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 The Hegeman String Band at Proprietors Park—This Thursday, July 30 the award winning Hegeman String Band will be performing from 8 pm to 10 pm at Proprietors Park, King Street and the Delaware River, Gloucester City. Sponsored by The Camden County Board of Freeholders and the County Parks Department On the Road Concert Series. Bring your lawn chair, blanket, and the family for a fun-filled evening of toe-tapping music on the Delaware.

 A SLOW NEWS DAY—When looking for a story idea all a reporter has to do these days is check out social media. Take for example this thread regarding Gloucester City Council’s passage of an ordinance banning Uber taxi service in the city. Resident Gus Orr feels the ordinance is unenforceable and believes the council should support Uber as a job creator. 

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Cyclical by nature, damage from gypsy moth caterpillars this year approached the recent record for acres of trees affected in New Jersey. In Pennsylvania, experts say that based on recent defoliation surveys 2016 is not expected to be any better. \”It\’s going to be worse,\” said Terry Brady, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and…

 

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NEAR BOWERS BEACH, Del. (July 28, 2015) – DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers arrested a New Jersey-based, Delaware-licensed commercial waterman July 24 on numerous fisheries-related charges and a felony after he tried to evade a fisheries compliance boarding on Delaware Bay and steered his vessel away and into the path of a police boat.

2015 State Finals

Starts Saturday, July 25, 2014

Location – Moody Park, Ewing, NJ

 

 

 

 

 

NJDOT and NJ TRANSIT announce Additional trains and traffic management aim to ease congestion

(Trenton) – The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and NJ TRANSIT announced today plans to help move a record number of attendees going to the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park to see Triple Crown winner American Pharoah this Sunday, August 2.

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MANCHESTER TWP. — A Pennsylvania woman vacationing at a Christian retreat center was rescued from a tree early Monday morning after she climbed 15-feet high to avoid what she thought was a coyote. Officers from the Manchester Police Department responded to America\’s Keswick at approximately 3 a.m. after a man who went outside to smoke a…

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On August 21, Union County Superior Court Judge James Hely is scheduled to hear argument in a case against the Summit Housing Authority for non-compliance with New Jersey\’s open public meetings law. The matter is currently set for 9 a.m. in Elizabeth.
 
The case, which alleges multiple violations of the state\’s Open Public Records Act (OPRA) and Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) , was filed by the New Jersey Foundation for Open Government (NJFOG) earlier this year. It\’s the latest of several \”affirmative litigation\” lawsuits brought by the public advocacy group to draw attention to such violations and encourage greater voluntary compliance with the law by public agencies statewide. NJFOG previously won similar suits against the Boards of Education in Trenton and Island Heights.

 GUILLIN, China The Phillippines\’ under-12 Little League team finished a decent second runner-up recently in its return to the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regional tournament after 30 years. The team was led by manager Lillian Golez Urbina and University of the Philippines\’ baseball varsity head coach Anthony Dizer, who was in part assisted by Ruel Batuto…

 

By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog | July 27, 2015

New Jersey’s three largest public pension plans are taking Gov. Chris Christie to court in a renewed effort to force the state to pay more than $4 billion in missed payments to retirement funds.

The papers were filed in Mercer County Superior Court Friday by the Public Employees Retirement System, Teachers’ Pension Annuity Fund and Police and Firemen’s Retirement System. Combined, the three state plans represent roughly 290,000 retirees and 475,000 active members.

\”We’re looking to get a judgment out of this,\” said Tom Bruno, chair of the PERS board of trustees, told New Jersey Watchdog.

Public employees unions lost a similar suit last month in State Supreme Court, but Bruno said this case is different because the state pension boards have statutory authority as fiduciaries for the funds.

PRESS RELEASE

More than 4.9 million homes were sold in 2014, and the median price was up about 6 percent from the previous year, according to the National Association of Realtors. For many people, a home is not just the place they make memories, it’s also their largest asset. If you’re planning on putting your house on the market, you’ll want to get the best price possible. There are steps you can take to enhance how much you make on the sale, according to the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJCPA). 

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