Archives for April 2008
Five men arrested in home invasion
Published on 30 Apr 2008 at 7:57 am.
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The Star Ledger NORTH PLAINFIELD: Five people were charged with armed robbery for invading a home in broad daylight, officials said yesterday.
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Speaker looks to swap rebate checks for income tax credit
Published on 18 Apr 2008 at 12:35 pm.
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BY DUNSTAN McNICHOL Star-Ledger Staff The sponsor of New Jersey’s 20 percent property tax rebate program yesterday pledged to replace this year’s rebate checks with an income tax credit that would be more efficient to deliver.
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2007 a great year for N.J. double-dippers
Published on 16 Apr 2008 at 8:30 am.
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By JAMES PRADO ROBERTS GANNETT NEW JERSEY The ranks of highly-paid double dippers — government employees with two or more public jobs that paid a combined total of more than $100,000 — swelled by 20 percent last year, despite calls to end the practice, Gannett New Jersey has found.
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Voters being asked to approve lean school budgets
Published on 14 Apr 2008 at 7:28 am.
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BY CATHY BUGMAN AND SEUNG MIN KIM Star-Ledger Staff Somerset County voters heading to the polls Tuesday will decide on school budgets reflecting greater belt-tightening — with no extra spending questions on the ballot for the first time in recent years — and for school board candidates seeking seats in most of the 19 districts.
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Blaze displaces North Plainfield families
Published on 6 Apr 2008 at 9:06 pm.
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By MARTIN C. BRICKETTO STAFF WRITER Courier News NORTH PLAINFIELD — Firefighters Friday morning battled a blaze at a two-family residence at 38 Craig Place.
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10 weeks of raids round up 91 in sweep of gangs in Plainfield
Published on 6 Apr 2008 at 9:03 pm.
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PlainfieldState troopers and city police seize drugs, guns and cash from dozens of homes BY JUDITH LUCAS Star-Ledger Staff The names of the gangs described the areas of Plainfield they considered their exclusive turf — territory they defended with violence and intimidation.
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Somerset GOP endorses Lance
Published on 4 Apr 2008 at 9:52 pm.
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By MARTIN C. BRICKETTO STAFF WRITER COURIER NEWS BRIDGEWATER—Somerset County Republican Committee members Thursday endorsed State Sen. Leonard Lance, R-Clinton Township, for a 7th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives over Kate Whitman of Peapack Gladstone.