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Monday | Home News Tribune

McCain supporters face uphill climb in blue New Jersey

Sayreville and Carteret are among the New Jersey municipalities where Republican presidential candidate John McCain's New Jersey campaign is looking to make inroads with undecided voters as the GOP tries to do ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, New Jersey, Sayreville, NJ, John McCain

Sat Oct 11, 2008

Millville News

Two men charged with robbing truck driver in Carteret

Two men were arrested in Carteret after they allegedly robbed a truck driver at gunpoint, police said today.

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Related Topix: Truckers

Fri Oct 10, 2008

Clarks Hometown News Patriot

Carteret Announces Planned Street Upgrades

Mayor Daniel J. Reiman and Councilwoman Iris Colon, chair of Public Works, have announced that approximately $910,000 has been earmarked for local road improvements.

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Related Topix: Middlesex County, NJ

Clarks Hometown News Patriot

Disgraced Ex-Mayor Attacks Officials: Interrupts council with complaints about South Amboy investment

4 election. Failace, whose bid for re-election was defeated by Mayor Daniel Reiman in a 2002 landslide, made allegations during a recent Borough Council meeting concerning a real estate partnership formed in ...

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Related Topix: South Amboy, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Freehold, NJ

Thu Oct 09, 2008

The Trentonian

Edison mayor to get 53 percent raise

Edison Mayor Jun Choi is getting a 53 percent pay raise. Four members of the Township Council who are aligned with Choi voted for an ordinance to boost his saalary from $49,000 to $75,000. In the spring, a ...

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Related Topix: Edison, NJ, Woodbridge, NJ

Wed Oct 08, 2008

Courier News

Edison council raises Choi's salary 53 percent - to $75,000

Mayor Jun H. Choi got the go-ahead from the Township Council at Monday's meeting for a 53 percent hike in salary from $49,000 to $75,000. The vote, which was split in the expected fashion, with the four members ...

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Related Topix: Edison, NJ, Woodbridge, NJ

Tue Oct 07, 2008

Courier News Online

U.S. Rep. Sires opens office in Perth Amboy

U.S. Rep. Albio Sires, D-13th, is moving into Perth Amboy - at least with an office.

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Related Topix: Perth Amboy, NJ, West New York, NJ, Jersey City Metro, Jersey City, NJ, Bayonne, NJ

Mon Oct 06, 2008

PoliticsNJ

McCain's NJ campaign: 'We're here and plan to stay'

If the McCain campaigna s decision to end operations in Michigan doesna t exactly produce a rush of new resource opportunities in New Jersey, McCain at least does not intend to fold up his Garden State ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Bayonne, NJ, Sayreville, NJ

Sun Oct 05, 2008

New York Post

Nyers on the Verdict

"He needed to pay for what was not done 13 years ago. He had it coming, I guess, because of what didn't happen before." Katie Unchai, 33, Fair Lawn, NJ, financial services "He should have gone to jail the first ...

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Related Topix: Fair Lawn, NJ, Manasquan, NJ

Sat Oct 04, 2008

Central Jersey

Real estate deal in Carteret raises ethics concerns

A real estate investment on a property outside of the borough involving the mayor, a former councilman and a contractor has some residents raising ethics questions.

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Related Topix: Middlesex County, NJ, South Amboy, NJ

Home News Tribune

Edison mayor deserves raise, just not all at once

There are Edison residents who no doubt believe the $26,000 raise proposed for their mayor isn't a good idea.

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Related Topix: Edison, NJ, Woodbridge, NJ, Perth Amboy, NJ

Thu Oct 02, 2008

Asbury Park Press Online

Serenaders: They shall have music wherever they go

WOODBRIDGE - Christine Eddington and her sister took music lessons when they were children, but they were distanced from their instruments by life's complications of marriage, raising children and jobs.

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Related Topix: Woodbridge, NJ, Iselin, NJ, Avenel, NJ

Tue Sep 30, 2008

Clarks Hometown News Patriot

Carteret Requires Background Checks For Youth Organizations

' Employees and volunteers of all youth organizations who receive public subsidies or use borough fields will have to undergo mandatory criminal background checks, mandated by a recently-passed ordinance.

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Sun Sep 28, 2008

Courier News

Admitted drug dealer skipped out of court-ordered program, now sought by authorities

Jabari Spencer, 24, pleaded guilty to distributing drugs within 1,000 feet of a school, but was spared up to five years in prison.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Middlesex County, NJ

Sat Sep 27, 2008

Home News Tribune - Our Life

Carteret crash that caused 10-mile backup on Turnpike cleared

The left southbound lane of the New Jersey Turnpike's outer roadway has been cleared after an accident involving a garbage truck and a tractor-trailer earlier Thursday afternoon near exit 12.

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Fri Sep 26, 2008

Courier News

Carteret MVA 9/25

Scene of a motor vehicle accident involving a garbage truck and a Federal Express tractor trailer rig, Thursday, September 25, 2008, on the southbound NJ Turnpike in Carteret.

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Thu Sep 25, 2008

Home News Tribune - Central Jersey

Crash in Carteret has Turnpike traffic backed up over two miles

Authorities are responding to an overturned tractor-trailer near the Radisson Hotel, adjacent to the New Jersey Turnpike southbound lanes, according to police and traffic reports.

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Mon Sep 22, 2008

Clarks Hometown News Patriot

Continue Reading

'The borough moved forward with the Carteret Health and Wellness Center project earlier this week.

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Related Topix: Freehold, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ

Sat Sep 20, 2008

Windsock

Declaration of graduation

West Carteret High School's Class of 2011 and 2012 pulled out pens and markers Wednesday and made a commitment.

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Fri Sep 19, 2008

Central Jersey

Carteret student left on school bus calls 911 for help

A 14-year-old who fell asleep on a school bus called 911 telling police he was fearful of trying to leave the bus storage yard because of a large dog on the premises.

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Related Topix: Piscataway, NJ

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