Newark News Roundup: February 2014

Friday, February 28, 2014

'Real Housewives' Stars to Plead Guilty to Fraud, Report Says

... guilty to several mortgage and fraud charges when they appear Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark, a source told The Record. Teresa Giudice would face less than two years in prison and her husband would receive at least three ...

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DOT urges drivers to be prepared when Pulaski Skyway closes for 2 years in April

Construction will begin on the span of roadway that takes drivers from Newark to the Holland tunnel in April and the Department of Transportation is asking drivers to be prepared.

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'Real Housewives' stars Teresa and Joe Giudice will plead guilty to fraud, report says

... that could send them both to prison, The Record reports . The couple will plead guilty to the charges on Tuesday in Newark before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas, a source told the newspaper. Under the agreement, Joe Giudice would spend a minimum ...

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Town Hall Meeting Addresses Millburn Carjackings

... they command in the overseas market was also discussed. Many stolen cars from this region are driven to the port in Newark and loaded onto ships bound for Africa and Europe. Jasey pointed out that in South Orange, motor vehicle thefts have decreased ...

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North Texas Man Believes He's The Answer To 50-Year Kidnapping Mystery

... him again. The story captivated the country. Nearly two years later a child was found abandoned outside a store in Newark, New Jersey. Of course this was long before DNA, based mostly on the shape of the toddler's ears officials determined child was ...

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'Real Housewives' stars Teresa, Joe Giudice reportedly plan to plead guilty on fraud charges

... familiar with the case said Friday. The Montville couple will appear before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark on Tuesday to plead guilty to several mortgage and bankruptcy fraud charges, the source said. Teresa Giudice would face less than ...

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'For Amiri Baraka,' a poem by Diane di Prima

... and Marxist revolutionary known for his blues-based, fist-shaking manifestos, died, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, N.J. at age 79. (AP Photo/Julian C. Wilson, File) Photo: Julian C. Wilson, Associated Press ...

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Chapo's rise: From poor, abused to cartel kingpin

... as an air taxi service and used two Learjets to ferry drugs. He leased warehouses in Southern California, Chicago, Newark, N.J., and San Antonio to store his product. In 1989, cocaine concealed as boxes of Mexican soap was shipped into Southern ...

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Four Vocal Soloists and Montclair State University Chorale Join NJ...

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Jacques Lacombe present Verdi's mammoth Requiem April 3-6 in Newark, New Brunswick and Morristown with soprano Marianne Fiset, mezzo-soprano Janara Kellerman, tenor Russell Thomas, bass Peter Volpe and the Montclair State University Chorale .

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Look back at Jimmer Fredette with the Sacramento Kings

Jimmer Fredette from BYU greets NBA Commissioner David Stern after he was selected #10 overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round during the 2011 NBA Draft at the Prudential Center on June 23, 2011 in Newark, New Jersey.

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Luxury Carjacking Ring: 26 Arrested, 32 Charged in NY, NJ Bust

... reportedly received help from various local and federal agencies. The majority of the vehicles were recovered at Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal and the Howland Hook Marine Terminal in Staten Island, N.Y., NJ.com reported. According to police, ...

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Newark Superior Court judge to decide fate of city watershed agency

Trustees appointed to dissolve the Newark Watershed met Wednesday at the offices of Genova, Burns, Giantomassi and Webster.

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Viola La Fragola, 96

Born in Newark, she has lived in Nutley for 50 years. She retired as a supervisor from the Fuller Brush Co.

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Rose M. Ritacco, 89

... St., Bloomfield on Saturday, March 1 at 10:15 a.m. The funeral Mass will be offered at St. Francis Xavier Church in Newark at 11:30 a.m. Entombment will be at Glendale Cemetery in Bloomfield. Visitation is on Friday, Feb. 28 from 4-8 p.m. She was ...

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Lillian Ferrara, 89, former Woman's Club president

Born in Newark, she lived most of her life in Belleville before moving to Bloomfield nine years ago.

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Nutley man sentenced in fatal Belleville hit-and-run case

... Court Judge Hector DeSoto, who died in 2010. For five years, she had worked for Superior Court Judge Michael Ravin in Newark. Due to Preola-DeSoto's ties to the Essex County courts, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office pursued the case in Union ...

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'Real Housewives' stars Teresa, Joe Giudice reportedly plan to plead guilty on fraud charges

David Cassidy DWI case in court next week

... Samuel I. Newhouse, Annie Oakley, Joyce Carol Oates, Christopher Reeve and Sarah Vaughan. Saturday June 9, 2012. NEWARK, NJ, USA. Photo by (Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger) Sent DIRECT TO SELECTS Saturday, June 09, 2012 18:37:48 2544 3744 ORG ...

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NJ charges dozens in alleged car-theft ring

... Middlesex, Monmouth and Morris counties, most of them in the metropolitan area. Hoffman described one carjacking in Newark in which a woman's car was stolen when she left it running to go into a store -- with her 15-year-old daughter inside. The ...

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NJ Transit rail service between Newark and New York City resumes

... Secaucus in this file photo. The bridge was stuck in an open position forcing the suspension of train service between Newark and New York City this afternoon. (Star-Ledger file photo) NJ Transit service between Newark Penn Station and New York has ...

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Obituary: Dolores 'Kit' Kenyon, formerly of Summit

... disease. She devoted her life to her family and the career she loved, nursing. Kit was born on May 20, 1930 in Newark, to Nicholas and Agnes Certrule. Raised in South Orange, she graduated from Columbia High School in 1948. Upon graduating from the ...

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Re: Too Real: Funeral Home Director's Message to Stop the Violence

A funeral home director from Newark, NJ gives the straight raw facts of "being about that life."

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NJ Transit train service between Newark and NYC suspended

... Secaucus in this file photo. The bridge is stuck in an open position forcing the suspension of train service between Newark and New York City this afternoon. (Star-Ledger file photo) As a result, NJ Transit rail tickets are being cross honored on ...

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Obama aims to boost minority youths

... who attended the program, said he was excited to see a president highlight an issue that he confronted as mayor of Newark and as long ago as his college years at Stanford, when he worked for a community organization in East Palo Alto, Calif. "I know ...

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Urban country band comes ...

... yet since everything was suddenly so rush rush," Klossek said. Brick City Cowboys was born, inspired by Klossek's Newark roots. The EP is available on iTunes, Amazon and distributor CD Baby. The band chose "download only" option so more money goes ...

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Cotton named Big East Player of the Week for second time

... in a season since 2002. The Friars ( 18-10 overall, 8-7 Big East ) will return to action on Friday when the travel to Newark, N.J., where they will take on 14-13, 5-9 Seton Hall at the Prudential Center . Tip-off is at 7 p.m., and the game will be ...

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Second Baptist Church in Belleville welcomes new pastor

... is also the president of Northern Baptist School of Religion, an undergraduate accredited school in the city of Newark, and has served as the President of the Baptist Ministers Conference of Newark and Vicinity. Jefferson holds the Bachelor of Arts, ...

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Elizabeth Avenue Partnership welcomes new restaurant

... of the restaurant. Aldonsa Reyes, recently opened Jaylenne's in Elizabeth after spending the last two years in Newark before running a catering business from her home in Linden where she was able to perfect her craft in Latin/Dominicano cuisine. ...

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Christie aide Drewniak questioned by bridge-jam prosecutors

... his lawyer. Drewniak, one of Christie's closest advisers, met prosecutors working for U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman in Newark, New Jersey. Fishman's office and state lawmakers are examining lane closures at the bridge from Sept. 9 to Sept. 12, which ...

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Prudential Financial reveals dispute with N.Y. regulator Lawsky

... as variable annuities. The regulator "notified us that it does not agree with our calculation of statutory reserves," Newark, New Jersey-based Prudential said Thursday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. "We are currently in ...

