Archives for September 2006
Somerset gets grant to explore saving by sharing
Published on 20 Sep 2006 at 9:35 am.
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BY CATHY BUGMAN Star-Ledger Staff Somerset County yesterday received the first installment of a $250,000 state grant to expand and explore new options for sharing services to save taxpayers money.
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Borough Hall Construction Budget Keeps Getting Bigger.
Published on 17 Sep 2006 at 5:49 pm.
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By Robert Gatto Correction regarding this weeks video message As a Council Candidate for the Borough of North Plainfield I must start off this article by correcting a statement I made in this weeks video message. In order to be fair and accurate I misstated that the North Plainfield taxpayers approved the 3 Million Dollar [...]
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New Jersey Switcheroo
Published on 15 Sep 2006 at 4:10 pm.
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The Wall Street Journal For pure entertainment value, not much can compete with the blood sport of New Jersey politics. Last week federal investigators launched a probe into whether U.S. Senator Robert Menendez illegally benefited to the tune of more than $300,000 from a rental-income deal he had with a nonprofit agency that received millions [...]
Union Twp. landlords protest two-family inspection law
Published on 15 Sep 2006 at 4:07 pm.
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Officials call it a response to illegal tenants using municipal services? BY JASON JETT? Star-Ledger Staff? A new law requiring owners of two-family homes to register all tenants and open rental units for annual inspections came under protest at a township committee meeting in Union Township.
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8 towns’ officials meet on police merger
Published on 14 Sep 2006 at 5:54 am.
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??COST-CUTTING PROPOSAL BY ERIK LARSEN COASTAL MONMOUTH BUREAU SPRING LAKE ? Stone-faced but nonetheless attentive, officials from seven other municipalities listened to Belmar Mayor Kenneth E. Pringle narrate a presentation Tuesday about merging their eight police departments into a South Monmouth Regional Police Department.
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Spanish use dies quickly among Hispanics
Published on 14 Sep 2006 at 5:51 am.
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By CHRIS NEWMARKER TRENTON, N.J.? – A few generations after families move to the U.S. from Latin American countries, fluency in Spanish dies out and English becomes the dominant language, according to a new paper published by sociology professors from New Jersey and California.
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Financial Incompetence at the North Plainfield Borough Hall
Published on 12 Sep 2006 at 7:31 am.
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Frank N. D?Amore Sr. When can we in North Plainfield expect to see our taxes stabilize? I am a realist and understand that with the tax and spend policies of Mayor Allen’s puppets on the Borough Council this will probably not happen very soon.
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Feds subpoena records of Menendez rental deal
Published on 8 Sep 2006 at 8:07 pm.
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Star Ledger by Jeff Whelan and Josh Margolin Federal investigators have subpoenaed records of a rental deal between U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez and a non-profit agency in Union City, launching a criminal investigation that is sure to rock New Jersey?s hotly contested Senate race.
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N.J. Senate race takes on presidential proportions
Published on 7 Sep 2006 at 7:35 am.
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BY DEBORAH HOWLETT AND JOSH MARGOLIN Star-Ledger StaffThey’ve traveled together to Indonesia in the wake of a tsunami and to New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. But former presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush came separately to New Jersey last night to raise money for rival Senate candidates, Democrat Bob Menendez and [...]
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The NPGOP Election Site Is Now Open
Published on 4 Sep 2006 at 4:50 pm.
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? The North Plainfield Republican Candidates for Borough Council website is now open. Information on the Candidates is now available to view on line in print and streaming video.