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Ames library votes to keep copies of Sex, Etc.
Free copies of a sex-education magazine for teens will still be available at the Ames Public Library despite a petition to have them removed.
'New Moon' Is Better Than 'Twilight,' Say Fans At Midnight Screening
Fans share their thoughts after seeing "New Moon" early Friday morning. NEW YORK - November 20 has been a long time coming for devotees of the "Twilight" saga, and at a movie theater in Times Square, fans from around the world congregated long before midnight to witness Chris Weitz's adaptation of "New Moon," the second book in Stephenie Meyers' ...
Camden County police program provides toys to kids on emergency calls
CAMDEN A "Toys for Tears" program has been launched by the Camden County Prosecutor's Office and Diocese of Camden.
Poll: NJ residents support gay marriage, narrowly
As New Jersey Democratic lawmakers wrangle over whether to attempt to pass a law to legalize gay marriage, a new poll finds that the state's citizens narrowly favor the measure, though getting it passed isn't a top priority for most.
Worker guilty of assault for punch
The military veterans helped unload the 1,500 turkeys that had been donated to the Hillside food bank by Stop and Shop supermarket.
Highlands Council chairman John Weingart set to leave
The man who has led the New Jersey Highlands Council through the long, arduous job of completing a regional master plan is planning to leave.
Redd names Camden transition team leaders
Camden Mayor-elect Dana Redd yesterday named former Cherry Hill Mayor Susan Bass Levin and new Rutgers University-Camden chancellor Wendell E. Pritchett to lead her 14-member transition team.
a oeEmma Amos: Heroes and Folka Art Exhibit
Lamont Gallery at Phillips Exeter Academy presents "Emma Amos: Heroes and Folk" Art Exhibit Monday, November 16, 2009 - Saturday, January 23, 2010 Opening Reception: Friday, January 8, 2010, 6:30-8 p.m.; Gallery Talk: Saturday, January 9, 2010, 10 a.m. Exeter, NH - From Monday, November 16 to Saturday, January 23, the Lamont Gallery at Phillips ...
Number of Foreign Students at NJ Colleges Rising
The number of foreign students attending New Jersey's four-year colleges rose more than 7 percent last year.
Rutgers' Minority Nurse Leadership Institute Mentor Program Empowers Fellows
From left, Marilyn Samuels, RN; Cecilia Boyd, RN; and Diana Johnson, RN, former nurse fellows recently celebrate the MNLI's 10th anniversary.
Feeling like an outsider inspires work of Junot Diaz
Junot Diaz, who won a Pulitzer Prize for the novel "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," speaks tonight for the Drue Heinz Lectures.
Teen sex sends ex-cop to prison
He will have an MRI on his right knee to determine the damage. Canstruction stacks cans of food with helping hands >> >> >> >> >> Teen sex sends ex-cop to prison Saturday, November 14, 2009 Sue Epstein A former Woodbridge police officer was sentenced yesterday to 12 years in prison -- and ordered to serve six before becoming parole eligible -- for ...
N.J. suburbs still get no respect
Carlos Lozada talks with Chris Christie, and his wife Mary Pat at the Summit Diner.
Educator gets jail for fire, insurance fraud
He will have an MRI on his right knee to determine the damage. Canstruction stacks cans of food with helping hands >> >> >> >> >> Educator gets jail for fire, insurance fraud Saturday, November 14, 2009 Philip Read A Vailsburg Middle School guidance counselor was sentenced to a year in jail yesterday for torching his BMW, as well as a friend's car, ...
Post-election poll: N.J. public wants Christie to cut taxes
When asked what Christie should do in the first year, 27 percent of people responding to the Rutgers-Eagleton poll released yesterday pointed to cutting property taxes, and 20 percent said cutting other taxes.
Raritan man charged in string of robberies
The often injured Rutgers RB Kordell Young went down with another knee injury on Thursday night.
Obama's 2008 win like election of Abraham Lincoln all over again
President Abraham Lincoln is shown in an undated portrait. It's inevitable that a new book about the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 would seek out analogies between that remarkable event and the election of Barack Obama in 2008.
Social networking to find a job
Middletown residents and authors Brad and Debra Schepp have released a new book, "How to Find a Job on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Other Social Networks." Although networking has long been used to connect people for social and career purposes, the methods of networking have expanded rapidly through the use of technology.
Gill St. Bernard's G Daisha Simmons signs with Rutgers
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Gill St. Bernard's guard Daisha Simmons has a signed a national letter of intent to play for Rutgers.
Headlining: Joey "Coco" Diaz, Luis Moro and Rick Martinez
Come to "Growing Up Jersey" A stand up comedy event. Headlining: Joey "Coco" Diaz, Luis Moro and Rick Martinez.
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