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TRENTON Gov. Chris Christie said Thursday that he will support his two nominees for the state Supreme Court regardless of whether the New Jersey State Bar Association rules that they are qualified or not qualified.

Gov. Chris Christie, pictured here in a January press conference, said today he will support his two Supreme Court nominees regardless of how the state bar association rules.

RIDGEWOOD - Mayor Keith Killion has been appointed to a League of Municipalities task force that develops policy on emergency management issues.

One nominee has logged long hours in the courtroom, and the other has rarely appeared before a judge.

Phillip Kwon, who was nominated to the New Jersey Supreme Court last week, is shown in this file photo.

Gov. Chris Christie moved to diversify the state's all-white Supreme Court on Monday with two firsts: the nominations of an openly gay black man and a Korean-born prosecutor to fill two vacancies.

IT'S IN the New Jersey Constitution, has been since 1963. Farmland is assessed for property taxes at its agricultural value, not its development value.

Phillip Kwon, who was nominated to the New Jersey Supreme Court last week, is shown in this file photo.

There is a wonderful local park to take advantage of, right in the center of town.

All with a single three-letter word, the Hackensack Waterworks buildings could officially lose $500,000 in Bergen County Open Space funding to a proposed parking lot in Saddle River.

A wine and liquor store run by the family of state Supreme Court nominee Phillip Kwon forfeited nearly $160,000 to federal authorities last month to settle civil charges that more than $2 million was deposited into the business's bank account illegally, court records show.

Gov. Chris Christie moved to diversify the state's all-white Supreme Court on Monday with two firsts: the nominations of an openly gay black man and a Korean-born prosecutor to fill two vacancies.

STRIKING a progressive chord for the platitude "Slow and steady wins the race," the borough of Closter has found a creative way to answer critical housing needs while at the same time renewing its long-term commitment to the disabled.

Gay and lesbian couples gathered on Tuesday to support state lawmakers who tried for the second time in three years to legalize same-sex marriage in New Jersey - but instead saw Governor Christie outflank them with a veto threat and an offer of a statewide referendum.

Bruce Harris, 61, the first openly gay, black Republican mayor in the country was sworn into office in Chatham Borough on Jan.

Bergen County Koreans hailed the nomination of Phillip Kwon to the state Supreme Court on Monday as historical and said the growing Asian population in the state makes it an ideal time to have representation on the bench.

Vantage Health Systems is about to open what advocates for the disabled say is the first newly constructed housing in Bergen County designed specifically to serve people with mental illness.

Closter , Demarest and Norwood students will ring in the Year of the Dragon as they learn about the Korean holiday of Seollal, or the Lunar New Year.