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Why I'm fighting the NYPD's surveillance of Muslims: Opinion

... am Abdul Kareem Muhammad is resident imam of Masjid Al-Haqq and director of education of the Clara Muhammad School in Newark, and a former administrator for the Muhammad University of Islam Newark.

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Christie Aide Drewniak Interviewed by U.S. Prosecutors

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's press secretary Michael Drewniak, a former newspaper reporter, worked for about a decade at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Newark and was a spokesman for Christie while he was U.S. attorney there from 2002 to 2008.

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Acupuncture at Sciatic Nerve Potentially Beneficial for Sepsis

... . Noting that vagal stimulation positively affects inflammation, Rafael Torres-Rosas, from Rutgers University in Newark, N.J., and colleagues applied electroacupuncture at the sciatic nerve in mice with sepsis. The researchers found that ...

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Airline perks that offer the luxury of privacy

... through hidden doors leading to the front of security lines. - United Airlines has a similar setup in Chicago and Newark, N.J. - Delta Air Lines will drive its top passengers who have a tight connection in Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York or ...

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NJ Politics: Bridge scandal rabbi comments, call for Christie to resign, and more

... the poll at right. Two state senators called on the bridge scandal investigative committee to turn its attention to Newark, where they said tax dollars have been wasted for years amid malfeasance and incompetence. State Senate President Stephen ...

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Express security: Not just for frequent fliers anymore

... their carry-on bags. The other nearest enrollment centers in the three-state area are in Pittsburgh, Woodbury and Newark, N.J., and New Castle, Del. Applicants can enroll online and make an appointment. At the center, they are fingerprinted and ...

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LuPone and Patinkin... together again

... at 8 p.m. tomorrow, as part of the American Song Series at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center St., Newark. LuPone is the two-time Tony winner who has been called "the American musical theater's greatest living star." Patinkin, one of ...

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New Jersey Devils vs. Columbus Blue Jackets 2.27.14

New Jersey Devils defenseman Andy Greene pressures Columbus Blue Jackets left wing Matt Calvert near the Devils goal in the 3rd period at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on 2/27/14.

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Belafonte urges young to resume march toward freedom

... at the University of Delaware's Trabant University Center on Thursday night. / WILLIAM BRETZGER/THE NEWS JOURNAL NEWARK - Entertainment icon and civil rights lion Harry Belafonte delivered a call to action Thursday night, urging radical thought to ...

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

New Jersey Devils vs. Columbus Blue Jackets 2.27.14

New Jersey Devils goalie Cory Schneider makes a save with the tip of his skate late in the 3rd period in front of Columbus Blue Jackets center Boone Jenner at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on 2/27/14.

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Wall Street cheered by Yellen's remarks

... talked more about the soft patch," said Quincy Krosby, market strategist at Prudential Financial, which is based in Newark, New Jersey. "I think she gave the market some comfort that she thought it was probably mostly due to weather-related issues." ...

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N.J. Legislature's investigative panel urged to look into other allegations of corruption

... of Essex, asked the joint investigative committee to look into a comptroller's findings that some public officials in Newark had used taxpayer money for personal expenditures. The comptroller investigation found that between 2008 and 2011 the Newark ...

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Prudential Reveals Dispute With Lawsky's Office on Reserves

... as variable annuities. The regulator "notified us that it does not agree with our calculation of statutory reserves," Newark, New Jersey-based Prudential said today in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. "We are currently in ...

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Young British man charged with hacking into US Federal Reserve computers

... including the US Army, NASA and the Environmental Protection Agency. Those charges were brought in federal court in Newark, New Jersey. He also faced federal charges in Virginia for other alleged intrusions. In the latest case, prosecutors said Love ...

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Newark mayor's race: William Payne considering city council race if it helps Jeffries

NEWARK - In another potential game-changer for the Newark city election, William Payne, patriarch of the longstanding Newark political dynasty, said tonight he would consider running for city council on Shavar Jeffries' ticket if it would help the mayoral candidate win in May. "If being part of his team would then absolutely," Payne, 81, told The ... (more)

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Thomas kicks off new foundation

Seattle Seahawks' Earl Thomas speaks during media day for the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football game Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Newark, N.J. Photo: Mark Humphrey, STF Seattle Seahawks free safety Earl Thomas talks to reporters, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, before NFL football practice in Renton, Wash.

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Senators: Investigate Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corporation

... lanes to add another scandal to their plate. Sam Thomspon, R-Middlesex, and Ronald Rice, D-Essex, want to have the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corporation investigated, following a scathing report from the Office of the State ...

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New Jersey Devils vs. Columbus Blue Jackets 2.27.14

New Jersey Devils defenseman Andy Greene battles Columbus Blue Jackets center Mark Letestu and Columbus Blue Jackets right wing Marian Gaborik as he helps defend the goal during the 1st period at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on 2/27/14.

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Comment on Miss World Returns to Ny Tri-State to Raise Funds for...

... dinner fundraiser-open to the public-on Wednesday, November 20 at 7 p.m. at Doubletree by Hilton (128 Frontage Road, Newark, New Jersey). "PIDCI and Megan share the same vision of bringing together various Filipino-American communities to show them ...

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N.J. officer in deadly joyride sentenced to 3 years

... force, give up his right to hold a public job and may give up his police pension, according to The Star-Ledger of Newark . A New Jersey police officer has been sentenced to three years in prison for taking a joyride in a sports car then crashing ...

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N.J. officer in deadly joyride sentenced to 3 years

... ice force, give up his right to hold a public job and may give up his police pension, according to The Star-Ledger of Newark. He has been suspended without pay since 2008.

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National Review Online's Jonah Goldberg to Keynote "The Road to Prosperity" Dinner Event

- Saturday, March 1 at 6PM in Newark - Americans for Prosperity Foundation-New Jersey will host a special dinner event this Saturday evening in Newark featuring conservative writer, author and pundit, Jonah Goldberg. Today, Jonah Goldberg serves as ...

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Town Hall Meeting Addresses Millburn Carjackings

Briton faces new hacking charges

... including the US Army , Nasa and the Environmental Protection Agency . Those charges were brought in federal court in Newark , New Jersey . He also faced federal charges in Virginia for other alleged intrusions. In the latest case, prosecutors said ...

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Essex County Sheriff's officers arrest 4 in separate drug probes

NEWARK - Three men and a woman were arraigned on drug charges today following their arrests Wednesday in three separate investigations led by detectives from the Essex County Sheriff's Office.

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Woman Gets $22 Million After Being Struck by Truck

... d appeals. The latest round of settlement talks began more than a week ago, he said. Jeffrey O'Hara of LeClairRyan in Newark, N.J., and Eric Berger of Cozen O'Connor represented Duane Reade at trial.

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Dozens charged in alleged car theft ring that targeted luxury SUVs in Morris and other counties

... and Morris counties, most of them in the New York City metropolitan area. Hoffman described one carjacking in Newark in which a woman's car was stolen when she left it running to go into a store -- with her 15-year-old daughter inside. The ...

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2 NJ lawmakers urge corruption probe of Newark watershed agency

The state comptroller alleges that the Newark Watershed's former director, Linda Watkins-Brashear, and others siphoned off millions of city dollars through sweetheart deals, shady stock trades and fishy payouts.

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Discovery Of 39 New Species Of Endemic...

... work by beginning a revision of the poorly understood family Corydiidae during her post doc at Rutgers University in Newark, NJ.

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Alleged Members of ATM Skimming Scheme Appear in Court

... Paul J. Fishman. Bogdan Radu, 31, of Queens, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William J. Martini in Newark federal court to charges of one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. Marius ...

