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Summer of 2012: What will your defining memory be?
The official end to summer isn’t until September, but this weekend marks the close of the 2012 Jersey Shore summer season. ...
14 years ago
Christie’s Keynote Address: Familiar rhetoric, familiar targets
Two weeks ago, Gov. Chris Christie signed a new tenure reform law and praised a host of parties that came together to craft it, including ...
14 years ago
‘Made in America’: So we’re doing this why?
So, remember that incredible two-day music fest held last year in . . .what city was it? Don’t remember? Me either, because ...
14 years ago
Texas voter ID law falls — Pennsylvania’s stands
A federal court panel has struck down a Texas voter ID law similar to one enacted in Pennsylvania on grounds that the Texas law might int ...
14 years ago
Weavers Way hopes for Sept 7 soft-opening for its Mt. Airy store
The Mt. Airy Weavers Way grocery store is expected to re-open Friday, Sept 7. But Weavers Way spokesman Jon McGoran says even this date c ...
14 years ago
Quelling violence requires help on many fronts
The ripple effect of violence affects communities in many different ways — hurting children and families, health, mental health, ed ...
14 years ago
From a prison cell to a college classroom
Colwin Williams, the ex-con, is now Colwin Williams, the college student. It was hard to decide who was happiest at Williams’ ...
14 years ago
Dockworkers’ strike could shut 14 East Coast ports
The union representing dockworkers at 14 ports on the East Coast has voted to authorize a strike if there’s no agreement on a new c ...
14 years ago
When ‘Go, Dog. Go!’ won’t stop
This week, we ask what NewsWorks Tonight producer Shai Ben-Yaacov has been reading over the summer. Not much, he says. Just one book ...
14 years ago
ListenRepublican attacks: Anything goes!
I’ve covered a lot of presidential campaigns. I’ve never seen anything to rival the shameless, slander-driven smear campaign ...
14 years ago
New Jersey Monthly’s high school survey isn’t the whole story
This is part of a series from education blogger Laura Waters of NJ Left Behind. Last week New Jersey Monthly publish ...
14 years ago
Trump Plaza closing beach bar, citing union costs
Trump Plaza is shutting down its beach bar permanently, saying it can’t compete against non-union beach bars at two other Atlanti ...
14 years ago
Ban on driving while using handheld phones not imminent in Pa.
Pennsylvania’s six-month-old texting-while-driving ban is proving tough to enforce. That’s partially because it doesn’t ...
14 years ago
Gunning for game show fame: My quest for a shot on ‘The Price is Right’
Who wouldn’t want to be on “The Price is Right”? To just be a regular person guessing the prices of regular stuff. Win ...
14 years ago