In world record pushup attempt, community rallies around boy with rare muscular disease

MANALAPAN — Jim Raffone and more than 600 others came up a notch short Sunday afternoon in their world-record attempt to have the most people performing pushups simultaneously. But that’s not what the day was really about, Raffone proclaimed. “The record was just one microcosm of our mission,” he shouted from the bleachers at the Manalapan… Read the rest of this entry »

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Woman gives birth outside Sea Bright beach club

It was crazy,’ says father of baby born in shore traffic

SEA BRIGHT — When the call came in, Trevor Abbud was at his brother’s house for his niece’s birthday party, dressed as a clown. It was around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday when his wife, Rose, called him to say she felt like she was about to go into labor. So he rushed home, got changed and… Read the rest of this entry »

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Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones hopes to give Christie’s campaign a boost

TRENTON, N.J.—Two men — each a star in his own world, and each a recent friend to Chris Christie — are promising to help the governor’s sluggish presidential campaign. Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, plans a fundraiser for Christie, and the departing Iowa House speaker offered his endorsement. Christie, who has been struggling… Read the rest of this entry »

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Ashley Madison leak contains 88 emails tied to government agencies in N.J.

Eighty-eight email addresses tied to government agencies that conduct business in New Jersey were part of the massive Ashley Madison leak, a NJ Advance Media analysis has found. Of the 88 email addresses, 54 were listed as working addresses, or addresses to which the service was able to send an email. On August 18, a group… Read the rest of this entry »

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Groups sue Christie, say N.J. taxpayers shouldn’t pay for 2016 security costs

TRENTON — Three citizens groups on Friday sued Gov. Chris Christie and his presidential campaign in an attempt to spare New Jersey taxpayers from picking up the the tab for the governor’s security expenses while he is on the 2016 campaign trail. The lawsuit, filed in state Superior Court in Mercer County, alleges that the Christie… Read the rest of this entry »

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Mary Sanchez: Donald Trump: Useful idiot or a dangerous one?

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake,” Napoleon is supposed to have said. That maxim explains why so many Democrats can barely hide their glee every time Donald Trump lets loose a fresh torrent of idiotic bombast or a new poll reinforces his pre-eminence in the Republican field. Trump is too much for… Read the rest of this entry »

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N.J. lost 26,100 jobs in June and July but the unemployment rate fell

Spring Job Fair at Brookdale Community College, April 2014. file photo

TRENTON — New Jersey lost nearly 14,000 jobs in July, with the largest employment declines posted in leisure and hospitality and professional and business services, according to new labor data released on Thursday. The state’s unemployment rate, which is measured by a different federal survey, decreased to 5.9 percent, down from 6.1 percent in June and… Read the rest of this entry »

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Could third development for Asbury Park site be the charm?

ASBURY PARK — Perhaps the third time will be the charm for an undeveloped block in the heart of Asbury Park’s oceanfront. The city’s master developer, iStar Residential, has proposed building a luxury condominium complex and hotel on the site of two failed development projects that had come to symbolize Asbury Park’s struggle to recover from… Read the rest of this entry »

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Donald Trump says the wall he would build on border could bear his name

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DERRY, N.H. — Donald Trump billed his New Hampshire appearance Wednesday as a “town hall,” evoking a storied New England tradition that allows some of the nation’s most informed voters to engage candidates in thoughtful dialogue on the issues. But as he has done with most every other political tradition, Trump blew up the rules. He… Read the rest of this entry »

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Woman killed while crossing highway in Wall

WALL TOWNSHIP – A woman was struck and killed by a car while attempted to walk across State Highway 34 on Tuesday night, Wall Township Police Chief Robert Brice announced Wednesday morning. Shortly before 9 p.m., police responded to the intersection of Highway 34 and Allenwood Road for a report of a pedestrian struck by a… Read the rest of this entry »

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