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Salvatore Apicelli, retired math teacher

... surrounded by his loving family Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, at Beebe Healthcare in Lewes. Mr. Apicelli was born in Newark, N.J., son of the late Alfonso and Concetta (Napurano) Apicelli. Sal retired as a high school math teacher for Morris Knolls High ...

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Chemical Company Showcases the Success of the Biotech Industry

... ated company was founded in 1896 by Alexander Seidler. Contact Information: Seidler Chemical Co, Inc 537 Raymond Blvd Newark, NJ 07105

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Thirty-nine new species of endemic cockroach discovered in the southwestern US and Mexico

... work by beginning a revision of the poorly understood family Corydiidae during her post doc at Rutgers University in Newark, NJ. The above story is based on materials provided by Pensoft Publishers . The original story is licensed under a Creative ...

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Re: Too Real: Funeral Home Director's Message to Stop the Violence

A funeral home director from Newark, NJ gives the straight raw facts of "being about that life."

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DOT releases video explaining Pulaski Skyway shutdown, possible detours

... nearly 5-minute animated video to explain the looming Pulaski Skyway shutdown . The 81-year old span, which connects Newark and Kearny to Jersey City, will be off limits to northbound drivers for about two years starting April 12. The closure will ...

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For a fee, you can skip the TSA line at PHL

... Avenue, Suite 100. The only other center in Pennsylvania is in Pittsburgh. Other nearby centers are in Woodbury and Newark, N.J., and New Castle, Del. Applicants must provide two forms of identification, such as a driver's license, birth ...

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Newark Mayor's race: Working Families Alliance endorses Baraka

Mayoral candidate and South Ward Councilman Ras Baraka, standing outside Weequahic High School in Newark in this file photo, today received the endorsement of the New Jersey Working Families Alliance.

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Man, 41, shot and killed in Newark's East Ward

Newark police responded to a fatal shooting in the North Ironbound around 11:45 p.m. Wednesday.

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NJ officer in deadly joyride case to be sentenced

... ice force, give up his right to hold a public job and may give up his police pension, according to The Star-Ledger of Newark (http://bit.ly/1o8kLmg).

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Councilman: Glen Ridge has salt reserved

... winter due to the repeated snows. The shortage has been alleviated in part by the arrival of new salt shipments in Newark this month. Some additional snow was expected for the region starting late Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, but it was ...

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Cedar Grove issues eight citations to massage parlor following prostitution raid

... arrested last year were also from Queens. Those defendants' cases are still proceeding through Superior Court in Newark. A pretrial hearing for the 2013 case had been scheduled for Feb. 18 - the morning of the arrest. There was no plea or resolution ...

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NJ utility raising bills for power restoration

... and three other major storms in 2011 and 2012. Under the deal announced Wednesday and reported by The Star-Ledger of Newark (http://bit.ly/N6CzTs), Jersey Central Power & Light would be able to raise an additional $736 million. When it initially ...

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NYC man admits guilt in ATM skimming scheme that stole NJ customers' account info

A 31-year-old Queens man pleaded guilty in Newark on Wednesday to bank fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft.

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Cory Booker Senate race : Back in '78, Jeff Bell cut the template for the tea partiers...

... people. There was an odd reluctance to run." That reluctance stems from a couple of causes. One is that the former Newark mayor has a reputation as a great fundraiser. The other is a direct result of that 1978 primary race: No Republican has won a ...

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Newark must keep its great teachers by considering performance, years of service: Opinion

... just listened to you when you needed him or her. We are very fortunate to have many great teachers like this in the Newark School District and are committed to ensuring there is a great teacher in every classroom. Today, this commitment to great ...

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NJ officer in deadly joyride case to be sentenced

... force, give up his right to hold a public job and may give up his police pension, according to The Star-Ledger of Newark . A New Jersey police officer is expected to be sentenced to three years in prison when for taking a joyride in a sports car ...

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NJ officer in deadly joyride case to be sentenced

... ice force, give up his right to hold a public job and may give up his police pension, according to The Star-Ledger of Newark. He has been suspended without pay since 2008.

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Holmdel Resident, Korean War Veteran Dies at 80

... Day Funeral Home Arthur O'Mahoney, 80, of Holmdel died Tuesday at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Born in Newark, he resided there, moving to Keyport for 11 years and then Holmdel in 2009. He was a forklift operator for Schultz and Sons, ...

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Fund-raiser assures interests of foster kids NEW

... founded in 1986 by the National Council of Jewish Women's Essex County Section and the Junior League of Montclair-Newark, is the oldest and largest court-appointed advocacy program for foster children in New Jersey, and one of the 15 largest CASA ...

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Belford Resident Veronica C. Geraghty Dies at 89

... Funeral Home Veronica C. Geraghty, 89, of Belford, NJ, died Tuesday at Chapin Hill in Red Bank, NJ. She was born in Newark, NJ and moved to the area in 1963. Veronica worked as a site manager for the Keansburg Senior Center. She was a member of the ...

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NJ utility raising bills for power restoration

... and three other major storms in 2011 and 2012. Under the deal announced Wednesday and reported by The Star-Ledger of Newark , Jersey Central Power & Light would be able to raise an additional $736 million. When it initially filed with the Board of ...

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Cami Anderson, Newark schools superintendent, at loggerheads with school board

The relationship between Newark Schools Superintendent Cami Anderson and the School Advisory Board has become so contentious that they now communicate by press release and video.

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Home-court Advantage: Southern Miss undefeated this season in Reed Green Coliseum

... building. Sure, the memories swirled and maybe an ounce of sentimentality washed over him. But more than that, the Newark, N.J., native reflected on exactly how friendly the confines at Reed Green Coliseum have been to him and his teammates in ...

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Bridge Worker Lands Feet First in Fall

... and Health Admninistration spokeswoman said Wednesday (Feb. 26) that he had, in fact, broken both legs. Santos, of Newark, NJ, works for Petric & Associates, a painting contractor based in Newfoundland, NJ. About 9:30 a.m. Sunday (Feb. 23), the crew ...

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Angelina E. Morra, 91

Angelina E. Morra, 91, of Belleville , formerly of East Orange and Newark, died on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 at Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville.

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"Philomena," the movie, will make you cry and rejoice

... Villa in Englewood Cliffs. She emmigrated from Kerry to the U.S. in 1950 and entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Newark, in 1956. Her religious community, now called The Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, staffed orphanages in Downtown Jersey City and ...

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Same-sex marriage suits promise progress

... is 62 years old. Only 20 of them are women, and only seven are racial minorities. When Cory Booker, former mayor of Newark, N.J., was recently elected to the United States Senate, he became only the ninth black U.S. senator in history. During the ...

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

War of words escalates inside Port Authority

... INCHES FRIDAY. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Internal squabbling at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has taken a new turn. A day after ...

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NJ needs to pass paid sick leave for all: Opinion

... state to provide all workers with the basic right to take a day off from work when they're sick. Jersey City and Newark have already passed local ordinances requiring paid sick time for workers, but they're the only two municipalities empowered to ...

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Turbulence and lap babies

... Japan that eight crew and passengers were sent to the hospital. Last month, a United Airlines flight on its way from Newark, N.J., to Beijing, was forced to turn around because five crew members were injured in an unexpected patchy spot. Some ...

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Illegal immigrant with sick son to stay in U.S. for genetic testing

... immigrant from Honduras so he can get genetic testing to help his sick son. Carlos Oliva-Guillen, 26, was released in Newark, N.J., Tuesday, the Star-Ledger of Newark reported. Bryan Cox, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said his ...

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Romanian man pleads guilty for role in tri-state ATM-skimming ring

... confessed his crime to U.S. District Judge William J. Martini shortly after Vintila was brought before the judge in Newark and formally entered a not guilty plea to six counts of a federal indictment returned against him last week. Also on ...

