Archives for June 2005
N. Plainfield mayor must give answers
Published on 28 Jun 2005 at 6:03 am.
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Since moving to the South last August, I have been trying to get some answers from Mayor Janice Allen and her chief financial officer concerning my benefits in a program called Length of Service Awards Program (LOSAP).
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High Court Expands Reach of Eminent Domain
Published on 23 Jun 2005 at 1:49 pm.
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WASHINGTON A divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that local governments may seize people’s homes and businesses against their will for private development in a decision anxiously awaited in communities where economic growth often is at war with individual property rights.
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Durbin slanders his own country
Published on 19 Jun 2005 at 6:19 pm.
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BY MARK STEYN SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST Throughout the last campaign season, senior Democrats had a standard line in their speeches, usually delivered with righteous anger, about how “nobody has a right to question my patriotism!”
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Back to basics
Published on 17 Jun 2005 at 6:52 am.
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After spending life in the so-called real world, adults go back to school to earn high-school degrees. By CHAD WEIHRAUCH Staff Writer NORTH PLAINFIELD — Mirta Sarcona graduated last week from high school with grades good enough to put her at the top of her class. She wore a maroon cap and gown as she [...]
Forrester takes it to Corzine on Democratic scandals
Published on 16 Jun 2005 at 8:02 am.
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Republican aggressively tries to appeal to voter outrage as his opponent gains support of AFL-CIO BY JEFF WHELAN Star-Ledger Staff The campaign for governor is just over a week old, and already Republican Doug Forrester has been attacking Democrat Jon Corzine with an intensity not often seen until the fall election season.
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Mayor Allen — not Bush — is cause of North Plainfield’s woes
Published on 12 Jun 2005 at 1:21 pm.
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Democrats and Republicans in North Plainfield are being subjected to an overbearing tax increase. This is because Mayor Janice Allen has failed to properly administer her duties as mayor. She has let us all down by neglecting to oversee the finances of the borough.
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FORRESTER WINS IN FIGHT TO FINISH
Published on 8 Jun 2005 at 6:33 am.
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Bret Schundler, watching election results in Manville, conceded race by 10:50 p.m. By MICHAEL SYMONS Gannett State Bureau TRENTON — Republican voters chose Doug Forrester as their standard-bearer for the campaign for governor Tuesday, opting for the millionaire businessman to counter the deep pockets of the Democrats’ nominee, U.S. Sen. Jon Corzine.
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Somerset freeholders OK $315K in recreation grants
Published on 8 Jun 2005 at 6:10 am.
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By LARRY HIGGS Staff Writer SOMERVILLE — For the second year in a row, all Somerset County municipalities applied for youth athletic and recreation grants, and all got checks for $15,000 each.
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The Swamps of Jersey
Published on 3 Jun 2005 at 6:13 am.
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Can Garden State Republicans convince voters they can clean up the corruption? BY JOHN FUND TRENTON, N.J.–This year’s race for governor finds the residents of the Garden State in a surly mood. Personal and financial scandals forced Democrat Jim McGreevey to resign last year, and the recent release of taped conversations between a South Jersey [...]
How Heroic Was ‘Deep Throat’?
Published on 2 Jun 2005 at 4:10 am.
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Fox News WASHINGTON ? The mystery over the identity of “Deep Throat” is over but one question remains: Was the former FBI executive who spilled Watergate’s secrets to The Washington Post a hero?