http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/trenton/ en-us Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:14:03 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001101/posts A Gannett New Jersey study finds the number of government employees with two or more public jobs that paid more than $100,000 together swelled by 20 percent last year. Those multiple job holders had a collective salary of $107.8 million. My colleague James W. Prado Roberts reports there were 6,271 multiple job holders including one woman who had 12 jobs. Sen. Stephen Sweeney asks "Is it really right for part-time workers to be in the pension system?" Does the question really have to be asked? To take a look at the double-dippers click here.... http://php.app.com/NJpublicemployees/results2.php APP.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001101/posts#comment Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:14:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1952801/posts Of all the things that make no sense about New Jersey, the state's failure to invest, promote and capitalize on our Revolutionary War history has always led my list. People who ran state tourism said there was no money in it. But 40 years ago, the government leaders of Pennsylvania saw the 1976 Bicentennial coming and funded the Valley Forge Convention and Visitors Bureau. It cost them about a million bucks to promote the historic significance of the area, the natural beauty and the proximity to Philadelphia. In time, hotels and restaurants went up, most with a historic theme. Within... blog.nj.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1952801/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:06:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945268/posts I don’t watch a lot of TV, but I do read a lot of it. It saves hundreds of hours to read the transcripts of what interests me, after the broadcast. I get what I want, and skip all the commercials. Thus it was that today I read Neil Cavuto’s editorial, “Personal Responsibility is Being Banned in America.” I like Neil. He comes across as a nice guy with a large amount of common sense. In the heart of that editorial, he wrote, “We're stupid. We're fat. We're lazy. We're clueless. And the government is coming in to make things... Special to FreeRepublic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945268/posts#comment Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:32:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1757219/posts Continental Army General George Washington’s celebrated “Crossing of the Delaware” has been dubbed in some military circles, “America’s first special operation.” Though there were certainly many small-unit actions, raids, and Ranger operations during the Colonial Wars – and there was a special Marine landing in Nassau in the early months of the American Revolution – no special mission by America’s first army has been more heralded than that which took place on Christmas night exactly 230 years ago. Certainly the mission had all the components of a modern special operation (though without all the modern battlefield technologies we take for... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1757219/posts#comment Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:29:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1703950/posts The Marion County Sheriff's Office asked the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to catch at least one large alligator in an area where crews are searching for a missing boy, according to a news release. Authorities continued their fourth day of searching near Farles Lake in the Ocala National Forest for 2-year-old Trenton Duckett. Trenton was reported missing 22 days ago by his mother, Melinda Duckett, who committed suicide more than a week ago. On Monday afternoon, a trapper will attempt to catch an 8-foot alligator spotted near Farles Lake. If alligators are captured, their stomachs will be examined... local6 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1703950/posts#comment Tue, 19 Sep 2006 02:17:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1652541/posts A 15-year-old boy was killed and a 14-year-old was seriously wounded today when a homeowner shot them while defending himself from a home invasion, Longview, Texas, police said. No charges were immediately filed against the homeowner. Police this afternoon said they were still investigating. The homeowner told police he was asleep about 3:30 a.m. when he heard the sound of glass breaking. He got a gun and found several people in the living room. Police said the homeowner told them one of the intruders was holding something he thought was a gun, so he opened fire. Trenton Joseph Houghton, 15,... KTBS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1652541/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:39:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1645069/posts LEVITTOWN, Pennsylvania (June 6) - A deal is being negotiated that would allow a high school's class president to participate in Friday's graduation ceremony despite concern that he could be targeted by a gang. Tyrone Lewis, 18, had been scheduled to be one of the speakers at the Truman High School commencement ceremony, but police were worried that he could be targeted by a gang from Trenton, New Jersey, because his sister had testified in a murder trial. Lewis had been barred from the ceremony. Dave Truelove, the Bristol Township School District's solicitor, confirmed Tuesday that talks are in progress... http://articles.news.aol.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1645069/posts#comment Wed, 7 Jun 2006 18:27:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1628264/posts TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey: We're Not So Good With Slogans. The state has jettisoned "Come See For Yourself," its second attempt at a tagline in less than a year. It was the product of a statewide contest set up by then-acting Gov. Richard J. Codey last fall, after he rejected a consultant's offering: "We'll Win You Over." State tourism officials said legal issues led them to scrap the latest slogan, explaining that West Virginia and other states previously used "Come See For Yourself." "We are proceeding without the slogan. We will revisit the next steps at the end of... http://www.comcast.net/news/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1628264/posts#comment Sun, 7 May 2006 19:02:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1592928/posts In his first political firestorm since taking office in January, Gov. Jon S. Corzine said Wednesday that he provided $5,000 in bail money to a lobbyist accused of stalking a state assemblyman. "I reacted as a human being responding to someone in need," the multimillionaire Democrat said. "However, in light of my position as governor, I realize this was a mistake." Karen Golding, a government relations manager for insurance giant Prudential Financial, is accused of breaking into the government-issued car of Assemblyman Joseph Cryan, a Democrat, and of writing threatening letters and making threatening calls to Cryan and others. Authorities... