Bloomfield, NJ News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/new-jersey/bloomfield/ Bloomfield, NJ News State giving towns 79M for transportation projects http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/new-jersey/bloomfield/content/b7f1b359a5cd47a5bea949f7bbaeea42.html METUCHEN Pitching it as part economic stimulus property tax relief and infrastructure improvement Gov Jon S Corzine announced 7875 million worth of transportation grants to 372 New Jersey municipalities FridayThe state projects a 12 billion shortfall in this year's state budget Corzine said among the last things he'll cut are items that create jobsWe don't want to take things out of the budget that are jobcreators and ultimately revenuegeneratorsCorzine saidProjects are ready for construction Corzine said adding there are 300 more ready to go if the federal government provides states with funding Man dies after shooting self wife http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/new-jersey/bloomfield/content/749bae0ef69085543f0135624b67deac.html When Charles Mason walked into his wife's hospital room Friday afternoon he was making the ultimate sacrifice his son said Saturday Sports Shorts: Parella Gantt lead Brookdale http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/new-jersey/bloomfield/content/95d20cde14fd72c9ec8507644da18bec.html Howell's Joe Parella scored two goals including his ninth and 10th of the season and Neptune's Greg Gantt got his third shutout as the Brookdale Men's Soccer team defeated Gloucester Community College 50 on Tuesday Former Rutgers guard Courtney Nelson has transferred and will play for William Paterson this season The 6foot1 Nelson played the last two seasons for Rutgers after transferring from Richmond He averaged 32 points and 18 rebounds last season for the Scarlet Knights The Newark native led his Bloomfield Tech team to a 285 record and the New Jersey Tournament of Champions title game in 2004 William Paterson a Division III school was 197 last season and reached the New Jersey Athletic Conference championship game Rutgers G Nelson transfers http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/new-jersey/bloomfield/content/f93b55f1062256a0c079a0d364bd9367.html Former Rutgers guard Courtney Nelson has transferred and will play for William Paterson this season This weekend's NJ high school football scores http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/new-jersey/bloomfield/content/4754cf30512afb8ba3583c8bc0bdbf37.html Asbury Park 24 Shore 3 Clownfest hits the boards in Seaside Heights http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/new-jersey/bloomfield/content/1848ad9142f0d8fcad681f2dbd4399b1.html SEASIDE HEIGHTS Pale white faces oversized shoes and big red painted smiles filled the boardwalk this afternoonThe first public day of Clownfest sent scores of the funny men and women all over the boardwalkI think they are really funsaid Natalia Molina 9 of Bloomfield They make me laugh and their shoes are coolChildren fenced with balloon swords bright smiles were lit up with magic tricks One clown juggled bowling pins as he balanced on a giant rubber ballTomorrow the Clown Parade steps off on the boardwalk at 2 pm Matthew McGrath Friday's NJ high school football scores http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/new-jersey/bloomfield/content/41a7970e2df172495bd0b2732134f3a5.html Barnegat 36 Point Pleasant Beach 6 Officer hurt in fatal crash leaves hospital http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/new-jersey/bloomfield/content/76d754aae6ce2e08f6b3934f30f9df2a.html BELLEVILLE NJ AP A Belleville police officer seriously injured in a crash that killed her partner has been released from the hospital