Rodney Frelinghuysen News

A discussion point in the just-concluded gubernatorial campaign was whether Chris Christie would accept federal stimulus money from Washington.

To the Editor: I am very frustrated and disappointed with Rep. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen's refusal to vote for the House health care reform bill.

When they are giddy with victory, politicians say the oddest things. In the wake of Chris Christie's win on Tuesday, some Republicans are making grand pronouncements about a shift in New Jersey from a solid 'blue state' to something less than solid.

It has been more than a century since New Jersey's governor has hailed from Morris County.

HANOVER -- The Caregiver's Coalition of Morris County Monday issued an 'agenda for action,'' that seeks more support for the efforts of families and individuals who care for loved ones in their own homes or in other non-institutional settings.

Morris Township politics continues to be rousing. As was the case last year, a complete Democratic win would give the party political control of the township committee.

Congress has allocated $4 million in its pending Interior Department appropriations bill for Highlands preservation funding, the most money allocated since the Highlands Conservation Act was signed into law in 2004.

Briana Feldhaus isn't enjoying the California sunshine nearly as much as she'd hoped.

With little time remaining until Election Day, it is time put aside distracting, misleading attacks and snide remarks so we can focus on the issues that matter most to New Jerseyans.

The Morris County Library will host a Veterans Information Day on Saturday, Nov.

Morris County fire and rescue personnel will soon have a county-wide pager system to alert them to emergency situations thanks to a successful search for an available radio/TV frequency, officials announced today.

"It is great to be out of Washington," said Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen. "It is a hostile and partisan environment." Noting pleasure at being back in Montville Township, the Republican congressman held a Town Meeting before a moderate-sized audience in the auditorium at Montville Township High School.

Jay Lustig, music critic for the Star-Ledger and Bruce blogger, talks about the Boss' series of five shows at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford.

Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen took on health care policy, government spending and a gamut of federal issues Saturday before dozens of angry, yet civil, constituents who are fed up with the economic and political climate.

The long-planned restoration of the Lackawanna Cutoff commuter rail line from the Poconos to Hoboken, which will run along a route parallel to traffic clogged Route 80, has cleared a key environmental hurdle, officials said today.

Five months after Jody Rilee-Wilson's body was found on an Oklahoma mountaintop, a medical examiner determined she was dragged into the woods after she died, but has been unable to determine the cause of death.

Chris Christie's daily schedule often shows a ''finance reception'' for 6 p.m. That's a different way to say fundraiser.

RANDOLPH - The effort to support regular military and New Jersey National Guard members as they return from active service continued Sunday as more than 300 people marched through a steady rain at County College of Morris to help raise funds for the Front Line Fund, created by the United Way of Morris County.

An Oklahoma congressman contacted by U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen to see if the Midwestern lawmaker could help expedite the investigation into a Roxbury native's suspicious death in May said a full medical examiner's report will be available within a week.

Congressman Dan Boren is being asked to help find out why autopsy results on a woman found dead in May at an Oklahoma state park haven't been released.