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Squire Sanders in talks to combine with Patton Boggs lobbying firm

... financial results. Patton Boggs' revenues slid by 12% in 2013, to $278 million, and the firm is shutting down its Newark, N.J., office, whose earning power has plunged." Readers are solely responsible for the content of the comments they post here. ...

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NJ police say mall gunman was target in drug probe

... running, then shot and killed himself early Tuesday morning, authorities said. Photo: YANA PASKOVA, New York Times NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A man who terrorized shoppers last fall when he fired rifle shots inside an upscale mall before taking his own ...

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First Lady Mary Pat Christie launches Spirit of a Hero Scholarship

... awardees made significant contributions to their respective communities - from delivering meals to the homeless in Newark to creating a kids cancer fund and volunteering with families of autistic children. All of their good work continues to help ...

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Patton Boggs in merger talks with Squire Sanders

... laska; Dallas; Denver; New Jersey; New York; and the Middle East on its website, although it will soon be closing its Newark, N.J., office.

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The Chieftains return to NJPAC

... of life." Tomorrow night, Friday, Feb. 28, The Chieftains play at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark. Tickets and information are at njpac.org. If you've only heard of one Irish band, it's likely to be them: since they formed in ...

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Group slams Christie for missing NJ Supreme Court deadline on affordable housing rules

... master." A three-judge appellate panel is scheduled to hear the Fair Share Housing Center's motion on March 5 in Newark. In addition, state Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D-Union) is drafting legislation to overhaul the affordable housing system and hopes to ...

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Prudential Hires Deutsche Bank's Tan for Asia Real Estate

... The insurer and larger rival MetLife Inc. have been expanding real estate offerings in a push for fee income. Newark, New Jersey-based Prudential has been pursuing growth outside the U.S., hiring Ezequiel Rodriguez last month to run real estate ...

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Christie: No 'happy songs'

... funds, as their $55 million increase goes toward paying benefits for state-funded employees. University Hospital in Newark, which used to be part of the now-defunct University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, gets an extra $30 million. ...

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Newark to hire more than 30 firefighters, Belleville to hire 7 with federal grants

The Newark Fire Department was awarded $5.6 million from the federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response, or SAFER, grant.

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Leaders Of ATM Skimming Scheme In Mercer, Middlesex Counties in Court Wednesday

... authorities said. Bogdan Radu, 31, of Queens, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William J. Martini in Newark federal court to a charge of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and a single count of aggravated identity theft. Marius Vintila, ...

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Stamford Rabbi Joseph Ehrenkranz, Led Congregation 4 Decades

... who led Congregation Agudath Sholom in Stamford, for more than 40 years, died Feb. 23, 2014. He was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1926. A student of Rav Soloveitchick, he received ordination from Yeshiva University in 1949, and began working at ...

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First Lady Mary Pat Christie Launches Second Annual Spirit of a Hero Schola

Leaders Of ATM Skimming Scheme In Ocean, Monmouth Counties in Court Wednesday

Kearny's 'Policeman of the Year'

... instructor at the Passaic County Police Academy in Wayne, from which he graduated in 2001. Gonzalez, who grew up in Newark and Kearny, joined the KPD in August 2001 after serving a year as a Hudson County corrections officer and a year as an officer ...

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Patton Boggs in talks to merge with Squire Sanders

... staff - and change its compensation system. Managing partner Ed Newberry said this week the firm plans to close its Newark, NJ office within the next six weeks because it was no longer as profitable as it once was. Late last year, Patton Boggs was ...

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Prudential Hires Deutsche Bank's Tan for Malaysia Real Estate

Newark mayor's race: Jeffries rolls out council slate and senior plan

NEWARK - Flanked by his city council slate, mayoral candidate Shavar Jeffries rolled out his plan to advocate for Newark's seniors today at Essex Plaza, an elderly living community in downtown Newark.

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Alleged Members of ATM Skimming Scheme Appear in Court

Newark woman arrested, charged in North Ward bank robberies

NEWARK - A Newark woman has been accused of robbing a pair of North Ward banks earlier this month, police said.

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Thirty-nine new species of endemic cockroach discovered in the southwestern US and Mexico

Re: Too Real: Funeral Home Director's Message to Stop the Violence

A funeral home director from Newark, NJ gives the straight raw facts of "being about that life."

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New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur practices at the Prudential Center

New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur sits in the locker room after practice at the Prudential Center. Newark, NJ 2/26/14 (John Munson/The Star-Ledger)

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Thirty-nine new species of endemic cockroach discovered in the southwestern US and Mexico

... work by beginning a revision of the poorly understood family Corydiidae during her post doc at Rutgers University in Newark, NJ. Hopkins H (2014) A revision of the genus Arenivaga (Rehn) (Blattodea, Corydiidae), with descriptions of new species and ...

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Newark, NJ Takes Stop-And-Frisk Crown From New York City

As New York's Mayor Bill DeBlasio dismantles the controversial stop and frisk policy in New York, Newark, NJ now has became the centerpiece of the racially biased practice, according to new reports.

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Amiri Baraka: Black Leader And Poet Laureate To The ancestors

... Jones and later changed his name to LeRoi Jones, made his transition on January 9, 2014. Born October 7, 1934 in Newark, NJ, he would have been 80 this year had the Infinite not decided that it was time for him to come Home. By most accounts, he was ...

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Newark man arrested for gun possession in middle of unruly crowd

... charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and certain persons not to have weapons, said Sgt. Ronald Glover of the Newark police. Investigators from the Narcotics and Gang Division were patrolling the street, which runs along the border of the ...

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Federal Judge Removes U.S. Muslims from Constitution

As reported by the Associated Press' Tom Hays on Feb 21, a federal judge in Newark, N.J., decided that the New York Police Department has been within its constitutional bounds spying on Muslims at mosques, restaurants, colleges and grade schools in New Jersey since 2002.

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Kanye West tickets sales drying up

... ticket brokers offered massively discounted tickets -- and even free ones -- for shows at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., last week and for Sunday's show at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island. This came after only half of the Prudential ...

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NJ man's deportation stopped after his baby's rare ailment requires testing

NEWARK - A Honduran man in the United States illegally was released from federal custody yesterday, drawing cheers from a crowd of supporters in Newark, after immigration officials learned genetic testing on the detainee would be critical to the treatment of his gravely ill son.

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Budget preserves pensions, tax rates

... funds, as their $55 million increase goes toward paying benefits for state-funded employees. University Hospital in Newark, which used to be part of the now-defunct University of Medicine and Dentistry, would get an extra $30 million. An additional ...

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Housecleaner charged with stealing from Boonton Township homes in which she worked

On Wednesday, Feb. 19, Township of Boonton Police arrested 41-year-old Crystal Frisbie, of Newark, on an outstanding warrant for theft following a four-month investigation led by the department's Detective Bureau.

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Michael H. Peterson

... of Lakewood, NY, passed away on December 28, 2013 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was born in Newark, NJ, on March 19, 1948 to Carl Howard Peterson and Alice Rosie (Johnson) Peterson, who preceded him in being promoted to glory in ...

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Oops: N.J. official didn't know salt had arrived

... Maine, Tuesday awaiting the arrival of a barge to bring it down to New Jersey. / Gabor Degre, Bangor Daily News NEWARK, N.J. -- The state's transportation commissioner, who blamed a federal law for holding up shipments of rock salt from Maine to New ...

