http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/newjersey/ en-us Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:25:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131606/posts With lighter wallets and heavier burdens, Americans are rethinking their conspicuous consumption. That's bad news for retailers. There's something growing in the New Jersey Meadowlands, the marsh just nine miles west of Manhattan—and it isn't the gentle ferns that the bucolic name suggests. Instead, what's emerging is a man-made behemoth, the largest and most expensive mall ever built in the United States. Newsweek / MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131606/posts#comment Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:25:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113043/posts NEWARK, N.J. — Three men and three teens pleaded not guilty Wednesday in the execution-style slayings of three friends hanging out at a school playground in Newark. All six are charged with robbery, felony murder and weapons offenses. The three teens are being tried as adults. "Today, we are one step closer to seeking justice in this matter," Essex County prosecutor Paula T. Dow said. All six suspects have reputed links to the MS-13 street gang. A gun used to kill the three college-age men came from a high-ranking member of the gang, authorities had said. An indictment last month... FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113043/posts#comment Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:35:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2110917/posts Five men who planned an attack on Fort Dix got their inspiration from Osama Bin Laden and their terror training from paintball games, a prosecutor charged Monday. "Their motive was to defend Islam," Deputy U.S. Attorney William Fitzpatrick told a federal jury in Camden, N.J. "Their inspiration was Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden. Their intent was to kill members of the United States armed services." The men turned paintball games in 2006 and 2007 into terrorist training sessions and discussed a plot to sneak into the New Jersey Army base and kill soldiers, the government says. No attack was... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2110917/posts#comment Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:14:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109005/posts About 500 activists rallied outside the State House on Thursday, many with children who they said developed autism and other disorders after state-mandated immunizations. "The shots just have to stop," said Lisa Driscoll of Maplewood, who brought her 4-year-old son Matt. "He's allergic to everything in the shots." For years, activists across the country have protested compulsory vaccines for such diseases as chicken pox, flu, rubella and polio. Some suspect that mercury-derived preservatives in some formulas trigger autism and other neurological ailments. Others say they're not opposed to vaccines in general, but they want to choose when and if their... TRENTON BUREAU http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109005/posts#comment Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:22:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097347/posts On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 8:15 AM, RG in Arizona wrote: While walking the dog this morning, side arm open carry, I noticed a car tracking me and the man driving the car was on a cell phone looking all upset. I tried not to make eye contact with the man and just kept walking. I turned into the floodway park and let the dog run free for about ten minutes and noticed the car was still there and the man was still on the phone. I came out of the floodway and on the way back to the... AZRKBA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097347/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2008 13:35:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2090148/posts Anyone following the print media will know that newspapers are falling on hard times everywhere in the country. The Internet has damaged newspaper's once dominant position as the source for daily local and national news. In this day when papers are folding everywhere and many more are firing people right and left (well, just "left" because there are few on the right in that business!) one would think that everyone involved with any particular paper would be bending over backwards to help keep the doors open and the printing presses rolling. Well, apparently, unions would rather see everyone lose their... publiusforum.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2090148/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:32:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2090083/posts As you can imagine, there are many questions about what the effect of this crisis will be, but some aspect of our economic future are already set is stone. So I’d like to take a moment to tell you about some of the more certain consequences of our current circumstance, and how they will change the economic condition of New Jersey in future weeks and months. Radio Free NJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2090083/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:13:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085233/posts That's right. New Jersey now requires flu vaccines for preschoolers and children attending licensed child care centers. Now parents will have an additional item to cross off their checklists once the school bells ring in September. The flu vaccine requirement, along with three additional immunizations, was approved last December. According to the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, studies suggest that young children are "particularly efficient in transmitting influenza to their close contacts," including other children, adults and the elderly. "This new requirement addresses the need to stop flu transmission at a potential source," the department said in... cbs3.