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31 min ago | Patch.com

County Drivers Reminded to 'Click it or Ticket'

As motorists take to the roads this Memorial Day holiday, the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety is urging everyone to buckle up.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays

2 hrs ago | Town Topics

Juried Art Show at TCNJ to Feature Work by Students and Teachers

ART, INNOVATION, IDEAS: Faith Ringgold will be one of four artists and teachers judging submissions from local students to The College of New Jersey's exhibition, "Art, Innovation and Ideas," opening Sunday June 2. Students from high schools in Princeton and Lawrenceville will be featured in the TCNJ art gallery.

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Related Topix: The College of New Jersey, Princeton, NJ, Lawrenceville, NJ, Tufts University, Rutgers University

6 hrs ago | The Arizona Republic

Quick goat apparently dodges death

A goat believed to have escaped en route to a slaughterhouse snarled the morning commute along one of the busiest roadways in northern New Jersey Tuesday, leading police on a nearly two-hour chase.

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Related Topix: Offbeat

10 hrs ago | Vancouver Sun

Beaches, rides and ruins await visitors to New Jersey shore in first post-Sandy summer

The boardwalks are back, and so are most of the beaches, even if some are a little thinner this year.

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Related Topix: Chris Christie, US Governors, Lavallette, NJ, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Ship Bottom, NJ, Travel

12 hrs ago | Patch.com

Montclair Police Increase Seat-Belt Enforcement

The Montclair Police Department along with law enforcement agencies across the country is participating in the the 2013 Click It or Ticket seat-belt campaign now through Sunday, June 2. During this time, there will be zero-tolerance enforcement of safety belt laws, which in New Jersey require all passengers to wear seat belts regardless of their ... (more)

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Tue May 21, 2013

NewsChannel 9 WSYR

4 falcon chicks living on NY-NJ bridge are banded

Four falcon chicks that live on the George Washington Bridge connecting Manhattan to New Jersey have gotten identifying bands around their legs.

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Related Topix: New Jersey Government, Entertainment

The Jersey Journal

Cumberland County Sheriff's Blotter: Obstruction, hindering apprehension, warrant arrests

Ceraycia Rios, 19, of Buchanan Place, in The Bronx, N.Y., was extradited from New York on a a failure to appear warrant and was lodged in the Cumberland County Jail.

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Related Topix: Cumberland County, NJ, Millville, NJ, Mullica Hill, NJ, Bridgeton, NJ

Lower Township Gazette

Ms Senior New Jersey taking the stage

Now that Miss America has returned home pageants are once again in the news. Next week lovely ladies will grace the stage at Harrah's Casino and Spa in the Concert Venue for the Ms New Jersey Senior America Pageant slated for 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 4. The contestants come to the pageant with life experience and a lot of energy.

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Related Topix: Lakewood, NJ, Pennington, NJ, Matawan, NJ, Arts, Opera, Dover, NJ

NorthJersey.com

Christie honors fallen NJ police officers at memorial service in Ocean Grove

Governor Chris Christie speaks at the New Jersey Law Enforcement Memorial Service honoring men and women killed in the line of service at the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove, N.J. on Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

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Related Topix: Chris Christie, US Governors, Ocean Grove, NJ, Paterson, NJ, Camden, NJ

Philly.com

State mandates residency. There are always exceptions.

For the last two years, the meeting held monthly in a bare Trenton conference room determined the fates of hundreds of New Jersey public employees, including scores of teachers and school administrators.

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Related Topix: Plainsboro, NJ

The Paramus Post

Eustace & Wagner Bill to Make Clear NJ Residents Don't Violate the...

Legislation Assembly Democrats Tim Eustace and Connie Wagner sponsored to make clear participation by New Jersey residents in contests of skill does not constitute unlawful gambling was approved 78-0 Monday by the Assembly.

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Related Topix: Passaic, NJ

Patch.com

Annual Austism Walk Draws Hundreds From North Jersey [PHOTOS]

The annual Walk Now for Autism Speaks once again drew people from all over North Jersey to the Bergen Community College campus on Sunday to walk for the cause.

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Mon May 20, 2013

The Jersey Journal

Officials gather at Bayonne Bridge to hail roadway project's approval

U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez led officials in applauding the Coast Guard's approval of a plan to raise the roadway of the Bayonne Bridge, a project intended to assure the future growth of the port.

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Related Topix: Robert Menendez, US Politics, US News, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Prison, us Travel, Travel, Representative Albio Sires

BroadwayWorld.com

NVC Presents Leaving Home With Malcolm Gets, Kirsten Scott and More, 6/10

The New Voices Collective will present the world premiere of Leaving Hom e - a triple bill of three one-act musicals with music by Jonathan Larson Award-winner Sam Davis and book and lyrics by Drama Desk-nominee Sean Hartley .

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Related Topix: Edward Hibbert

Patch.com

New Jersey Ranks Third in %&!#@ing Survey

Third place? We couldn't do better than #&@$ing third place? New Jersey residents were beaten out by Ohio and Maryland in a survey ranking individuals most likely to drop swear words on a complete stranger during a phone conversation.

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NBC Philadelphia

Most Jersey Shore Visitors Undeterred by Sandy: Poll

Three out of four people polled said they believed New Jersey's ocean and bay water is safe for swimming and boating.

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Related Topix: Rutgers University, Seaside Heights, NJ

Patch.com

Historic Morris County Database Recognized By State

Those working to preserve Morris County history had something to be proud of last week when the state recognized two county preservation projects currently underway.

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Related Topix: Morris County, NJ, US Governors, Chris Christie, Flemington, NJ, Rockaway, NJ

NJ.com

Rolling snake eyes: Drop in A.C. revenue hits transportation for seniors, disabled

Walter Kucharski, 71, of South River, waits for the next Middlesex County Area Transit Shuttle at Brunswick Square Mall.

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Related Topix: South River, NJ, Atlantic City, NJ, Old Bridge, NJ, Chris Christie, US Governors

The Gloucester County Times

New Jersey residents remain skeptical about raising tobacco age restriction

Young New Jerseyans may not be able to buy cigarettes until they're old enough to buy a six-pack, after State Sen.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health

Patch.com

Jersey Shore Summer 2013: Beach Guide

More than six months after Superstorm Sandy caused unprecedented damage to the Jersey Shore region, the beaches will be open for Memorial Day Weekend and the summer.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Mantoloking, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Barnegat Light, NJ, Bay Head, NJ

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