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

DePaul tops Seton Hall 65-60

... of 11. Seton Hall posted an 86-69 victory in the first meeting between the teams Jan. 25 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

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DePaul tops Seton Hall 65-60

... of 11. Seton Hall posted an 86-69 victory in the first meeting between the teams Jan. 25 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

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Oops: N.J. official didn't know salt had arrived

... federal rule was holding up the shipment, a day after a barge loaded with 9,500 tons of rock salt had arrived in Port Newark. Tons of rock salt sits piled up in Searsport, Maine, Tuesday awaiting the arrival of a barge to bring it down to New ...

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Madison Man Shot Dead in Newark

A 34-year-old Madison man was killed Monday morning in what was likely a targeted shooting in Newark, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.

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US airlines facing critical pilot shortage

... University in Daytona Beach, Fla., has wanted to be a pilot since he was a boy, watching the planes overhead at the Newark, N.J., airport, not far from his home. At 17, he had a private pilot's license – before he drove a car alone. Machado ...

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NJ's Oldest St. Patrick's Day Parade Announces Marshals

Organizers of the Newark St. Patrick's Day Parade, the oldest St. Patrick's Day parade in New Jersey, recently announced Dr. John A. Brennan, president and CEO of Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and the Children's Hospital of New Jersey, as Grand Marshal and Marion C. O'Neill, manager of corporate contributions for Public Service Enterprise ... (more)

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Highlights of Christie's budget

... 014. But there's one slight shift -- the charity care program would be cut by $25 million, and University Hospital in Newark would have its aid increased by that amount.

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Is Clark Thread project unspooling?

Since its courtship and conditional designation in May 2007 as the redeveloper of the old Clark Thread mill property, East Newark Towne Center has seemingly played the part of the reluctant bride.

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Christie: 'proud' of expanding Medicaid but costs need better management

... has enlisted the nine schools that make up Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, as well as University Hospital in Newark, and Rutgers Camden, to find a more cost-effective way to reduce their reliance on costly hospital care. "Last year, 5 ...

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Salt barge arrives in Newark, DOT says supplies still critically low

The state's Transportation Commissioner who blamed a federal law for holding up shipment of rock salt from Maine to New Jersey was unaware that the first barge load of salt landed in Port Newark Monday night.

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The Apollo Theater's Legendary Amateur Night

... Amateur Night victory in October 1942. She was only 16, a singer in the choir at the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey. Her long, elegant gown could not quite make the skinny, buck-toothed youngster glamorous. The Cootie Williams band ...

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Bloomfield man cleared of charges after dashcam surfaces speaks out,...

... Two of the Bloomfield officers involved, Orlando Trinidad and Sean Courter, were arraigned in Superior Court in Newark last week on charges of conspiracy, official misconduct, tampering with public records and false swearing, authorities said. ...

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New Jersey receives critical snow shipment

Ice forms at the bottom of the headlight of a truck as it is loaded with salt to spread on streets following a snow storm, Jan. 3 in Newark, N.J. But the costs to the state will be about $700,000 more than if they received a federal waiver to allow an international ship to make the delivery last week.

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Jets trainers save woman's life on trip to combine

... CPR for five minutes until paramedics arrived. "We're conditioned to help people," Zuffelato told The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.). "When the situation arose, the doctor, Josh and I did our best to help." We are all thankful for that condition health ...

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Newark mayoral candidates spar over ACLU report on police stop-frisk policy

Shavar Jeffries, left, is now essentially in a two-way race with South Ward Councilman Ras Baraka to be the next mayor of Newark.

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Christie administration announces dates to close two institutions for disabled

... facilities and filed a lawsuit last year to block them, as seen in this file photo outside the federal courthouse in Newark last spring. (Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger) TRENTON - The Christie administration has accelerated the closing of two ...

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NJ budget: Our fiscal mess needs bigger solutions

... proposes, rather than a small bump in the gas tax. Blame that on Republicans. But it is equally scandalous that Newark schools are spending roughly $40 million this year on teachers the district doesn't need, but cannot fire because of outdated ...

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Romanian man, arrested in Englewood, admits to involvement in tri-state ATM scam ring

... Cotiga pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud during a hearing in federal court in Newark. He faces up to 30 years in prison and will be deported to his homeland after serving his sentence, the judge said. Sentencing was ...

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ACLU: Newark police abusing stop-and-frisk

A report by the American Civil Liberties Union says police in Newark, N.J., are using a stop-and-frisk policy with "troubling frequency" against blacks.

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Secaucus mayor says loss of enormous Panasonic facility will not hurt tax base

Although Panasonic has moved its enormous headquarters, offices and warehouse operations from Secaucus to Newark and Goya Foods plans to shut one of its two facilities in town, Mayor Michael Gonnelli said the town will gain tax ratables at the two locations.

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Kanye West tickets sales drying up

Business owners in Newark, surrounding cities eligible for free SBA training

The U.S. Small Business Administration added Newark to a list of 27 cities and communities whose business owners are eligible to participate in its Emerging Leaders Initiative training program.

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Kanye West tickets sales drying up

ACLU Blasts Newark's Stop-and-Frisk Policy: Does It Unfairly Target Blacks? [POLL]

Numbers recently released by the American Civil Liberties Union state that the number of citizens targeted by the Newark Police Department's policy of Stop and Frisk are disproportionately African American.

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NJ insurance adjuster accused of defrauding turnpike, insurance companies out of $200K

... $200,000 out of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and several insurance companies. (Star-Ledger file photo) NEWARK - A Clifton man who owns an insurance adjustment company stole more than $200,000 from the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and insurance ...

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Pulaski Skyway Northbound Lane Closure April 12: Alternate Routes

... project to rehab the Pulaski Skyway will begin. Motorists will be unable to travel in the northbound direction, from Newark to Jersey City, on the Pulaski Skyway for approximately two years. The 3.5 mile long bridge carries Route 1& 9 traffic. When ...

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Patton Boggs set to shutter Newark office

Patton Boggs attorney Mark Sheridan will open the firm's new office in Florham Park Powerhouse law firm Patton Boggs is set to shutter its Newark office and move about half its attorneys to New York and to a new location due to open in Florham Park.

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NJ Actor Cast as 'Human Torch' Raises Old Questions About Race on Film

... Industry insiders leaking the cast of the upcoming Fantastic Four reboot earlier this month announced that Newark-native Michael B. Jordan would be playing the much-beloved character of Johnny Storm. Jordan, best known for his role as Wallace on ...

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Cotton named Big East Player of the Week for second time

New Watchung-Newark Bus Route Begins March 3

... Dept. of Transportation has added a new Route 22 bus route that will originate in Watchung and deliver passengers to Newark Penn Station beginning March 3. The NJ Transit #95 line will run on weekdays only Here are the specifics, per NJ Transit : ...

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Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich meets with federal prosecutors amid GWB probe

... in a statement issued Monday. Donohue said Sokolich voluntarily met with members of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Newark on Friday to discuss the lane closures at the George Washington Bridge last September. But Donohue said neither he nor Sokolich ...

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Birthday trips: Hoboken PATH turns 106 years old

... started in 1873 and was considered complete in 1911, with the extension to 33rd Street and the westward extension to Newark, according to the Port Authority's website. The rail was originally privately owned, but the Port Authority took over the ...

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Pulaski Skyway Bridge Closure Begins April 12: What You Need To Know

Patton Boggs closes New Jersey office amid revenue drop

Patton Boggs is closing an unprofitable office in Newark, N.J., after the firm's revenue dropped about 12 percent last year.

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Road salt for N.J. still stuck at Maine dock

... to much of New Jersey. Some of that salt came from an International Salt Company ship that docked last Wednesday in Newark with a load of salt that company officials for competitive reasons didn't want to reveal the size of. A second shipment from ...

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Stamford Rabbi Ehrenkranz, Led Congregation 4 Decades

Rutgers clears final hurdle to convert landmark Newark building into student housing

The state Economic Development Authority yesterday awarded $23 million in tax credits to a developer planning to convert a landmark Newark building into housing for Rutgers students.

