TRENTON — A Wall Street credit rating agency suggested in a report Wednesday that Atlantic City would face significant financial shortfalls without the state taking over large swaths of the city’s local government. Moody’s Investor Services released the report a day before the state Legislature begins considering two measures aimed at helping the Jersey Shore gambling… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: March 10th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: Atlantic City, News | Tags: Atlantic City, Moody's Investor Services, New Jersey | 1 Comment »
NEWARK — Thirty school district buildings in Newark are temporarily using alternative water sources after recent testing found elevated levels of lead in the schools’ drinking water, Department of Environmental Protection officials announced Wednesday. According to the announcement, Newark Public Schools notified the DEP on Monday that 30 buildings recorded elevated levels during annual testing that… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: March 9th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey, Newark, News | Tags: DEP, Lead in water, New Jersey, Newark schools | Comments Off on Elevated lead levels found in Newark schools’ drinking water
TRENTON — New Jersey’s highest court is weighing whether police departments should be given broad discretion over which documents to release under the state’s public records laws. News organizations and civil liberties advocates say a decision in the case, which involves records from a police shooting requested by a media company, will have broad implications for… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: March 6th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey, News, NJ Courts, NJ Judiciary, NJ Supreme Court | Tags: news, NJ Supreme Court, Open Public Records, Police Records | Comments Off on What police records should be public? Supreme Court to decide
July 6, 1921 –March 6, 2016

5/13/1987 Nancy Reagan speaking at a “Just Say No” Rally in Los Angeles California, photo via The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum
Nancy Davis Reagan was born on July 6, 1921, in New York City. Raised in Chicago, she graduated from Girls’ Latin School and went on to Smith College, Northampton, Mass., where she graduated in 1943.
In her early career, Nancy Davis worked as an actress in stage, film and television productions. In 1949, she signed a seven-year contract with MGM. During this time, she met Ronald Reagan and they were married on March 4, 1952. She made eleven films in all, including three after her marriage. Her last film, at Columbia in 1956, was Hellcats of the Navy, the only film in which she and her husband appeared together.
Shortly after Ronald Reagan became Governor of California in 1967, Mrs. Reagan began visiting wounded Vietnam veterans and became active in projects concerning POWs and servicemen missing in action. While First Lady of California, she made regular visits to hospitals and homes for the elderly, as well as schools for physically and emotionally handicapped children. During one of these hospital visits in 1967, she observed participants in the Foster Grandparent Program, a program which brings together senior citizens and handicapped children, and she soon became its champion. Later, as First Lady of the United States, Mrs. Reagan continued to help expand the program on a national level and promote private funding in local communities.
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Posted: March 6th, 2016 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: News | Tags: Nancy Reagan, Nancy Reagan Obituary | 1 Comment »
NEWARK, N.J. — Officials representing New Jersey Transit and rail workers unions have concluded meetings in Washington to try and avert a system-wide rail strike. The two sides met Friday in front of the National Mediation Board to try and settle differences. A union official says the sides are scheduled to meet again on Monday in… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: March 6th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey, News | Tags: National Mediation Board, New Jersey, NJ Transit, NJ Transit strike | Comments Off on No deal yet between NJ Transit, unions to avoid strike; talks to continue Monday

Senate President Steve Sweeney. file photo by Art Gallagher
TRENTON — State Senate President Stephen Sweeney said Tuesday he will not give a hearing to Gov. Chris Christie’s new nominee to the state Supreme Court — the latest standoff in a feud between New Jersey’s top leaders that has suddenly been reignited. On Monday, Christie made the surprise announcement that he is nominating a fellow… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: March 1st, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: News, NJ Judiciary | Tags: Governor Chris Christie, Judge David F. Bauman, Monmouth County News, NJ Supreme Court, Senate President Steve Sweeney | 1 Comment »
Saturday night’s Powerball drawing once again failed to produce a jackpot winner, but one person who bought a ticket in New Jersey still figure to be very happy. A ticket sold in the Garden State was one of three across the country to match five numbers, but not the Powerball. Tickets sold in New Jersey, Texas… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: February 29th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey, News | Tags: New Jersey, Powerball, Powerball Lottery | Comments Off on Powerball ticket sold in N.J. worth $1M
ABOARD THE CHAMBER TRAIN — Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Union) said Thursday he’d like to restore aid to New Jersey’s municipalities to lower property taxes, but the state simply can’t afford it. Lawmakers have introduced a bill ( A302) to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in energy tax receipts and Consolidated Municipal Property Tax… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: February 26th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey, New Jersey State Budget, News, NJ GOP, Property Taxes | Tags: Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick, Assembly Republcians, Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick, energy tax receipts, NJ State Budget, Property Taxes | Comments Off on Bramnick: N.J. can’t afford to restore aid to towns to cut property taxes
LAWRENCE — Former state treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff who resigned last July will be talking at Rider University next week about the budgetary challenges facing the state. “Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff has been a leading player inside the Christie administration for several years,” said Benjamin Dworkin, director of the school’s Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics, which is sponsoring… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: February 25th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey, New Jersey State Budget, News | Tags: Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff, Ben Dworkin, Former State Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff, Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics, Rider University | Comments Off on Ex-state treasurer to talk about N.J.’s budgetary challenges
A jury in St. Louis late Monday night ordered J&J, based in New Brunswick, NJ, to pay $72 million in damages to her family. Last April, NJ Spotlight published an… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: February 24th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: News | Tags: Feminine hygiene, Johnson and Johnson, Ovarian Cancer, Talc, Talcum | Comments Off on J&J Talcum Powder Linked to Ovarian Cancer, Jury Rules, Awarding $72M in Damage