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• Will Ferriero Go Free?

  —The Save Jersey Blog

   | December 17, 2009 
  
  That's right, Save Jerseyans. Justice is usually blind, but sometimes it's downright schizophrenic. Former Bergen Democrat Boss Joe Ferriero, convicted under the federal "honest services" statute, might live to fight another day!
  Late breaking Wednesday evening news from The Star-Ledger:
  
  "Federal prosecutors in Newark asked a judge today to" [...]

  Posted: December 17, 2009, 4:30am EST
  

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• Avraham establishes exploratory committee for mayoral run in Trenton

  —Politicker NJ

  TRENTON - Counselor, author and activist Emmanuel Shahid Avraham today announced his formation of an exploratory committee to run for mayor. Avraham's team is chaired by former Newark Mayor Ken Gibson, and includes the membership of Calvin West (chief advisor), Rabbi Mendy Carlebach, and Jersey City Deputy Mayor Kibili Tayari. "Over the course [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 9:03pm EST
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• Caption Contest: Say Cheese

  —Blue Jersey

  Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito flashed this smile at the swearing in of new US Attorney Paul Fishman the other day at Rutgers Law School in Newark:

  
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  Posted: December 16, 2009, 3:30pm EST
  

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• Ruiz to support Dow AG nomination

  —Politicker NJ

  State Sen. M. Teresa Ruiz (D-Newark) won't comment on how Gov.-elect Chris Christie's choice for attorney general impacts the state charges facing her husband, Freeholder Sammy Gonzalez, who was indicted earlier this month for ballot fraud in Ruiz's 2007 senate campaign. But the first term senator said would "absolutely" support Essex County Prosecutor Paula Dow [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 3:02pm EST
  by Max Pizarro

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• In developing South Ward battle, Baraka fights back against Christie criticisms

  —Politicker NJ

  NEWARK - South Ward Council candidate Ras Baraka said he heard Gov.-elect Chris Christie calling out his school on the gubernatorial campaign trail this year, as the Republican candidate repeatedly reference to the failing senior test scores at Newark's Central High, where Baraka is the principal.  "I think Chris Christie used [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 2:35pm EST
  by Max Pizarro

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• Colgan Blames Buffalo Crash on Pilots

  —Baristanet

  Colgan Air, the airline that operated the plane that took off from Newark and crashed near Buffalo, N.Y. last February, is blaming Flight 3407's crash on the pilots, according to CNN. The crash killed 50 people including Glen Ridge saxophonist Gerry Niewood and the Mossop family of Bloomfield -- [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

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• Toys Needed, Smiles Guaranteed

  —Baristanet

  Montclair businesses Jinx Proof Tattoo and Parlor Hair Studio are supporting a toy drive for La Casa de Don Pedro, a community based service and development center in Newark, with programs that serve children, adolescents, adults, families and the community at large. You can bring [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 2:42pm EST
  

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• Running on his record against no visible opponent, DiVincenzo makes most of backdrop

  —Politicker NJ

  NEWARK - Theater matters to the minions of the North Ward Center, who learned political stagecraft in part from master director Steve Adubato, Sr., who sat in the front row of a sectioned off basketball court this afternoon and observed his longtime friend, ally and protege Essex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo launch [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 3:28pm EST
  by Max Pizarro

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• 272 Newark Avenue

  —New York's Sixth

  From Third Street, the two faces of this building are evident: a modern glass and metal facade on the right and the faux historical addition to the adjacent building. The fourth floor of the brick building is entirely new. The proportions seem strange, as though missing a set of windows, [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 11:44am EST
  

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• Red Christmas

  —The Save Jersey Blog

   | December 10, 2009
  
  
  Prodigious tweeter Mayor Cory Booker (D-Newark) linked to the following photo tonight:
  
  
  
  
  According to the Mayor's tweet, "40,000LED lights adorned this year's tree."
  LED lights? Hilarious stuff, Save Jerseyans. The Brick City is swimming in red ink this Christmas. He's going to have to try much [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 10:19pm EST
  

