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The early front runner for the Democratic nomination to run against U.S. Rep. Scott Garrett in the fifth district is Glen Rock attorney Camille Abate , who lost Democratic congressional primaries in 2006 and 2008.

Picatinny Arsenal, the Morris Museum and Morristown Memorial Hospital are in line to receive federal funds to upgrade facilities or to add new programs.

Federal funding for several local projects will be headed to Luzerne County, U.S. Sens.

"Reps. Donald Payne and Rodney Frelinghuysen are seeking $1.5 million to equip the Newark Museum, above, with new air-conditioning units." Source of caption and photo: online version of the WSJ article quoted and cited below.

Morristown National Historical Park, where General George Washington's army spent the winter of 1779-80, was estabished in 1933 as the nation's first historic park.

The House of Representatives today approved a bill that will allow Morristown National Historic Park -- the first national historic park in the United States -- to expand.

U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen is the eighth richest member of the House of Representatives, according to data compiled by Roll Call .

President Barack Obama's Afghanistan plan is winning support from Democrats and Republicans in the New Jersey congressional delegation, but one senator is withholding his assessment until at least Thursday.

Share + Dec 2, 2009 7:48 am US/Eastern TRENTON 1 of 1 U.S. Marines from Fox Company 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines patrol through a village clearing house-to-house during day three of Operation Germinate into the restive Bhuji Bhast Pass in Farah Province, southern Afghanistan, on Oct.

North Jersey Democrats who railed against escalating the war in Iraq nearly three years ago took a more supportive position on the Afghanistan escalation President Obama announced Tuesday, and anti-war protesters planned to picket their offices.

As residents geared up for Black Friday shopping deals, U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-Harding, was returning to New Jersey last week from a trip to Afghanistan with fellow members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense.

Back from a weekend trip to Afghanistan, U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen said Monday that additional troops are needed and would support President Barack Obama's request for additional funding and troops for the eight-year-old war.

Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen was on his way back to New Jersey after visiting troops in Afghanistan and part of an official Congressional delegation.

Sen. Tom Coburn is against earmarking altogether. President Obama has declared war on "earmarks," funding for special projects that end up costing taxpayers billions.

PARSIPPANY - Council members said they were leaning toward amending Parsippany's new pay-to-play reform ordinance rather than hiring a lawyer to dissect contradictory paragraphs in the law.

A political battle has been rekindled over Gov. Jon S. Corzine's nomination of Democrat Frank Herbert to become Morris County's superintendent of elections.

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Ledger Live for Friday November 13th, 2009 - Ledger Live with Brian Donohue. On today's show: We explore the tricky business of town consolidation in New Jersey.

It sits on a shelf in the Morris County Library, neatly divided into 20 folders containing about 100 pages each.

The health care reform bill, passed by five votes over the weekend by the House of Representatives, was in many ways made in New Jersey.