Years After Tobacco Deals Sold, SEC Says Rating Agencies Still Conflicted

by Cezary Podkul In our story last month about credit rating agencies and tobacco bonds, we detailed numerous instances in which bankers pressured Standard & Poor’s, Fitch and Moody’s to give favorable…

US and World News

SMITH LEGISLATION TO HELP ‘GREEN’ NEW JERSEY’S STATE BUILDINGS APPROVED BY SENATE ENVIRONMENT PANEL

Two measures sponsored by Senate Environment and Energy Committee Chairman Bob Smith that would encourage environmental sustainability in New Jersey state buildings were approved today by the Senate Environment panel. The bills…

Politics

State agrees to adopt Libertarian Party's transparency initiative.

On August 1, 2014, the New Jersey Libertarian Party (NJLP) formally petitioned the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) for a rule requiring municipalities and other local government units to specify…

Politics

Destiny: A Review by Lifelong Bungie Fan

Twenty years ago this December, I bought a new game for my second Mac at the local Microcenter and experienced something that changed the way I looked at games forever. Fun, addictive,…

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Is a volunteer fire company under contract with a fire district an OPRA "public agency"?

On April 29, 2014, the Government Records Council (the agency that enforces the Open Public Records Act (OPRA)) ruled in Robert A. Verry v. Franklin Fire District No. 1 (Somerset), GRC Case…

Community News·Police Blotter·Politics

SENATORS GORDON & WEINBERG ANNOUNCE EFFORT TO OVERRIDE VETO OF PORT AUTHORITY REFORM BILL

TRENTON – Senator Bob Gordon and Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg today announced that the Senate will vote to override the governor’s veto of legislation they sponsored to bring comprehensive transparency and…

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Eustace Introduces Legislation to Help State Facilities Go Green

Measure Would Oversee the Transition to Environmentally Sustainable, Energy Efficient Practices at all State Offices Assemblyman Tim Eustace has introduced legislation to help the State of New Jersey “go green” by maximizing…

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NJ Legislative committee mulls program to shine light on some police internal affairs matters.

On Thursday, January 15, 2015, the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee will discuss Senate Bill No. 1236 which seeks to establish a two-year pilot program placing the Edison Township (Middlesex County)…

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Please join us on Friday, January 9, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. in the Berkeley Township…

Please join us on Friday, January 9, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. in the Berkeley Township Elementary School auditorium for a free movie night. The Berkeley Township Environmental Education Program Foundation will be…

School and Education News

Vying for Market Share, Companies Heavily Promote ‘Me Too’ Drugs

by Charles Ornstein and Ryann Grochowski Jones This story was co-published with the New York Times’ The Upshot. For more than five decades, the blood thinner Coumadin was the only option for…

US and World News

Manchester Receives $33K For Recycling Efforts

NEW JERSEY – New Jersey’s municipalities will receive more than $15 million in state recycling grants to help implement and enhance local recycling efforts, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bob Martin…

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Connors, Rumpf & Gove Oppose Construction of Offshore LNG Terminal

In response to the proposed construction of the Port Ambrose deepwater liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal off of New Jersey’s coastline, Senator Christopher J. Connors, Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne…

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The Faces of Health Care: Anthony C.

“If it weren’t for [the Affordable Care Act], my family would be uninsured.” Anthony has spent his life working to help customers with their mortgages. He owned his own mortgage company…

Politics

Christie shows no compassion for poor

New Jersey’s poor and needy are struggling to make ends meet and to feed their families, something that should be unconscionable in modern America and even more so in New Jersey. Time…

Politics

Two Ocean County Men See Record Fish Catches Surpassed in 2014

TRENTON-The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has certified two new fish into the state record book, ousting a Lakewood man who had held one of those records for the past year.…

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Pair Charged with Trespassing After Spending Two Days Locked in Unlocked Closet

DAYTONA BEACH, FL-John Arwood, 31 and Amber Campbell, 25 told police they fled to a closet after being chased on Sunday. The pair said they ran into a janitorial closet at the…

US and World News

PRESERVE THE BEAUTY OF OCEAN COUNTY PLEASE STAY OFF THE DUNES http://www.n…

PRESERVE THE BEAUTY OF OCEAN COUNTY ***PLEASE STAY OFF THE DUNES***http://www.nj.com/ocean/index.ssf/2014/12/snowy_owl_search_causing_increased_dune_trampling_at_island_beach_state_park_officials_say.html#incart_river Snowy owl search causing increased dune trampling at Island Beach State Park, officials saywww.nj.comIn their zeal to get a glimpse of…

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Years After Tobacco Deals Sold, SEC Says Rating Agencies Still Conflicted

SMITH LEGISLATION TO HELP ‘GREEN’ NEW JERSEY’S STATE BUILDINGS APPROVED BY SENATE ENVIRONMENT PANEL

State agrees to adopt Libertarian Party's transparency initiative.

Destiny: A Review by Lifelong Bungie Fan

Is a volunteer fire company under contract with a fire district an OPRA "public agency"?

SENATORS GORDON & WEINBERG ANNOUNCE EFFORT TO OVERRIDE VETO OF PORT AUTHORITY REFORM BILL

Eustace Introduces Legislation to Help State Facilities Go Green

NJ Legislative committee mulls program to shine light on some police internal affairs matters.

Please join us on Friday, January 9, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. in the Berkeley Township…

Vying for Market Share, Companies Heavily Promote ‘Me Too’ Drugs

Manchester Receives $33K For Recycling Efforts

Connors, Rumpf & Gove Oppose Construction of Offshore LNG Terminal

The Faces of Health Care: Anthony C.

Christie shows no compassion for poor

Two Ocean County Men See Record Fish Catches Surpassed in 2014

Pair Charged with Trespassing After Spending Two Days Locked in Unlocked Closet

PRESERVE THE BEAUTY OF OCEAN COUNTY PLEASE STAY OFF THE DUNES http://www.n…

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