION & DEFENSE OF ANIMALSNJSBA Animal Law Committee   Moderator: SHERRY L. RAMSEY, ESQ. Chair, NJSBA Animal Law Committee Law Offices of Sherry Ramsey (Freehold)   Speakers: GRAYSON BARBER, ESQ. Immediate past chair of the NJSBAIndividual Rights Section Board Member of the National and NJ ACLU Lecturer, Princeton University Law Offices of Grayson Barber (Princeton)   LEN EGERT, ESQ. Attorney for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, The Fund for Animals, and Farm Sanctuary Egert & Trakinski (New York)   LEE HALL, ESQ. Adjunct Faculty, Rutgers Law School - Newark Legal Director of Friends of Animals Court TV commentator... State of NJ and New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1562040/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jan 2006 04:14:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1561077/posts Former Gov Codey was pretty busy signing many items into NJ law before Corzine stepped up this week. One of the Amendments Codey signed into law is the Model School Nutrition Program. http://www.state.nj.us/agriculture/PolicyQA.pdf I became curious because it seems to be an initiative of the USDA. I always thought it was the FDA that dealt with foods and labeling. Anyway, the School Nutrition Policy is an effort of another initiative called Healthy People 2010. The Model School Nutrition Program is the first implementations of the Healthy People 2010 Project. The USDA, State and Local levels are presenting this as a... Various http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1561077/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jan 2006 18:54:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1543807/posts Given the incessant anti-Americanism from a majority opf Canadian people who are geographically unequally distributed, I'm thinking of proposals of dividing Canada into several regions so as to let the right-minded people able to control their own destiny, and more importantly for the US, to make it impossible for sworn enemies of the US to be able to control the giant landmass and hold Uncle Sam hostage ever again. I'm thinking of dividing Canada into several regions: 1) Coastal BC: they are American-style leftists. Either allow an independent nation or produce an ultimatum - move to Souther Ontario. 2) Interior... vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1543807/posts#comment Tue, 20 Dec 2005 06:38:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1530178/posts RCMP and Natural Resources officers spent several hours tracking a young female moose seen wandering the streets of Moncton on Monday. The two-year-old animal was first spotted near a local high school and was seen in the parking lot of the Moncton Hospital as well. Police watched the animal to ensure it didn't venture closer to the city's downtown area. The moose crossed several roads but didn't cause any traffic problems. RCMP officers and provincial biologists were able to coax the moose back into the woods without having to use force. Provincial wildlife biologist Dwayne Sabine said moose sightings in... CBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1530178/posts#comment Tue, 29 Nov 2005 02:15:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1472176/posts <p>WASHINGTON -- Federal authorities arrested 582 alleged gang members, including 22 in South Jersey, over a two-week period, targeting an estimated 80 violent groups they say have spawned street crimes across the country, officials said yesterday.</p> <p>Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff called the gangs "a threat to our homeland security and ... a very urgent law enforcement priority."</p> NJ.com New Jersey Star Ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1472176/posts#comment Sun, 28 Aug 2005 05:55:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1440807/posts The pastor of a Roman Catholic church has been removed after a church inquiry into allegations he sexually abused a minor 18 years ago. In a letter read over the weekend to parishioners of St. Joseph's Church, Metuchen Bishop Paul Bootkoski said the Rev. John Casey has been removed from his post and all active church ministry. He is accused of molesting a minor when he served as a parochial vicar at St. Peter The Apostle Church in New Brunswick. The bishop noted that Casey denies the allegation. Bootkoski said the diocese conducted its own investigation after law enforcement authorities... 1010 WINS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1440807/posts#comment Mon, 11 Jul 2005 23:23:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1421349/posts TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey followed up on a promise to keep New Jersey in the forefront of stem-cell research Thursday by introducing legislation that would provide a big financial boost. In his State of the State speech in January, Codey said he would dedicate $150 million to a stem-cell research facility in New Brunswick. In addition to that money, the bill would provide the neglected state park system with $75 million for repairs and maintenance and dedicate $60 million for biomedical research. It would allow the state to tap unused bond capacity _ loans approved... Newsday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1421349/posts#comment Sun, 12 Jun 2005 13:43:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1414980/posts Steven Croteau, playing then for Acadian Peninsula Senateurs, is seen in this 2001 file photo from Tracadie-Sheila, N.B. Photo: Mario Landry, L'Acadie Nouvelle/CP Michel Croteau is an outraged hockey dad who just won't quit. From a small village best known for peat-moss bogs and crab fishing, the New Brunswicker is waging a protracted battle against minor hockey's highest powers all in the name of his teenaged son, Steven, who was denied a most-valuable-player award more than three years ago. Since then, the MVP snub has prompted a failed lawsuit, a rejected human-rights complaint and a Federal Court case that was... The Globe and Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1414980/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jun 2005 11:49:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1393315/posts Fund Abortion at Private Clinics or Face "Consequences" Feds Warn New Brunswick FREDERICTON, April 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - New Brunswick remains deadlocked with the federal Liberal Government over funding of abortions at private clinics. While the province will pay for abortions at hospitals after two doctors approve the procedure, the province is under pressure by both the federal government and a lawsuit by abortionist Henry Morgentaler to fund Morgentaler's private Fredericton abortuary that offers abortion on demand. Yesterday the provincial Department of Health and Wellness received a letter from the federal government initiating an official dispute avoidance resolution process to... LifeSiteNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1393315/posts#comment Fri, 29 Apr 2005 02:38:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1392773/posts NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. Grand jurors in Middlesex County have indicted two people on charges of starting a six-hour police standoff with a prank call in New Brunswick. The panel also handed up a new set of charges, alleging Fatin (FAH'-teen) Ward and Wadu Jackson engaged in a similar prank in January. Police in the city were twice sent to a home on Hale Street. No one was injured and officers eventually realized both calls were pranks. Last month, authorities scrambled a SWAT team after getting a call that a girl had been raped was being held hostage. Ward lives in... 1010 WINS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1392773/posts#comment Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:09:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1370494/posts The Star Ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1370494/posts#comment Fri, 25 Mar 2005 14:30:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1369275/posts A nationwide crackdown on a violent Latin American street gang called MS-13 has so far led to the arrests of more than 100 alleged gang members in six states, including several in New Jersey, federal immigration authorities said yesterday. The gang, established in Los Angeles in the 1980s by refugees of the Salvadoran civil war, has spread to Hispanic communities around the country while developing a reputation as one of America's bloodiest criminal organizations. In New Jersey, where officials estimate there are hundreds of MS-13 members, the gang is believed to be responsible for several murders, but its activity has... Newark Star Ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1369275/posts#comment Thu, 24 Mar 2005 01:58:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1368945/posts New Brunswick 'hostage' incident probed Building resident talks out his kids after rape call causes standoff Wednesday, March 23, 2005 BY TOM HAYDON AND SULEMAN DIN Star-Ledger Staff A 911 call from a girl who claimed she was raped and held hostage in a New Brunswick apartment house sparked a six-hour police standoff in the heart of the city yesterday that ended when three people were taken into custody. By evening, however, police had not made any arrests and would not say whether a rape occurred in the third-floor apartment at 226 Seaman St. Star-Ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1368945/posts#comment Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:10:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1368095/posts EW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- A teenage girl was being held hostage by two men in a house here Tuesday, and authorities had the building surrounded, police said. Police Sgt. Thomas Keefe said police believe two armed men were holding a 14-year-old girl hostage. County hostage negotiators were on the scene and Keefe said authorities were communicating with the men. The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1368095/posts#comment Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:52:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1326011/posts It doesn't take much to become a Big Man On Campus these days. At Rutg ers University, all you have to do is murder cops. Thomas Trantino — who should have gone to the chair 40 years ago — will be a guest panelist there today, lecturing his bleeding-heart audience on "How to Survive Probation and Parole," at the New Jersey college's Camden campus. The forum is co-sponsored by the school's department of sociology, anthropology and criminal justice — whose bizarre notion of criminal justice apparently includes welcoming a cop-killer. Better today's audience should hear from the families of... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1326011/posts#comment Sat, 22 Jan 2005 09:05:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1290473/posts Study: Scurvy Hit Early N. American French Colony 1 hour, 4 minutes ago Science - Reuters CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scurvy wiped out nearly half of the colonists who established one of the first French settlements in North America 400 years ago, scientists confirmed on Monday. The colony existed in 1604 and 1605 on St. Croix Island off present-day Calais, Maine, and St. Stephen, New Brunswick. Nearly half of the 79 settlers died during the harsh winter, prompting survivors to move to what is now Nova Scotia in the summer of 1605. It was one of the earliest European outposts on... Yahoo.com news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1290473/posts#comment Mon, 29 Nov 2004 18:53:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1259359/posts An illegal immigrant from Honduras was convicted in a series of rapes near Rutgers University that struck fear into the campus and surrounding neighborhood for more than two years.A Superior Court jury in Middlesex County convicted Ricardo Cepates on Tuesday of all but one of 27 counts of kidnapping, raping, and sometimes robbing his victims.The trial included three days of testimony in which laboratory experts said genetic testing conclusively proved that Cepates raped four women and a teenage girl between September 2001 and June 2003..He still faces trial on charges of attacking four other women, one of whom was raped... 1010 WINS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1259359/posts#comment Thu, 28 Oct 2004 00:23:19 GMT