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085233/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:31:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084448/posts New Jersey has lost population in recent decades because low-income residents are fleeing to states with a reduced cost of living, while those moving into the Garden State are generally better educated and earn higher salaries, according to a Princeton University study released today. NJ.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084448/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:25:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083626/posts New Jersey is now, according to recent polls, tantalizingly close in the Presidential race. While I do not suggest McCain/Palin expend resources for a NJ victory, this suddenly competitive state could cause more headaches for rejected (by Obama) Harry Reid. Pulled from the Web:In [a] poll, conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University, Lautenberg was leading Zimmer by 45 percent to 28 percent. The poll of 589 registered voters was conducted between June 17 and 22 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.Here25 Jul 08:The Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey Poll released yesterday found Lautenberg leading Dick... Various http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083626/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:04:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083363/posts NEWARK, N.J. — Three men and three teenagers were indicted Monday on murder and other charges for the execution-style slayings that shocked New Jersey's largest city more than a year ago. The grand jury charged all six suspects, who have reputed links to the MS-13 street gang, with murder, attempted murder, robbery and weapons offenses related to the Aug. 4, 2007 killings. Essex County Prosecutor Paula Dow said the indictments took a year because charges against the three teens were upgraded from juvenile to adult court, and because multiple agencies worked together to make sure the case was airtight Those... FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083363/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:41:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081804/posts For the weekend, here's a gallery of pics from a book signing I did in New Jersey this past week. I started the day doing some radio interviews, which incidentally seem to me so much easier to do than televised ones. I've been so grateful for all the supportive fans of the site, and for my Dad and family who have come out to these events. I enjoy meeting the kids and teenagers who have turned out to meet us, along with their families, including some very sweet grandmothers! McCain Blogette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081804/posts#comment Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:05:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081562/posts New Jersey Rejects Electoral College Two States Have Now Joined Compact To Give Their Votes To Winner Of The Popular Vote =============== (AP) New Jersey on Sunday became the second state to enter a compact that would eliminate the Electoral College's power to choose a president if enough states endorse the idea. Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed legislation that approves delivering the state's 15 electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. The Assembly approved the bill last month and the Senate followed suit earlier this month. Maryland - with 10 electoral votes - had been the only... CBS News (AP) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2081562/posts#comment Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:49:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078007/posts A Fairleigh Dickinson-PublicMind poll out Tuesday shows Sen. Barack Obama apparently leading by 6 points in New Jersey, 47-41 percent. That's down from the 16-point lead Obama enjoyed here in an FDU poll taken in June. Newsday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078007/posts#comment Tue, 9 Sep 2008 11:22:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075769/posts New Jersey taxpayers will have to shell out more than $36 million in coming years to cover school administrator retirement payments as more than 30 school administrators are due six-figure retirement packages, according to a new state analysis. The state initiated the study, and new rules on retirement packages, after it was reported that retired Keansburg Superintendent Barbara Trzeszkowski was due $740,876 in unused sick time and other buybacks. That led to lawmakers to place caps on new contracts. The state Attorney General's Office is trying to get a judge to nullify the payment to Trzeszkowski. Meanwhile, the new numbers... star ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075769/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 01:47:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075311/posts TRENTON, NJ - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will be in New Jersey on Friday for a fundraiser at the home of one of New Jersey's biggest celebrities. But the event at Jon Bon Jovi's Jersey Shore home is just one of two fundraisers being held for Obama on Friday. The other is at the home of Democratic National Committee Chairman Philip Murphy. Tickets for the Murphy event will be $2,300 a person. The price jumps to $30,800 per person for the event at Bon Jovi's home. The money from both events is slated to go a joint fundraising committee... AM - New York http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075311/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:47:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072242/posts They haven't had much to celebrate in recent years, the once-proud Republicans of New Jersey. The Garden State GOP, which less than a decade ago controlled both the governor's office and the state Legislature, has taken on second-class status as Democrats have consolidated their power in state politics. The governor, the Legislature, both U.S. senators and most of the state's members of Congress are Democrats. But as the state's Republicans arrived here for the convention that will nominate John McCain and Sarah Palin, they made clear their enthusiasm for the ticket and the future of their party. "There's definitely a... Newark Star Ledher http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072242/posts#comment Mon, 1 Sep 2008 07:14:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070288/posts A Pennsylvania man was injured in an accident in Westampton Tuesday and then charged with unlawful possession of a loaded handgun, police said. According to investigators, Gary Jones, 30, of Glenside, Pa. was the driver of a vehicle that collided with another car yesterday afternoon at the intersection of Springside and Valley Farm Roads. Following the 4:21 p.m. accident, officers located a 10 mm handgun in the console of Jones car, police said. The gun was loaded with hollow-point bullets, police said. Jones had a permit to carry the weapon in Pennsylvania, but New Jersey law does not permit him... myBCTnow.