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State approves charter school for Camden

... fall of this year. The estimated enrollment is 2,000 students. The application for Link Community Charter School in Newark was also approved by the state. There were six applicants submitting proposals for this round. In order for the applicants ...

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COMMENTARY: N.J. can do more to help working poor families

... benefit from healthier families. In recognition of this, New Jersey's two largest cities -- Jersey City and Newark -- have adopted earned sick days ordinances, leading the way for statewide policy change. The Working Poor Families Project report ...

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Could the Super Bowl knockout UFC 169?

... football game of the year, the Super Bowl . This year will be no different as UFC 169 is scheduled for February 1, in Newark, New Jersey. There has been speculation running around various sports media outlets that bad weather could potentially force ...

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Female Newark gang member is charged in fatal shooting of East Orange woman

ELIZABETH - A 21-year-old female gang member from Newark has been charged with murdering another woman in Elizabeth last week, authorities said today.

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Newark schools chief warns of massive teacher layoffs; wants pink slips tied to performance

Newark schools Superintendent Cami Anderson, seen here during Gov. Chris Christie's State of the State address last month, wants future layoffs tied to teacher effectiveness as well as seniority.

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Sales representative William A. Sussman dies at 84

William A. Sussman, a manufacturer's representative in the furniture industry for more than 60 years, died on Dec. 13. He was 84. Sussman, described in an obituary that ran Dec. 15 in the Newark, N.J., Star-Ledger as outgoing and optimistic, was born in Newark and liked to play tennis.

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Izenberg: Happy 95th birthday Monte Irvin

A A "But I never found anything to match the joy and the laughter those years with the Eagles brought me. The city (Newark) and county (Essex) loved us." he last Eagle will be 95 years old this morning. Monte Irvin broke the New York Baseball Giants' ...

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A lesson on New Jersey's first subdivision

... for the Dutch East India Company. Hudson explored the Delaware and Raritan Rivers, the Hudson River valley and the Newark and New York bays. Dutch mapmaker Adriaen Block subsequently surveyed the coast from New England to Delaware, naming it New ...

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Three-alarm Kearny fire injures 3, displaces 2 families and kills 2 pets

... because he hoped to get a look at his home and see how bad the damage is. One resident was taken to a hospital in Newark suffering from smoke inhalation and another resident was treated at the scene for a minor injury. A Jersey City firefighter also ...

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Pulaski Skyway northbound lane closures set to begin April 12

... of Transportation announced yesterday. Motorists will be unable to travel in the northbound direction, from Newark to Jersey City, for the duration of the construction period, state officials said. As part of the $1 billion Pulaski Skyway ...

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Airport Confidential: Inside the Strange World of Airline Cancellations

... flights are scrapped and planes are more crowded. Tight schedules and turnarounds mean a thunderstorm blowing through Newark, N.J., can radiate cancellations across the country, leaving customers stranded when other planes are too full to ...

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Monday, February 24, 2014

Number of NJ public retireeswith pension of at least 100Kclimbs 75 percent in 3 years

Number of NJ public retirees with pension of at least 100K climbs 75 percent in 3 years Star-Ledger [Newark, NJ], by Jeff Goldman

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Load of Road Salt Stuck in Maine

... has ready to cover the next storm came from an International Salt Company ship. The barge docked last week in the Newark port. DOT Spokesman Joe Dee told Townsquare Media last week that not all of the salt being delivered by International Salt , the ...

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Rabbi Joseph Ehrenkranz, Led Congregation Agudath Sholom For More Than 40 Years

Three injured, two families displaced and two pets killed at 3-alarm Kearny blaze

Irvington (37) at Newark East Side (59) - Boys Basketball

Ismael Sanogo had 11 points and seven rebounds as Newark East Side, No. 1 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, defeated Irvington, 59-37, in Newark.

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Mark Sokolich, Fort Lee mayor meets with federal prosecutors

... has met with federal prosecutors. Donohue said Sokolich voluntarily met with members of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Newark on Friday to discuss the lane closures at the George Washington Bridge last September. But Donohue said neither he nor ...

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Wizard of Oz, Government Meetings and Author Talks on Tap in South Orange This Week

... by events at he library and SOPAC, as well as a host of governement meetings. 7:30 p.m. - "America's Music: Jazz in Newark" program at the South Orange Public Library, 65 Scotland Road, South Orange. Former Star-Ledger editor Barbara J. Kukla will ...

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Essex executive seeking fourth term praises county workers, touts jail and parks revenue

... through contracts with federal and state agencies as well as five other counties. In August, the 2,434-bed lockup in Newark received a three-year accreditation from the American Correctional Association after scoring high marks. In December, the ...

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Newark man charged in Irvington woman's murder

NEWARK - A 21-year-old Newark man has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a 34-year-old Irvington woman last week, officials announced today.

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Pulaski Skyway deck replacement project to begin April 12

... (NJDOT) said Monday in a news release. Motorists will be unable to travel in the northbound direction, from Newark to Jersey City, for the duration of construction, which is expected to take about two years. A complete rehabilitation of the bridge ...

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Man Shot, Killed In Car In Irvington, N.J.

... Monday night were investigating a shooting that left a man dead earlier in the day. Charles A. McKinney Jr., 37, of Newark was shot around 12:40 p.m. Monday while in a car in the 200 block of 21st Street in Irvington, according to the Essex County ...

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ACLU: Newark stop-and-frisk targets black residents more than others

Newark police, pictured in this file photo, conducted stop-and-frisks at a higher rate than New York City cops at the height of their program, according to a report by the ACLU of New Jersey.

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Irvington (23) at Weequahic (70) - Girls Basketball

Alsaymeena Alexander took advantage of senior night and recorded a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds to lead Weequahic over Irvington, 70-23, in Newark.

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Triple murder trial highlights jailhouse friendship

... osecuting for the State. Hurd is represented by a trio of attorneys from out-of-state. They include Alan Bowman, from Newark, NJ; Carl Grant, from Columbia, SC; and James McMillan, of New York City.

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Mark Sokolich, Fort Lee mayor meets with federal prosecutors

Turbulence at Patton Boggs

... scheduled all-partners meeting Thursday to discuss the state of its business and announced a decision to close the Newark, N.J., office. Patton Boggs lists 26 lawyers working out of that office on its website. The New Jersey office handled the World ...

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Salt for N.J. still stuck in Maine

... Jones Act, which would have allowed a foreign-flagged vessel docked at Searsport Maine to transport all the salt to Newark. "Bull," was Simpsons reply to charges that the DOT was blaming the 1920 Jones Act for its problems. That act prohibits ...

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Nutley: Police blotter, Feb. 24

On Feb. 18 at 10:45 p.m., Perry Santos, 23, of Newark was arrested after a plastic bag containing narcotics was found behind a home that borders Rheinheimer Park.

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a Real New Jersey Scandal Tied to Democrats Being Ignored by Media

... and a Democrat appointed official pleading the Fifth and the media? Well, the media is ignoring it all. Even as Newark, New Jersey was laying off policemen and was pleading for more tax money and state bailouts, it has now been discovered that a ...

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NJ Transit new bus line will serve Union County during Pulaski Skyway shutdown

A new commuter bus line will start operating between Watchung and Newark Penn Station on weekdays only, beginning Monday, March 3, according to NJ Transit.

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Pulaski Skyway Northbound to Close in April for 2 Years

A two-year construction project that will close the northbound lanes of the Pulaski Skyway from Newark to Jersey City will begin in April, the New Jersey Department of Transportation announced Monday.