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1592928/posts#comment Thu, 9 Mar 2006 06:09:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1547922/posts TRENTON--History anyone? It was a gray, bleak winter afternoon the day after Christmas, but the city was buzzing with Colonial activities yesterday. And, that was just the start. For the next five days and nights, Patriots’ Week celebrates Trenton’s pivotal role during the American Revolution with reenactments, art, music and literature. And, if yesterday’s opening events are any indication, then this second annual history blitz has caught on quickly, as bigger-than-expected crowds turned out all day. Out on South Warren Street in the late afternoon, Patriots’ Week Manager Amy Brummer wore a wide smile as family after family arrived at... The Trentonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1547922/posts#comment Wed, 28 Dec 2005 04:14:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1547029/posts WASHINGTON CROSSING, N.J. Dec 25, 2005 — Hundreds of spectators along the Delaware River saw the first complete re-enactment since 2001 of Gen. George Washington's historic crossing. Unlike the past three attempts, when days of precipitation pushed water levels and speeds above safety levels, this Christmas presented a more placid route from Pennsylvania to New Jersey. Jim Gibson, portraying Washington in a full uniform replete with sword and peaked cap, and about 60 of his fellow re-enactors made it across in two longboats just as a raw mist became a steady rain. ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1547029/posts#comment Mon, 26 Dec 2005 04:49:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1546874/posts In the gloom of this holy Christmas night, a cold sleet fell. It was not a night for man nor beast but yet here they were. Huddled upon the banks of this frigid river, 2000 men contemplated their bleak fate. The past few months had gone very, very badly. Their hopes had been crushed time and again. The noble experiment in Liberty which had begun with such promise, had by this time deteriorated to the point where every day was a battle just to survive. Defeat after defeat, at places like Long Island, Harlem Heights, Fort Washington and White Plains... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1546874/posts#comment Sun, 25 Dec 2005 17:09:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1546283/posts Like Temple, Lou, Murph, others, I too have my own memories of Christmas in uniform. My recollections go back to a time close to when Lou was a captain aboard a carrier in the Indian Ocean. I was a Marine corporal on Okinawa, sitting on my rack in a dingy squad bay, listening over-and-over to a cassette tape of Christmas wishes from family and friends, eating some chocolate-chip cookies Mom had made for me, looking at family pictures, and doing what all American soldiers and sailors have been doing during the month of December since 1775 – dreaming of home. NavySEALs.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1546283/posts#comment Fri, 23 Dec 2005 23:16:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1532417/posts WASHINGTON - Shortly after being elected New Jersey's governor, Democrat Jon Corzine speculated aloud that he might appoint a woman to fill out his unexpired Senate term. Then he singled out black state Sen. Nia Gill, calling her an "extraordinarily capable woman." Gill did not shy away from the hint. "I have the qualifications," she told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "If I am chosen by Jon, I am more than qualified to rise to the occasion." If Corzine does select Gill — a 57-year-old attorney — she would become only the sixth black, and second black woman ever to... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1532417/posts#comment Fri, 2 Dec 2005 02:22:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1516361/posts HAMILTON --The 90-year-old mother of Samuel A. Alito Jr., whom President Bush recently nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, has become a celebrity in her own right. Rose Alito may not want the attention, but she sure has received it. Since Judge Alito’s Monday nomination to the nation’s highest court, flocks of reporters have descended on his childhood Fenwood Avenue home. "I’m so proud of him,’’ Rose Alito told The Trentonian after the nomination. "Sam always worked so hard. Sam was such a good student. He was always ready to help me.’’ Fish and chips dinners, flowers and presents have... Trentonian via Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1516361/posts#comment Sat, 5 Nov 2005 18:52:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1514113/posts TRENTON, N.J. (CNS) -- The nomination of Judge Samuel Alito Jr. to the U.S. Supreme Court Oct. 31 was big news around Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in the Trenton suburb of Hamilton, the parish where Alito grew up, received the sacraments of first Communion, confirmation and marriage, and served as a lector. If Alito is confirmed, he will become the second native son of Trenton to serve on the highest judicial bench in the land. The other is Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, who is also a Catholic. The 55-year-old Alito was baptized at Sacred Heart Parish in Trenton. Alito's... Catholic News Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1514113/posts#comment Wed, 2 Nov 2005 16:23:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1499615/posts  ANTONIN SCALIA, US SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, NAMED GRAND MARSHAL OF NEW YORK’S COLUMBUS DAY PARADEJustice Celebrated In Pageant of Italian-American AchievementNew York, NY, September 23, 2005 - Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, will be Grand Marshal of Manhattan’s 2005 Columbus Day Parade, Lawrence Auriana, president of the Columbus Citizens Foundation, announced today. The parade, which is produced by the non-profit Foundation, is the largest Columbus Day event in the world and will be held on New York’s Fifth Avenue on October 10, 2005.  "We are honored that Justice Scalia has accepted our invitation to be... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1499615/posts#comment Sun, 9 Oct 2005 23:47:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1491234/posts Divine Allah sat on a red plastic chair inside a one-room efficiency apartment in Trenton, trying to explain the need for black militarism in one of New Jersey's poorest cities. In a little more than a month since opening a Trenton office, Allah, the party's national youth leader, has met with street gangs, held food drives and traveled to the storm-torn Gulf Coast and clashed with police over alleged harassment. Like its predecessor, the New Black Panthers are no new adversary to law enforcement. The original Oakland-formed Black Panther Party, which died out in the 1970s, rose to fame in... 1010wins http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1491234/posts#comment Mon, 26 Sep 2005 01:45:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1466854/posts 08/19/2005 Pol calls for AG’s impeachment By CHARLES WEBSTER Staff Writer Advertisement ZIP code where you park at night. Pol calls for AG’s impeachment TRENTON - A state lawmaker peeved over revelations that homeland security money was doled out along partisan lines, has asked that articles of impeachment be drafted for the removal of state Attorney General Peter Harvey. "I believe the time has come for Peter Harvey to be removed from his position as Attorney General," Assemblyman Sean Kean, R-Monmouth, said in a written statement yesterday. Kean has directed the non-partisan Office of Legislative Services to draw up the... The Trentonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1466854/posts#comment Fri, 19 Aug 2005 20:16:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1437541/posts Couple Finds Crosses Burning Outside Trenton Home Detectives Await Return Of Evidence From Crime Lab TRENTON, Mich. -- A biracial couple that moved to a Trenton neighborhood two weeks ago received a harsh welcome this weekend, Local 4 reported. The man who lives at the home with his wife and 1-year-old daughter told the station that the family woke to find a cross burning outside their daughter's window two days in a row. "I thought it was a dream," he said. "I just actually couldn't believe that people would do something like that." Police caught two men leaving the area... WDIV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1437541/posts#comment Wed, 6 Jul 2005 14:11:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1431329/posts De Martins was living the good life. Seven years after arriving in Monmouth County as a 15-year-old tourist from Brazil, he had steady roofing work, a wife and a baby on the way.But when his younger sister hinted she might follow him to the United States, with help from smugglers, he sternly warned her off. He thought she'd heeded his advice - until last August, when she called in a panic. She was already in New Jersey, and the smugglers who'd brought her were threatening to keep her captive if he didn't pay $10,000 ransom.Martins never hesitated. He called 911.On... North Jersey Newspapers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1431329/posts#comment Mon, 27 Jun 2005 05:04:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308607/posts The First Christmas Present to America - 1776 - The Revolution is saved at Trenton Ernest R. Bower | December 25, 2003 | Ernest R. Bower In the gloom of this holy Christmas night, a cold sleet fell. It was not a night for man nor beast but yet here they were. Huddled upon the banks of this frigid river, 2000 men contemplated their bleak fate. The past few months had gone very, very badly. Their hopes had been crushed time and again. The noble experiment in Liberty which had begun with such promise, had by this time deteriorated to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308607/posts#comment Sun, 26 Dec 2004 15:16:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1286582/posts TRENTON - Minutes after four young men robbed a Hiltonia resident of $1,500 cash Sunday night and threatened to rape his teenage daughters, one of the suspects lay dead under the victim's sport utility vehicle on nearby Route 29. The unidentified young man was killed after he jumped from his car and began shooting at the SUV driven by Robert O'Neal, 54, who had given chase. O'Neal ran him over, police said. "I didn't mean for this to happen," O'Neal said yesterday, fighting back tears. "I'm a single parent with two daughters. They had my credit cards, my wallet. They... The Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1286582/posts#comment Tue, 23 Nov 2004 13:04:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1286688/posts Wild chase, gunfire turns fatal: Cops: Dad mows down robbery suspect with SUV TRYMAINE D. LEE , Staff Writer TRENTON -- When armed robbers jammed a gun into his face and threatened to rape his two daughters, something snapped, Trenton resident Bob O’Neal said yesterday. "I just couldn’t take it anymore," O’Neal said. "He put a gun in my face and threatened to rape my kids. I’m not having that." According to police, O’Neal jumped into his SUV and chased his attackers after they confronted him in front of his Hiltonia home Sunday night and stole about $1,500 in cash.... The Trentonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1286688/posts#comment Tue, 23 Nov 2004 15:39:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1196476/posts A Sex Scandal in Trenton, and a Puzzle for Detectives By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI Published: August 22, 2004 TRENTON, Aug. 20 - As federal agents investigate Gov. James E. McGreevey's accusation that a former adviser tried to extort millions of dollars by threatening to disclose their extramarital affair publicly, the basic outlines of the case are not in dispute. Lawyers for Mr. McGreevey and his former aide, Golan Cipel, had dozens of telephone conversations to discuss Mr. Cipel's plan to pursue a sexual harassment and assault lawsuit against the governor and a possible financial agreement in the case before any papers... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1196476/posts#comment Sat, 21 Aug 2004 23:40:46 GMT