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Memories of Dr. Rebovich
David Rebovich used to buy and read between four and six newspapers daily. On his way to the college each morning, he'd stop in at the Reading Center in Hamilton. John Strycharz remembers...
Funeral services for Dr. Rebovich will be held at 9AM on Wednesday at the Costello Funeral Home in Woodbridge, with buriel at the St. Nicholas Church in Perth Amboy. A viewing will be held on Monday from 7 to 9 p.m., and Tuesday from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.
Read More >Panter answers to charge of being "bossed"
Assemblyman Michael Panter says there are Republican bosses and Democratic bosses, and argues that he is not ethically compromised by taking money from his party.
Read More >O'Scanlon says Panter misrepresenting his record
Declan O'Scanlon, the Republican candidate for State Assembly in the 12th district, says the work he does on behalf of municipalities to help them site cellphone towers saves the taxpayers money.
Read More >Toms River mayoral mayhem
Drawing a contrast between himself and his opponents, Toms River Councilman Carmine Inteso, Jr., promises that serving as mayor will be his only job if he's elected. Inteso is a Republican running as an Independent against Democrat Richard Strada and Republican Thomas Kelaher.
Read More >O'Scanlon says Panter not committed to all-out ban
Assemblyman Michael Panter beat him once - but not by much in their last mano-a-mano in the 12th District. Now Republican Declan O'Scanlon's back, and challenging Panter's record as a reformer, which the Little Silver councilman says is substantially over-rated.
Read More >Gusciora renews call for Gore to run
Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, who is leading a grass roots campaign in New Jersey to draft Al Gore for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, says that the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the former Vice President is "one more demanding reason" why Gore should run for President.
Read More >Healy and Rothman rally the Obama faithful
At a pep talk at a Barack Obama canvassing event in Jersey City today, U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman, Obama’s northeast regional co-chair, had a friendlier audience than at last month’s Democratic State Convention.
At the convention, when Rothman took the podium to stump for Obama (and some would say knock Sen. Hillary Clinton), he drew scattered applause and some boos from an audience that had just hours before heard Clinton give a rousing speech. Obama didn’t attend. This time, his audience was made up of about 60 Obama volunteers, who met in Van Vorst Park before going door to door to hear pep talks from two of Obama’s most prominent New Jersey supporters: Rothman and Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy.
Today’s event in Jersey City had a counterpart in Camden County, where State Senator and Congressional candidate John Adler, an early Obama backer, was called in to rally the supporters.
Read More >The Back Room
Buono officially chooses O'Donnell
ATLANTIC CITY – The Democratic Party’s presumptive gubernatorial nominee officially tapped Jason O’Donnell as chairman of the state party.
Read More >Wake-Up Call
Morning News Digest: May 17, 2013
Morning News Digest: Friday, May 17, 2013 By Matthew Arco Smith intends to fight for HCDO seat as Bernie Kenny's name re-emerges in Fulop era Mayor Jerry Healy’s loss Tuesday night inevitably triggered intra-party discussions about consequences to the Hudson County...
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Time to have the talk we hope to avoid but can’t
By Tedford J. Taylor No topic is a less likely conversation-starter than our eventual deaths. Still, there is a lot to talk about. When polled, about 90 percent of people presented with end-of-life scenarios prefer the prospect of dying at home with... Read More >
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