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Cordia player Chapman suspended 2 games for punch

... not condone Chapman's conduct and that it will take additional disciplinary actions. Chapman, a 6-foot-5 junior from Newark, N.J., gained his eligibility just a few weeks ago when Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate issued a restraining order that ...

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Pulaski Skyway lane closures to begin later than initially thought

... work will begin April 12 on the historic but decrepit 81-year-old steel truss bridge and causeway that stretches from Newark to Jersey City. Travel will continue to be allowed on the two southbound lanes from New York to New Jersey during the major ...

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DOT: Pulaski Skyway northbound lanes to be closed starting April 12

... Bowl Feb. 2, and then pushed back to mid-March. Motorists will be unable to travel in the northbound direction, from Newark to Jersey City, for the duration of the construction period, state officials said. As part of the $1 billion Pulaski Skyway ...

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Pulaski Skyway deck replacement project to begin April 12

... lanes across the deck of the 3.5-mile bridge. Motorists will be unable to travel in the northbound direction, from Newark to Jersey City, for the duration of the construction period. A complete rehabilitation of the bridge deck will be carried out ...

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Belleville: Police blotter, Feb. 24

... the merchant/renter. The name that had been given to the merchant was found to be part of an identity theft case in Newark. A total of $1,000 worth of chairs was reported missing, along with two banquet tables, and the investigation remains open. A ...

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UnitedHealthcare's Online Bill Payment Service Grows to More...

... care payments," said Franco Rizzolo, DC, partner and administrator of Suburban Orthopaedic Medical Center, LLC in Newark, N.J. "The capabilities available through myClaims Manager, including the ability for patients to make quick and easy payments, ...

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2 Bloomfield cops indicted after dashboard video shows them hitting suspect

NEWARK - Two Bloomfield police officers have been indicted on conspiracy and misconduct charges after a dashboard video from an officer's cruiser raised doubts about the officers' account of an arrest of a man accused of eluding police, prosecutors say.

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Rutgers 2014 recruiting class position evaluation: Linebacker

... in the flat, in the intermediate passing game and even vertically. Signees: Sidney Gopre , 6-1, 205, Weequahic (Newark, N.J.) ; Brandon Russell , 6-1, 215 , University School (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.); Eric Margolis , 6-4, 210, Clarkstown South (West ...

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NJ Actor Cast as 'Human Torch' Raises Old Questions About Race on Film

NJ expected to dodge storm; only light snow likely on Wednesday

... the temperature dips into the low 20s tonight and Tuesday. Wednesday night will be even colder, when the mercury in Newark falls to about 10 degrees. After a couple of days of dry weather, there could be what Gaines called "snow showers" across the ...

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Obituary: Bette Lee Lipschultz, 84, of Westfield

... Scotch Plains. Bette Lee was a resident of Westfield, for 56 years. She was born in 1929 at Beth Israel Hospital in Newark. In 1946 she graduated from the West Side High School in Newark and in 1950 from Newark State Teacher's College with a major ...

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The seagulls come to Forest Hill in Newark during the winter

One can hear the soothing sounds of the seagulls in Newark that can remind you of a warm summer day at the shore.

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Father-son bulk mailers face fraud sentencing

Harold and Mark Clevett appeared in Newark federal court Thursday as they face possibly dozens of years in prison for allegedly committing mail fraud.

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Rocky's Last Laugh: The Westway Controversy Comes Full Circle

... needed large spaces for staging, loading and unloading, so New York's port activity had shifted to Elizabeth and Newark, New Jersey. Similarly, small-scale manufacturing, which had been an economic driver of the city for more than a hundred years, ...

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Life gives you potholes? Turn them into 'hilarious imaginative scenes'

... 5,600 potholes, and the pothole repair crews this morning are on the Interstate 78 West express lanes past Exit 57 in Newark, which has closed the left lane.

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'America's Got Talent' begins taping season 9 at NJPAC in Newark

The "America's Got Talent" judges -- Howard Stern, Heidi Klum, and Howie Mandel -- watch auditioners during the show's weekend-long stint at NJPAC in Newark.

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Father-son bulk mailers face fraud sentencing

... $1 million. Harold and Mark Clevett pleaded guilty in September. They're scheduled for sentencing in federal court in Newark on Monday. The pair admitted using their Succasunna-based bulk mailing house, Clevett Worldwide Mailers, to run a scheme in ...

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Prudential Annuities launches new website

... annuities are issued by Pruco Life Insurance Company (in New York, by Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey), Newark, NJ (main office) and distributed by Prudential Annuities Distributors, Inc., Shelton, CT. All are Prudential Financial ...

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UnitedHealthcare's Online Bill Payment Service Grows to More Than...

Stop for tinted windows leads to warrant arrest in Watchungg

... driver's license had been suspended, police said. After confirming the driver, Morressa McCallister Morgan, 49, of Newark, was the registered owner, dispatch found an active Union County Sheriff's warrant for non-support of a child out for Morgan. ...

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Traffic delay on Route 22 east starting in Union; Accident reported on Parkway near Exit 141

At 7:41 a.m., there are delays due to volume.on eastbound Route 22 between the Garden State Parkway in Union and Meeker Avenue in Newark, according to 511nj.org At 6:44 a.m., an accident was reported on the southbound Garden State Parkway north of Exit 141 in Union.

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New Jersey Youth Chorus Trots Out for National Anthem

The next performance of the New Jersey Youth Chorus will feature the Young Men's Ensemble, as well as the boys of the Apprentice, Intermediate and Advanced Choruses, who will sing the Star Spangled Banner at the Harlem Globetrotters' February 16th appearance at the Prudential Center in Newark.

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Former Syracuse president takes reins as Rutgers-Newark chancellor

Rutgers President Robert Barchi introduces former Syracuse President Nancy Cantor as Rutgers-Newark's new chancellor last June.

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Glimpse of History: Trouble on the track in Newark

NEWARK - John Luzi, driving the No. 132 car, ran into a little problem in a consolation race at Ruppert Stadium in Newark, as seen in this 1951 photo.

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The Record: Port congestion

... has been so bad that some truck drivers are complaining about waiting seven hours in line to enter port facilities in Newark and Elizabeth to pick up or drop off their loads. Trucker Jose Murindo aptly sized up the problem, telling The Record, "I ...

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Winter Storm Blows Through NJ; Residents Stay Inside

... tons of salt for this winter season, 120,000 more than last year. Up to 14 inches of snow has already fallen in Newark, NJ. And this is just the first wave. More is definitely possible throughout the state. Central and coastal sections could receive ...

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Stereotypes for Italian Film makers

... in Rutherford and interviews important New Jersey Italian-Americans such ex-Senator Anthony Scardino and prominent Newark-based attorney Anthony Pope. The film also features recognizable personalities from the entertainment industry such as actor ...

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Sunday, February 23, 2014

Part 3: Grade of Available Heroin in N.J. is Especially Toxic

... said New Providence Deputy Chief of Police Scott Torre. "This is due to the fact that the two ports in Elizabeth and Newark are major hubs for the heroin coming into our country mainly from South America." Commensurate with these trends in heroin is ...

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Worker hospitalized after fall off north NJ bridge

... meant to catch falling tools or bridge debris. Officials told the newspaper that 29-year-old Thiago Santos of Newark fell about 20 feet and apparently landed on his feet on a ramp leading to the skyway, which was closed at the time. They said ...

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NJ Man Sentenced For Sexually Assaulting Young Girl

... register as a sex offender and is barred from having any contact with the girl. Murray says the assaults occurred in Newark over a two-year period, starting when the girl was nine years old. Cruz was arrested in March 2012 and was convicted last ...

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Judge: NYPD Surveilling NJ Muslims Did Not Violate Civil Rights

A judge in Newark, New Jersey, dismissed a lawsuit against the New York City Police Department for having spied on Muslim Americans at mosques, restaurants, and schools.