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070288/posts#comment Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:20:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068180/posts Tania Hollander, 36, became the fourth and likely last person to plead guilty in the sex scandal that exposed Ashley Alexandra Dupré as former New York Gov. Elliot Spitzer’s high-priced call girl. The scandal led to Spitzer’s resignation and launched Dupre to national prominence. Hollander's lawyer described her as a minor character in the scandal, but she could face up to five years in jail. Hollander, 36, of Rhinebeck, N.Y worked as a booker for the Emperors Club VIP, the high-priced New Jersey-based call girl ring that eventually hired Dupre. Hollander told the court she began looking for work early... TheImproper.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068180/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:56:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2062538/posts BEIJING (Reuters) - American Rebecca Soni broke the world record to win the women's 200 meters breaststroke final on Friday to collect her first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics. Soni surged to victory in two minutes 20.22 seconds, wiping 0.32 off the previous world record set by Australia's Leisel Jones at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Jones, who won the 100 earlier in the week, faded on the last lap to finish second in 2:22.05 while Norway's Sara Nordenstam was third in 2:23.02. Soni became just the second American female swimmer to win gold in Beijing after Natalie Coughlin won... Yahoo! News (Reuters) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2062538/posts#comment Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:02:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059205/posts ANN ARBOR, MI — Today, July 31st at 10:00AM EST, a New Jersey Federal Court heard oral arguments in a legal challenge to a public school district’s policy totally banning Christmas music, including simple instrumentals without words, during year-end celebrations in its schools. The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan filed the federal lawsuit on the grounds that the school district’s ban on religious music conveys a government-sponsored message of disapproval and hostility toward religion in violation of the Establishment Clause. Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Law Center,... TMLC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059205/posts#comment Sat, 9 Aug 2008 23:10:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2054183/posts (What makes someone a "decorated combat veteran?" Thurman Hart puts the question to us framed within the drama of a New Jersey Congressional race. From the diaries - promoted by Brandon Friedman) I don't usually make a huge deal out of my six years of service in the US Navy. I went in when I was eighteen, spent four years as an electrician on the USS Saipan, and got out. I have a box on a shelf where I keep some spare bits of cloth and metal that the Navy gave me for various things, but it's really not a... VetVoice.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2054183/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:30:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053217/posts Businessman Michael Yun remembers what Jersey City, New Jersey, was like in the 1980s. "Like the wild, wild West," he said. The "streets weren't safe" and government was "out of control." Public services failed, businesses left, and corruption was rampant. Abandoned by the outdated railroad industry, it was the anemic neighbor of Manhattan, where feral dogs ran wild in the tall grass by the collapsed railway arteries and hypodermic needles, like seeds, littered the ground just west of the Hudson River. But all that changed in 1992 when Republican Bret Schundler did the impossible. After Mayor Gerald McCann was arrested... The American Prowler http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053217/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:59:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052530/posts Another Democrat resigning office on porn related allegations. New Jersey Assemblyman Neil Cohen resigned admitting that he needed Psychiatric help. A common excuse for Democrats. Stuck On Stupid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052530/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:37:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051470/posts Former Atlantic City Mayor Robert Levy today was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine by a judge who said Levy continues to exaggerate his military service in Vietnam. Levy, 61, had pleaded guilty in federal court in Camden in November to one count of falsifying his service record when he applied for increased veterans benefits in January 2003. During today's hearing, Judge Jerome B. Simandle asked Levy to explain more about the dangerous missions behind enemy lines he told probation officers he participated in. "I just picked up my M-16 and my radio and... nj.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051470/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:27:34 GMT