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• Going up against Booker juggernaut, low-key Minor insists he can win in Newark

  —Politicker NJ

  Bashed on the street early for not projecting the energy to match and mete out the kind of verbal punishment opponents say Mayor Cory Booker deserves, retired municipal Judge Clifford Minor said that's not his style, and though he knows also he won't have the money to keep up with Booker [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 4:07pm EST
  by Max Pizarro

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• The Daily Quickie, 12.09.09

  —Capitol Quickies

  It's Wednesday, Dec. 9th, 2009.

  New Jersey Transit's board of directors meets in Newark. The agenda includes awarding contracts potentially worth more than $636 million for new rail tunnels being built under Manhattan, as well as a $10 million pact for new bus service along the Garden State Parkway, starting in [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 6:23am EST
  by Michael Symons

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• Condition of woman attacked by 2 pit bulls improves; dogs still held in Newark

  —Bayonne Now Impact

  The Jersey City woman who was attacked by two pit bulls in Bayonne Friday morning is doing much better, coworkers at the flower shop where she works said this morning.Maria Zaldana, 70, is being treated at University Hospital in Newark.... [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 11:44am EST
  by Ron Zeitlinger/The Jersey Journal

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• Readerpix: Body Shop Cop!

  —Hoboken411

  12/5/2009: Hoboken411 reader “John Doe” sent in this picture of a Hoboken Police Officer checking out the damage after a motor vehicle accident occurred on Newark Street. Hoboken411 reader photo of the day - 12/5/2009 “Police...
  
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  Posted: December 05, 2009, 5:25pm EST
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• The Worst Bribe in State History

  —The Save Jersey Blog

  Matt Rooney | December 3, 2009
  
  Bribing a Democrat leader in Ocean County is kind of like bribing a Republican committeeman in Newark -- it's a monumentally useless exercise, Save Jerseyans!
  Republican Chairman George Gilmore's organization controls virtually everything in deep-red Ocean, where Chris Christie's November landslide margin of victory matched his [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 5:59pm EST
  

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• As tenure winds down, Milgram gets indictment

  —Politics Patrol: Bob Ingle

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  Anne Milgram

  We should take note of what probably will be Attorney General Anne Milgram's swan song. A state grand jury has indicted Essex County Freeholder Samuel Gonzales and aides to Essex powerbroker Stever Adubato Sr. and Newark Mayor Cory Booker and two Essex County employees. [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 11:00am EST
  by Bob Ingle

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• INDICTMENT IN ESSEX

  —In The Lobby

  Dec. 2, 2009
  
  This voter fraud scandal in Essex County seems to be reaching into the top of Democratic power politics in that county.
  
  Not only did a state grand jury indict Freeholder Samuel Gonzalez, it also indicted aides to Essex powerbroker Steve Adubato and Newark Mayor [...]

  Fetched: December 02, 2009, 3:21pm EST
  

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• Newark activists ask Booker to lobby Sarlo on marriage equality

  —Politicker NJ

  The Newark Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Commission (LGBT) wants Mayor Cory Booker to lobby Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Paul Sarlo (D-Wood-Ridge) on marriage equality when he headlines a fundraiser for the Bergen County Democrat tonight in Hackensack.  "We hope that Mayor Booker uses this opportunity to share with Senator [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 10:59am EST
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• In Codey-DiVincenzo rivalry, Councilman Rice confronts familiar dichotomy

  —Politicker NJ

  Never a stranger to straddling polar opposites in Newark's urban imbroglio, West Ward Councilman Ronald C. Rice now finds himself up against the countywide Codey-DiVincenzo political taffy pull, which may result in the former backing a challenger to the two-term county executive up for re-election next year. The political forces of Essex County [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 3:24pm EST
  by Max Pizarro

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• Essex Freeholder charged with ballot fraud in wife's 2007 Senate campaign