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Is Clark Thread project unspooling?

Man sentenced for sexually assaulting young girl

Newark watershed's lucrative payouts were no secret, contractor says

A Newark contractor says it was well-known that the Newark Watershed agency made large payouts.

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Elizabeth woman killed in Newark shooting

A woman was killed in the West Ward of Newark last night. Above, Newark police SUVs in a file photo.

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Opinion: Finishing our nation's unfinished business

Cory Booker talks to supporters at a victory party in Newark, New Jersey, after winning a special election for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the late Frank Lautenberg.

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Santiago's 'funky' screwball got him to the majors

... The son of a flooring-and-carpet installer and hotel housekeeper, Santiago, 26, grew up in a blue-collar section of Newark, N.J., resisting the temptation of drugs and gangs by staying in school, playing ball in the afternoons and rising at 5 a.m. ...

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New Jersey Business Hall of Fame welcomes Peter J. Cocoziello to the Class of 2014 Laureates

Peter J. Cocoziello, president and chief executive officer of Advance Realty, a commercial real estate firm, will be inducted into the New Jersey Business Hall of Fame on April 3 at the Newark International Airport Marriott.

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In bridge scandal, one lawyer could topple Christie

... than 100 New Jersey public officials, and in April, he added a crown jewel with a guilty verdict against Democratic Newark Mayor Sharpe James. But during sentencing, the boastful Christie was handed a rare rebuke. His office was seeking nearly 20 ...

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One person's stone shack is another's gem

... throughout much of affluent portion of Europe. The Takanasee hut is 116 years old and was part of the estate of Newark contractor P. Sandford Ross. An 1897 article in the New York Times indicated Ross - who also owned a fleet of tugboats for ...

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One person's stone shack is another's gem

Federal judge upholds NYPD surveillance against Muslims

... did not violate the U.S. Constitution, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. U.S. District Judge William Martini in Newark, New Jersey, threw out a lawsuit brought by several New Jersey Muslims who claimed the New York Police Department illegally ...

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Sales representative William A. Sussman dies at 84

Golden State Warriors unlikely to trade Harrison Barnes

... for Lillard's accomplishment. "One hundred percent. Oakland represents big dreams," said Jordan, who grew up in Newark, N.J., and said he understands Oakland's small-city-next-to-big-metropolis complex. "I understand the hustle of the inner city. I ...

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a Life: Sidney Kronish, longtime Teaneck resident, 1912-2014

... books, mediated labor disputes, spoke on panels, headed the New Jersey Council for Economic Education, advised Newark officials on economic matters and traveled the world. His wife, Mildred, a violinist who taught at Wood-Ridge High School, died in ...

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Tabatha Richardson-Smith scores a school-record 38 points as Seton Hall women beat...

... I give the players all the credit. They believed." Guard Alexis Brown added a career-high 24 points. Point guard and Newark native Ka-Deidre Simmons finished with 17 points and five assists. Seton Hall trailed 59-42 with 12:40 remaining in ...

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Saturday, February 22, 2014

Old Panasonic Headquarters in Secaucus, NJ Being Demolished

... been renting the space from Hartz. In April, 2011, it was announced that Panasonic would build a new headquarters in Newark, NJ. "This is an excellent example of how market conditions and property requirement change, and how buildings can quickly ...

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Seton Hall's Home Struggles Continue in 77-66 Loss to Marquette

NEWARK, NJ Seton Hall's Brandon Mobley had a perplexed look on his face in the locker room following the Pirates' 77-66 loss to Marquette.

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Newark archbishop turning home into a mansion for $500G: report

Archbishop John J. Myers stands outside Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, in Newark, N.J. The new wing of his home will reportedly cost more than $500,000 to build.

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Newark mayoral candidate Shavar Jeffries hits superintendent, opponent in rollout of education plan

Newark mayoral candidate Shavar Jeffries unveiled his education plan to a roomful of supporters at his Central Ward headquarters Saturday.

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Activist poet-playwright Amiri Baraka dies at 79

This Oct. 2, 2002 file photo shows Amiri Baraka, New Jersey's poet laureate during a ceremony at the Newark Public Library in Newark, N.J. Baraka, a Beat poet, black nationalist and Marxist revolutionary known for his blues-based, fist-shaking manifestos, died, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, N.J. at age 79.

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Live Updates: Girls basketball: Montclair vs Shabazz in the Essex County Tournament final

... Essex County Tournament comes to a close on Saturday. At 5 p.m. the two powers faced off at Essex County College in Newark. The Star-Ledger will be providing LIVE UPDATES in the comments section of this blog from the bout. Feel free to chime in with ...

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Colonial Philadelphia, or Colonized?

... this meeting a few weeks ago was just an attempt to sell to parents on what has already been decided by the SRC. In Newark, New Jersey corporate education reformers are already farther along with the same Universal Enrollment plan and it is one of ...

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Broncos Don't Want Any Glaring Weaknesses Going Into NFL Draft

Jan 28, 2014; Newark, NJ, USA; Denver Broncos vice president of football operation John Elway is interviewed during Media Day for Super Bowl XLIII at Prudential Center.

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NJ's Christie keeps low profile as Democrats attack

... Host Committee highlight the NY/NJ Snowflake Youth Foundation and their donation to the Boys and Girls Club in Newark, N.J. on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. The renovations include a new gym, swimming pool, recreations space, a youth dental clinic and new ...

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Christie: Bridgegate's getting boring, how about Cory Booker's gate?

... across the top of Page 1 Thursday. It was about the state comptroller's report on out-of-control spending at the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corp. This is a nonprofit agency that was set up by the Newark City Council in 1973 to ...

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Obamacare in NJ: Four out of fiveenrollees have paid their premiums

Obamacare in NJ: Four out of five enrollees have paid their premiums Star-Ledger [Newark, NJ], by Kathleen OA Brien At least three-quarters of the New Jerseyans who have selected health insurance through the federal marketplace website have followed through by paying their first month's premium, according to the three companies selling the ... (more)

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Carl F. Steinbach

Carl F. Steinbach, 86, passed away peacefully Sunday, February 16, 2014, in Medina. Carl was born April 10, 1927 in Newark, New Jersey, to the late Charles and Christine (Caspersen) He went to school in New Jersey and was a graduate of Rutgers ...

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The Pact: 3 black doctors who used education to escape poverty visit Saginaw Valley State University

... a promise they made to each other in their teen years to use education to make it out of poverty. The men grew up in Newark, N.J. - a city that was frequently at the top of many most-violent lists. Each had their own struggles to overcome, from ...

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Wredling sixth-grader to perform during "America's Got Talent" taping

... Today, Burke is scheduled to go before a full TV crew and studio audience at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, N.J., for a taped audition for the NBC reality show “America's Got Talent,” his father Joseph Burke said. He ...

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Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio says goodbye after 28 years in the department

... DeMaio bid an emotional farewell to the deparment he has led since 2011. (Aristide Economopolous/The Star-Ledger) NEWARK - In 2011, Samuel DeMaio took over the Newark Police Department during one of the most tumultuous times in the agency's history. ...

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Two Days: Polar Bear Plunge, chili, beer and Peking Acrobats

... St., Hoboken. For more information, visit hobokenvolunteers.com . 3 p.m. at Prudential Hall, NJPAC, One Center St., Newark. Tickets $32.50 to $66.10; call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com Violinist Sarah Chang, a former child prodigy whose ...

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Pope Francis names Archdiocese of Miami's second in command

... from Haiti, the Dominican Republic and the Philippines. Baldacchino, who also is a priest in the Archdiocese in Newark, N.J., will now bring his experience to Miami after being named Miami's 10th auxiliary bishop by Pope Francis on Thursday. "His ...

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