NJ Transit insiders say there is a 75 to 85 percent likelihood that a coalition of 17 rail unions, which have been working without a contract for five years, will call a “soft strike” over the weekend of March 12. The strike could likely last through the Monday morning commute on March 14, when workers say… Read the rest of this entry »
New research published in the journal PeerJ gets closer to understanding how deodorant and antiperspirant use affects the skin’s microbiome over time, namely the microbes in our armpits. “Like the gut or the mouth, the human skin is covered with life,” the researchers wrote. “The precise composition of the skin biome influences its effectiveness as a… Read the rest of this entry »
They recently sent 3,000 bottles of water to Flint, Michigan, a struggling city rocked when it was discovered that state officials allowed residents to drink toxic water from the Flint River for two years. After the San Bernardino terror attacks in California, they began a campaign to raise $50,000 for victims and collected more than $180,000.… Read the rest of this entry »
JERSEY CITY — During his State of the State address earlier this month, Gov. Chris Christie pledged to pursue the expansion of charter school opportunities for New Jersey students. On Friday, his education commission put a number on that goal. New Jersey hopes to expand to 50,000 charter schools seats, about a 9 percent increase from… Read the rest of this entry »
NEWARK–More than 4,000 longshoremen unexpectedly walked off the job this morning, shutting down the port terminals both in New Jersey and New York, causing truck traffic to immediately start backing up throughout Port Newark and Port Elizabeth. Port officials were taken by surprise by the labor action, and were unsure what precipitated it. “We do know… Read the rest of this entry »
ANDOVER — A Sparta man has been found guilty of illegally killing three bears outside his home and ordered to pay a total of $4,332 in fines and restitution, according to a report in the New Jersey Herald. During a trial in Andover Joint Municipal Court in November and December, Robert Ehling, 78, had claimed he… Read the rest of this entry »
TRENTON — A proposal to station armed, retired police officers as security in New Jersey’s schools was revived Thursday for the new legislative session. The bill ( S86) establishes “Class Three” special police officers designated to provide security at both public and private schools. The measure was approved by the state Senate a few weeks ago… Read the rest of this entry »
Professor Paula A. Franzese, Seton Hall Law.
TRENTON — A Senate committee Thursday voted 5-0 to dissolve local and county ethics boards and turn the responsibility of investigating the questionable behavior of any government official to the State Ethic Commission. The bill scraps local ethics boards that are “a hoge-podge” in many communities because they are not active or do not exist, said… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: January 29th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey, News | Tags: Marlboro Ethics Board, Monmouth County News, New Jersey, NJ Legislature, State Ethics Commission | Comments Off on Should the state investigate questionable behavior by local government officials?What is a sonic boom? Here’s a look at what causes a sonic boom and other facts about the the thunder-like sound. (Video by Andre Malok | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) The U.S. Navy is now reporting that flight testing it was conducting Thursday afternoon may have caused the sonic booms that were reported along… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: January 28th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: Cartoons, New Jersey, News | Tags: Earthquake, Navy, Sonic boom | Comments Off on Sonic boom caused by Navy testing
NEWARK–Former labor leader Richard “Buzzy” Dressel, whose embezzlement conviction was reinstated by an appellate court last year after the judge in the case threw out the jury’s verdict, was sentenced Monday by the same judge to four months in prison. Dressel, 66, was also ordered to pay back $37,778 to his union. The one-time business manager… Read the rest of this entry »
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