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N.J. Governor-elect Christie meets with small business owners in Monmouth County

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By Lisa Fleisher/Statehouse Bureau

November 06, 2009, 5:55PM
MIDDLETOWN -- New Jersey Gov.-elect Chris Christie spent much of the last year speaking about why his approach would be best for businesses in the state. Now it's his turn to listen. With his Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, Christie sat down with business owners here today and asked what they felt he needed to do first to streamline taxes and... Full story »

N.J. Governor-elect Chris Christie talks state aid with Ocean County mayors

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By Susan K. Livio

November 06, 2009, 4:12PM
TOMS RIVER -- After spending the first two days touring Democratic communities following his victory Tuesday, Republican Gov.-elect Chris Christie met with mayors from conservative Ocean County today to hear them vent about eight years of indifference from governors they said denied them financial aid and access. Christie listened as mayors from Brick, Jackson, Toms River, Lakewood, Little Egg Harbor... Full story »

N.J. amusement parks report no major injuries over summer

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By Trish G. Graber

November 05, 2009, 5:01PM
For the first time in more than a decade, New Jersey’s summer season was free of serious injuries on roller coasters, Ferris wheels and log flumes, state officials said this week. "By the grace of God we got through it this year," said William Gehlhaus, co-owner of Keansburg Amusement Park and Runaway Rapids Waterpark. "You can’t always expect (no injuries)... Full story »

Howell man identified as victim killed by falling tree at Monmouth Battlefield State Park

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By MaryAnn Spoto/The Star-Ledger

November 05, 2009, 3:25PM
MANALAPAN -- Authorities today identified a worker killed by a falling tree in a state park in Manalapan as a 35-year-old Howell resident. State Police said Deny Morton was killed Wednesday morning when a tree fell on him at Monmouth Battlefield State Park. Morton was one of two maintenance employees cutting down a tree at the park when the... Full story »
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Holland Tunnel delays out of NYC cleared after emergency construction

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By The Associated Press

November 04, 2009, 9:44PM
JERSEY CITY — Holland Tunnel delays out of NYC have cleared-up after emergency construction repairs snarled tunnel traffic this evening. New Jersey Turnpike Authority spokesman Joseph Orlando said emergency construction was needed to repair a hole on the Newark Bay Extension bridge deck just east of Interchange 14A. The westbound lane was closed for several hours this afternoon, causing backed-ups... Full story »

Monmouth Battlefield State Park employee killed in tree-cutting accident

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By MaryAnn Spoto/The Star-Ledger

November 04, 2009, 1:50PM
MANALAPAN -- A state park maintenance worker was killed this morning when a tree fell on him at a park in Monmouth County. The employee was one of two maintenance employees cutting down a tree at Monmouth Battlefield State Park in Manalapan when the accident occurred around 9:30 a.m., said New Jersey State Police spokesman Sgt. Stephen Jones. Jones... Full story »

N.J. voters take up town mergers, name changes on local ballots

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By Mike Frassinelli/The Star-Ledger

November 04, 2009, 12:53AM
WOODLAND PARK -- You could say that the town immediately west of Paterson has had something of an identity crisis. Residents in the town that was known as West Paterson until January of this year — when it became known as Woodland Park — have had five votes over two decades to determine whether to change the town name. Woodland... Full story »

Republican stronghold in Ocean County is key to Chris Christie's get-out-the-vote plan

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By Chris Megerian/Statehouse Bureau

November 03, 2009, 12:50PM
TOMS RIVER -- A two-story clapboard house here is the epicenter of one of the Republican Party's most crucial get-out-the-vote operations in the state. Volunteers, ranging from high school students to elderly residents, sit shoulder-to-shoulder, rapidly dialing voters' numbers in a last-ditch effort to rally support. Wires, duct-taped to the frayed carpet, crisscross the floor. Newspaper clippings and photos cover... Full story »

Newark man accused in fatal shooting in Orange arrested outside Great Adventure

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By Alexi Friedman/The Star-Ledger

November 02, 2009, 5:20PM
ORANGE — A 22-year-old man was charged with the October fatal shooting of a man in Orange, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said today. Police are still searching for another man in connection with the killing. Antoine Williams, of Newark, was arrested Friday just before midnight, as he walked out of Great Adventure in Jackson, with his girlfriend and... Full story »

GOP candidate Christie speaks with senior citizens in Tinton Falls

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By Chris Megerian/Statehouse Bureau

November 02, 2009, 4:03PM
TINTON FALLS -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie told an audience of senior citizens here that the election is not about them -- it's about their children and grandchildren. Christie said Democratic tax increases are making it harder to live in New Jersey, forcing people to leave the state and separating families. Full Star-Ledger coverage of the New Jersey... Full story »

60-day hold on gold worries Perth Amboy jewelers

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By Aliyah Shahid/For The Star-Ledger

November 02, 2009, 5:13AM
PERTH AMBOY -- Business owners who buy and sell gold for a living are worried that a city rule requiring them to hang onto gold for 60 days before selling it might put them out of business. Edwin Feijoo, owner of E&E Jewelry Buyers on New Brunswick Avenue, said he cannot pay his bills because of the hold, which previously... Full story »

N.J. GOP candidate Chris Christie campaigns at historic Middletown tavern

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By Claire Heininger/Statehouse Bureau

November 01, 2009, 3:38PM
MIDDLETOWN -- Beer and bagpipes greeted GOP candidate Chris Christie at Bachstadt's Tavern, a North Middletown watering hole that's hosted Republican pre-election rallies for three decades. Christie-Guadagno banners joined American flags, an oversized $100 bill and a stuffed buck on the walls of the dimly lit bar, where about 150 people had gathered this afternoon to wait for their... Full story »

N.J. veterans tune out Bingo, turn on writing in Edison

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By Brent Johnson/For The Star-Ledger

November 01, 2009, 6:07AM
EDISON -- Kaye Johnson doesn’t play Bingo. “I had enough of it before I was 10,” the 73-year-old grumbled about the game. So don’t expect to find him shuffling chips during the morning, noon and night number-calling sessions at the Veteran’s Memorial Home at Menlo Park in Edison. Instead, he prefers to gather in one of the home’s meeting rooms... Full story »

Candidates barnstorm state in final days of the N.J. gubernatorial campaign

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By Star-Ledger Staff

October 31, 2009, 8:13PM
Corzine and Christie both say they have the momentum heading into Election Day Full story »

Search begins for missing N.J. woman in Nevada desert

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By Kathleen O'Brien/The Star-Ledger

October 31, 2009, 8:01PM
A chance meeting at the Seaside Heights boardwalk this summer has triggered a renewed search of the Nevada desert for the body of New Jersey native Maureen Fields. A volunteer organization that looks for missing persons, Texas EquuSearch, is now in rural Pahrump, Nev., employing a drone airplane and other high-tech devices to scour the desert for signs of... Full story »
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