On Sandy anniversary, Christie applauds progress, vows to help those without homes (via NJ.com)
Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger By Erin O’Neill and MaryAnn Spoto In churches and firehouses, at a school and a community center, in a rebuilt restaurant and a private home still in need of work, Gov. Chris Christie commemorated the anniversary…
How vulnerable is New Jersey to flooding caused by rising sea levels and climate change? Very vulnerable, according to a new tool developed by Climate Central, a Princeton-based nonprofit that researches the effects of climate change. A year after Sandy…
Three things that have to happen for Steve Lonegan to walk away with a win (via NJ.com)
Polls in today’s U.S. Senate special election put Republican Steve Lonegan somewhere between 10 and 14 points behind Democrat Cory Booker as voters head out to cast their ballots. Booker, though his campaign has not been without its foibles, has succeeded…
RUMSON: REHAB HOUSE FOCUS OF COMPLAINTS (via redbankgreen)
The Rumson house where a man was found dead of a suspected drug overdose Sunday quietly became an addiction recovery residence in August, neighbors say. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Nestled in a quiet Rumson neighborhood still recovering from…
Feds Strike Down State’s Plan to Use Customer Subsidies For New Power Plants (via NJSpotlight)
A federal court has struck down the state’s efforts to spur development of new power plants, a decision with potentially big implications for what electricity customers will pay on their future energy bills. The ruling, handed down late Friday by…
The List: Who Spent the Most on Lobbying in New Jersey Last Year? (via NJSpotlight)
Lobbying is a big business in New Jersey. The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission reports that more than $58 million was spent last year by businesses, organizations, and lobbyists to try to influence lawmakers, the governor, and the general…
D.C. super PAC lashes out at opponents of N.J. Democrats through TV ads (via NJ.com)
TRENTON — Democratic state lawmakers whose seats are in jeopardy this year are aligning themselves with popular Republican Gov. Chris Christie and snubbing their own party’s nominee, Barbara Buono, in TV ads that began airing over the last month…
Booker, Lonegan call each other ‘extreme’ during first U.S. Senate debate (via NJ.com)
TRENTON — Democrat Cory Booker and Republican Steve Lonegan repeatedly pegged each other as “extreme” during a heated U.S. Senate debate this afternoon. In the first of two televised debate between the candidates — who are running in New Jersey’…
Man plans commute to NYC — by riding a bike on the Hudson River (via NJ.com)
Photo courtesy of Fanny Kim Judah Schiller doesn’t walk on water. He rides a bike on it, though. Fresh off last week’s traversing of the San Francisco Bay on his bicycle-powered pontoon, Schiller plans today to be the first person to bike across…
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