N.J. legislators inching toward override of Christie’s gay marriage veto (via NJ.com)
TRENTON — Under the din of a bustling election season, there’s a quiet movement afoot to make gay marriage a reality in New Jersey by the end of the year. Advocates have been working to convince state lawmakers — including a number of Republicans…
Speaking to parties’ bases, Booker and Lonegan propose unlikely ideas (via NJ.com)
Democrat Cory Booker wants to reinstate a federal ban on assault rifles, give $400 a year to poor kids for college funds and pass comprehensive climate-change legislation. Republican Steve Lonegan wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act, end the Federal…
Hurricane Sandy insurance complaints lead to N.J. enforcement actions against adjusters (via NJ.com)
Nearly a year after Hurricane Sandy slammed into New Jersey, the state’s insurance regulator has quietly fined a handful of industry professionals over their work following the Oct. 29 superstorm. So far, the Department of Banking and Insurance hasn…
Steve Lonegan praises Rahm Emanuel, bashes Cory Booker in Jersey City (via NJ.com)
JERSEY CITY — Steve Lonegan was hoping to scrap with Rahm Emanuel in Jersey City. Instead he ended up complimenting him — sort of. “I want to commend Rahm Emanuel,” Lonegan said, standing outside of the downtown restaurant where Emanuel and…
Seaside boardwalk fire: Christie pledges grants, loans and aid to businesses and towns (via NJ.com)
SEASIDE PARK — Business and community leaders emerged from a private meeting with Gov. Chris Christie this afternoon relieved and impressed as the state announced it would offer $50,000 grants and $5 million in no-interest loans to each business owner…
‘This was a killer’: Seaside looks to regroup after boardwalk fire; Christie touts Jersey grit (via NJ.com)
By James Queally and Mark Mueller/ The Star-Ledger Daylight revealed the panorama of devastation. Along a four-block stretch of boardwalk in one of New Jersey’s most popular summer playgrounds, almost nothing remained intact. The fire that roared…
Arson may be to blame at Seaside Boardwalk massive fire as “suspicious” cause gets serious play by prosecutors (via The Jersey Tomato Press)
Gerard Esposito A fireman on the scene of the massive fire at the Seaside Boardwalk. Whenever there is a fire, every fire chief tells the press the thing: I can’t comment until we finish our investigation. But as the world watched in horror on Thursday…
Rand Paul slams Booker and his ‘imaginary friend’ as he endorses Lonegan (via NJ.com)
CLARK — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, a leader of the tea party wing in Congress, today endorsed Republican Steve Lonegan in New Jersey’s U.S. Senate race and came out swinging against Newark Mayor Cory Booker and “his imaginary friend T-Bone.” “There’s 15…
Along the Shore, rebuilding 9/11 memorials for memory’s sake (via NJ.com)
The lonely, distinct notes of taps were absent from the Union Beach 9/11 ceremony Wednesday morning. So was the 21-gun salute that once echoed over the Raritan Bay. Instead of the uniformed color guard, the solemn members of American Legion Post 321…
Syrian-Americans divided over U.S. military strike (via NJ.com)
Drew Angerer/Getty Images TEANECK — Archbishop Cyril Aphrem Karim, regional leader of the Syrian Orthodox Church based in Teaneck, looks at his civil war-ravaged nation and sees Iraq. “What happened in Iraq will happen to Syria also,” Karim said…
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