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Have a pint of F.U. Sandy beer.
Young, gay and homeless
Conference shed light on the struggles of some of NJ's young people.
Obama inauguration will feature signs of N.J.'s recovery from Hurricane Sandy.

Well, it was going to be a double-header. Sen. Weinberg was on Power & Politics to talk about Christie's State of the State (with Christie pal, and former CEC halfway house chief Bill Palatucci pleading the governor's case). I planned to post the video of that, but after talking with host Luke Margolis, I learned News12 doesn't generally produce embeddable video of those shows. I hope they reconsider that policy. It's a great show, and often an important one, and Ne...

First its online content went behind a paywall - the first NJ newspaper to implement a digital paywall - in late 2011. And now the parent company of Press of Atlantic City,

Chris Christie, befleeced and whining that we're harshing on his victory lap:

Artist is our friend, cartoonist and commentator Rob Tornoe who manages to call out Gov. Christie in both sketch and text. You can read Rob's full commentary

When she was Flemington Borough Council member, I think Mary Melfi would agree that she and I disagreed on many issues in running the town. She's a Republican. And I'm not. I'm the vice-chair of Flemington Democrats (and live with the Chair). We ran people against her on Council, she's powered campaigns against somebody in my household, Joey Novick (just sworn in again, with running mate Dorothy Fine, to Flemington Council).
But this is the way things are in local politics in som...

UPDATE: I'm getting a solid denial from Sen. Lautenberg's Communications Director . Actually, more specifically I am told that this is not confirmed.
We're hearing, from a Blue Jersey community member glued to NBC News that they are reporting Sen. Frank Lautenberg will not run for re-election in 2014.
Here is what News4NewYork is reporting. ...

A 19-year-old pharmacy clerk named Pat Noble defeated an incumbent to win a seat on the Red Bank Regional High School Board of Education, and was seated this month. He is the founder of the Socialist Party of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, ran as a socialist for his seat and plans to bring a progressive, socialist set of ideals to the schools board.
And he sounds like a breath of fresh air:
"You reach more people, more quickl...

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Flu epidemic in Jersey.
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