  —Politicker NJ

  Essex County Freeholder Samuel Gonzalez has been charged with ballot fraud in the case of his wife's 2007 senate campaign, according to state Attorney General Anne Milgram.  Five more people, including Gonzalez, husband of Sen. Teresa Ruiz (D-Newark), were indicted today for election fraud in connection with absentee ballots they collected [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 1:42pm EST
  by Max Pizarro

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• Holiday Shopping Tips for Consumers

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  NEWARK – The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs today reminded shoppers to know their rights about gift cards and item refunds and to check the national list of recalled toys before going online or... [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 1:01am EST
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• Di Vincenzo To Run For Third Term

  —Baristanet

  County Executive Joe Di Vincenzo, who has made it his mission to beautify Essex County and improve its financial health, will announce his candidacy for a third term on December 11 from a former gritty parking deck in Newark - which under his oversight was transformed into [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 9:05am EST
  

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• Cats and Dogs are looking for Hoboken Families to take them in

  —Hoboken Now

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  The Liberty Humane Society stood on the corner of Washington and Newark Streets today with a truck full of cats and dogs ready to be adopted. [...]

  Posted: November 29, 2009, 4:00pm EST
  by Claire Moses/The Jersey Journal

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• Booker video: Why people give back and are thankful in Newark

  —Blue Jersey

  Newark Mayor Cory Booker went to serve food at the Salvation Army yesterday on Thanksgiving and brought along the video camera to capture this:

  Everyone who is there, whether they are serving or being served have a story to tell.  
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 12:15pm EST
  

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• Hoboken Photo: Fall colors linger to greet Thanksgiving

  —Hoboken Now

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  It may be almost December, but some of Hoboken's trees are still sporting nice color, like this one on Newark Street between Hudson and River. Have Hoboken photos you want to share? Email them to us and we might just post them with your credit. [...]

  Posted: November 26, 2009, 8:17am EST
  by Amy Sara Clark/The Jersey Journal

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• Maybe Christie can kill red light experiment

  —Politics Patrol: Bob Ingle

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  Alex DeCroce

  My colleague Rob Jennings of The Daily Record reports Gov.-elect Chris Christie may be in a position to scuttle New Jersey's awful red light camera experiment. Corzine signed that into law in '08 but it is just now getting started.  Newark went first with' [...]

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 11:00am EST
  by Bob Ingle

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• Senators head for caucus chamber and Sweeney v. Codey

  —Politicker NJ

  TRENTON - State Sen. Ronald L. Rice (D-Newark) drops his gavel, ending the Senate Community Affairs Committee meeting and as he heads for the exit, he's asked if he believes Senate President Richard Codey (D-Roseland) has a fighting chance in the Democratic caucus this afternoon. "I don't think so, at this point," says [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:33am EST
  by Max Pizarro

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• Quote of the Day: Leadership is not a position or a title

  —Blue Jersey

  Newark Mayor Cory Booker puts up this message as his status on Facebook today, which has a good deal of meaning as our Legislators return to Trenton to consider legislation during the lame duck session:Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example.Now is the [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 1:16pm EST
  

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• Tiara'd of Princesses

  —Blue Jersey

  Promoted from the diaries by Rosi, who agrees.

  Within the past week, I received two emails concerning little girls and princesses.

  The first was from the City of Newark, alerting me that on November 19 Newark Mayor Cory Booker would offer motivational words to Newark girls aged eight to 12 at [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 9:42am EST
  

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• The Daily Quickie, 11.21.09

  —Capitol Quickies

  Today is Saturday, Nov. 21st, 2009.

  Gov. Jon Corzine participates in the Department of Children & Families reception for National Adoption Month in Newark, then speaks at Julia Traphagen School's Blue Ribbon Celebration in Waldwick. The Delegate Assembly of the New Jersey School Boards Association conducts a program looking at what's in [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:06am EST
  by Michael Symons

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