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GOP says Corzine's economic response inadequate
Found: 3 Weeks 15 Hours 6 Minutes ago
Asbury Park Press - TRENTON -- Republican state lawmakers Tuesday said Gov. Jon S. Corzine has to do more to make New Jersey business friendly as Wall Street groans with strain amid a massive government intervention."The governor's decision yesterday is at best inadequate,"said Senate Minority Leader Thomas Kean Jr., R-Union. "We can't afford the same old tired ideas."Corzine had said Monday he would work with energy companies and smaller, healthy banks to provide a short-term jolt to the New Jersey economy. He also called for new school and road construction projects to create jobs.Corzine's remarks came after an emergency economic roundtable with some two dozen business and labor leaders held in Newark."It seemed like a glorified Chamber of Commerce luncheon,"Sen. Joseph Kyrillos Jr., R-Monmouth, said of the Corzine-hosted gathering."The working class family in New Jersey is now on the endangered-species list,"said Sen. Steven Oroho, R-Sussex."We need a joint session of the Legislature"and a reopening of the state budget, said Assemblyman Joseph Malone III, R-Burlington, ranking GOP member of the Assembly Budget Committee.The Assembly Labor Committee held a hearing Monday about the impact on the state economy and its residents of the upheaval in the nation's credit and finance markets. The Senate budget committee will hold a similar hearing Oct. 6 that will also focus on the impact on state revenues and pension investments.Kean said he would advance the GOP's ideas in upcoming discussions with Corzine and other Democratic leaders....
Toms River man, 47, charged in check fraud
Found: 3 Weeks 15 Hours 18 Minutes ago
Asbury Park Press - A Toms River man was in court Monday to answer charges that he used various means, including counterfeit checks and money orders, to steal about $80,000 and attempt to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars more from area banks and businesses over a two-year span....
Colts Neck couple will host president
Found: 3 Weeks 2 Days 10 Hours 3 Minutes ago
Asbury Park Press - Juan and Marta Gutierrez were hustling about their exquisite house this weekend, making the final arrangements for their first presidential visit. The florist. The caterer. The Secret Service. Everyone needed their prompt attention to ensure a safe and unforgettable afternoon....
A town built on history, Willingboro turns 50
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Asbury Park Press - Back in 1960, friends told Willie James he should move his family into Levittown on a weekday so that bigots would not be able to harass them....
NY teen indicted in ex-girlfriend's death
Found: 3 Weeks 5 Days 22 Hours 35 Minutes ago
SFMZ 69 News - MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) -- A New York man accused of killing and desecrating the body of his ex-girlfriend just days after they broke up has been indicted on murder charges.......
Tolls rise, traffic falls on 4 Philly-area bridges
Found: 4 Weeks 7 Hours 56 Minutes ago
SFMZ 69 News - PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Some motorists are looking for other routes rather than pay sharp toll increases for cars on the Delaware River Port Authority's bridges in the Philadelphia area.......
This truck hauls a message
Found: 4 Weeks 1 Day 6 Hours 15 Minutes ago
Asbury Park Press - "I didn't even think that a small amount of solar panels could power three homes,"marveled Lindsey Van Zile at Toms River Intermediate School South, who was among the approximately 150 eighth-graders taking part in the Greenpeace-sponsored Global Warming Story Tour 2008......
Reprimands of judges surrounded by secrecy
Found: 4 Weeks 2 Days 7 Hours 52 Minutes ago
Asbury Park Press - Two years ago, as Paul Bruni stood before the Plumsted Municipal Court after pleading guilty to offensively touching a 15-year-old girl, he expected to receive a sentence of probation....
This weekend's NJ high school football scores
Found: 1 Month 1 Day 4 Hours 34 Minutes ago
SFMZ 69 News - Asbury Park 24, Shore 3......
3rd District race is a dead heat, according to poll
Found: 1 Month 1 Day 21 Hours 52 Minutes ago
Asbury Park Press - The race to succeed retiring Rep. Jim Saxton, R-N.J., is a statistical dead heat, according to internal polling numbers released Friday by the campaign of one of the candidates, Republican Chris Myers....
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