http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/new-jersey/bernards/ Bernards, NJ News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/new-jersey/bernards/content/2434eb5b71e75adc719eb8dcf4505c33.html Moments before entering the Hall of Fame Pat Riley could barely control his emotions http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/new-jersey/bernards/content/89f38af41b1e1b886df5811132a2d3a1.html ST PAUL Minn Top New Jersey Republicans gushed Thursday morning over their vice presidential pick Alaska Gov Sarah Palin but they saw hard work ahead for statelevel and congressional candidates this NovemberThese are tough racesUS Rep Rodney Frelinghuysen RHarding said of this year's contests for CongressFor the next 61 days you know how to actsaid Morris County Freeholder John Murphy a onetime gubernatorial candidate You have to not act like yourselves Get up on the chair Bring others out to voteTheir remarks came at the final New Jersey GOP delegation breakfast of the 2008 national conventionThe Republicans to a delegate hailed the nightbefore's address by the Alaskan governor the first woman to stand for national election from the Grand Old PartySarah Palin will eat Joe Biden for lunchFrelinghuysen predicted of any debate between the Republican No 2 until two years ago a smalltown mayor and the Democratic nominee for vice president a sixterm United States senator from Delaware'Palin Power'signs burst into view among the Jersey delegates as they seemed to relish a shot of energy into a convention that heretofore had been hamstrung by events swirling beyond the horizonHurricane Gustav in the Gulf of Mexico robbed the convention of its openingday pomp forcing the party's pollbattered leader President Bush to skip attending the confab and instead address his flock a day later by televised hookupThis kicked back the schedule with wellapplauded but notelectrifying remarks by party elders plus a widely welcomed pep talk from independent US Sen Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut who eight years ago was the Democrats'nominee for vice presidentThen came Palin It was as if someone turned on the enthusiasm spigotThe top of the ticket is so importantBergen County Clerk Kathleen Donovan said of Arizona's US Sen John McCain and his veep selection Palin I am thrilled personallyFor the next 61 days it is going to be a heck of a rideDonovan said But we are going to have a good time doing it http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/new-jersey/bernards/content/395704ac2a07c84f75cf0fe49f2806f2.html The local volunteer fire company has been awarded nearly a quartermillion dollars in federal funding to replace a 40yearold tanker http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/new-jersey/bernards/content/00c5dd31a2fcd046d70af7ef338d8592.html The local volunteer fire company has been awarded nearly a quarter million dollars in federal funding to replace a 40yearold tanker http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/new-jersey/bernards/content/bfcc3a1f3e884a952bc4c93098a8fad1.html Oracle Corp founder Larry Ellison the fourthrichest man in America is drawing criticism from some shareholders for a 72 million pay package that's 12 times bigger than the median pay of CEOs in the technology industry http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/new-jersey/bernards/content/ca86bbc31fc12aebb3ef480cd8a5b939.html To say that it has been a productive competitive campaign for Shore golfers would be an understatement In fact with Labor Day now weekend now upon us and the season beginning to wind down we can reflect back on what turned out to be an outstanding few months for players from Monmouth and Ocean counties http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/new-jersey/bernards/content/79d257ac9506ec8173f765c877c50697.html New Jersey's wealthiest and least diverse municipalities are the ones most resisting new state rules that require towns to build more affordable housing units for low and moderateincome families according to a report released Monday by affordable housing advocates http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/new-jersey/bernards/content/625471d604b540c02f020eb39b87704d.html Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac don't need to be nationalized and the US should resist being stampeded''into a bailout of the beleaguered mortgagefinance companies Citigroup Inc analysts said