
New Jersey
After 19 months, N.J. education chief on way to official confirmation
The New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee has voted unanimously to support the nomination of Chris Cerf to officially lead the state̵ ...
13 years ago
Why do charter schools in N.J. generate so much heat?
Last week I wrote a rebuttal to Dr. Diane Ravitch’s response to N.J. Education Commissioner Chris Cerf’s charter school edito ...
13 years ago
N.J. red-light cameras back in business
All of New Jersey’s red-light cameras are now certified as operating properly. Police temporarily halted issuing tickets at ...
13 years ago
Cancer rate higher in South Jersey than in North Jersey
An analysis of New Jersey cancer registry data finds South Jersey residents have higher rates of the disease. The big difference i ...
13 years ago
How will Renaissance schools impact Camden?
Efforts to end Camden’s status as having New Jersey’s lowest performing schools will play out later this week, when potential ...
13 years ago
Buffett’s Margaritaville coming to Atlantic City
Singer Jimmy Buffett is bringing one of his Margarativille casino-entertainment complexes to Atlantic City. The project will be bu ...
13 years ago
N.J. high court exempts judges from greater contributions to health care, pension
New Jersey’s Supreme Court has ruled that judges do not have to contribute more to their pensions and health-care benefits. ...
13 years ago
NewsWorks blogger Jen A. Miller hits the road to talk books
Did you know that Cape May is the third largest place in the U.S. for weddings? Or that the Wildwood boardwalk has more rides than Disney ...
13 years ago
New Jersey still a long way from recovery, report shows
The jump in New Jersey’s unemployment rate last month to 9.6 percent — the farthest the state has been above the national ave ...
13 years ago
Christie dismisses talk of gun control as ‘grandstanding’
Just days after the shootings at a movie theater in Colorado, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says it’s not the time to be discussin ...
13 years ago
N.J. aims to reinvigorate solar energy development
Gov. Chris Christie has signed legislation to encourage continued growth of New Jersey’s solar energy industry. The measure ...
13 years ago
NJ Transit gets more than $75M for bus upgrades
NJ Transit is getting a boost from the federal government to upgrade and expand its bus service in New Jersey. Transportation Secr ...
13 years ago
The misery of the greenhead fly
On Tuesday, a greenhead fly bit my shin. This is a common hazard of spending time on the beach. The Tabanus nigrovittatus lives ...
13 years ago
Success for N.J. Olympic wrestler didn’t come easy
When Winslow Township wrestling coach Bruce Stowell saw 98 pound freshman Jordan Burroughs walk into the first practice of the 2002 seaso ...
13 years ago
Morality: What do the Boy Scouts know that military, majority of Americans are missing?
I am an Eagle Scout. I consider the time I spent as a Boy Scout among the most influential and positive experiences of my life. ...
13 years ago