Tuesday, November 10, 2015

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  • Controversial Newark fire director appoints son's fiancée as his temporary fill-in | NJ

    Controversial Newark fire director appoints son's fiancée as his temporary fill-in | NJ
    NEWARK —Fire Director James Stewart has rankled some in his ranks by naming a recently hired payroll clerk — who also happens to be his future daughter-in-law — to serve in his stead while he takes a vacation this week.Tawan Baxter, who was hired as a chief clerk Aug. 24, was named acting fire director as of 8 a.m. Saturday and is set to remain in the role for one week, according to a Nov. 4 memo obtained by NJ Advance Media.Fire Chief John Centanni, who signed the memo, is also away and named D..
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  • Irvington cop seeks to dismiss charges of trying to run down Newark councilman | NJ

    NEWARK— An Irvington police captain is seeking to dismiss the charges against her for allegedly trying to run down a Newark city councilman with her car in January.Monique Smith, 44, of Irvington, has filed a motion to dismiss her indictment in connection with thealleged attack on Councilman John Sharpe James, according to Smith's attorney, Anthony Pope.Following a brief court hearing on Monday, Pope said the motion was based on the "lack of evidence" in the case."We don't believe that the fac..
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  • Jefferson, Morris Catholic to play in regional crossover games

    Jefferson, Morris Catholic to play in regional crossover games
    Buy PhotoJefferson running back Connor Brown gains yardage vs. Dover during their Friday night football matchup. November 6, 2015, Dover, NJ.(Photo: Bob Karp/Staff Photographer)Buy PhotoThe NJSIAA has officially eliminated the term “consolation” from the games that will be played this weekend that are not of the playoff variety.The games are now called “regional crossover” games. There are two local teams that are very glad to be playing regional crossover games this weekend, namely Jefferson an..
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  • Bankrupt N.J. hospital accepts $62.2M purchase offer from for-profit...

    Bankrupt N.J. hospital accepts $62.2M purchase offer from for-profit...
    TRENTON— Saint Michael's Medical Center in Newark accepted a $62.2 million bid from Prime Healthcare Services of California that will allow the national hospital chain to acquire the troubled facility in bankruptcy court later this week, hospital CEO David Ricci announced Monday.Prime announced its intention to buy the struggling city hospital nearly three years ago, but the required review by the state Department of Health and the Attorney General's Office remains unfinished. Hemorrhaging cas..
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  • Holmdel opts out of regional crossover game

    Holmdel opts out of regional crossover game
    237Share This Story!Let friends in your social network know what you are reading aboutHolmdel opts out of regional crossover gameHolmdel opts out of NJSIAA regional crossover game because of lack of healthy players, AD saysSent!A link has been sent to your friend's email address.Posted!A link has been posted to your Facebook feed.Holmdel opts out of regional crossover gameBuy PhotoFootball(Photo: FILE PHOTO)Buy PhotoHolmdel has opted out of playing an NJSIAA regional crossover game this week bec..
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  • Our playoff champion selections

    Our playoff champion selections
    Buy PhotoSt. John Vianney, led by senior quarterback Anthony Brown, is our pick to win the NJSIAA Non-Public Group III championship(Photo: MARK R. SULLIVAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)Buy PhotoTwenty seven Shore Conference teams will begin their quest for an NJSIAA sectional championship this weekend.Six Shore teams - Manalapan (Central Group V), Jackson Memorial (Central Group IV),  Matawan (Central Group III), Rumson-Fair Haven (Central Group IIII, but Central Group II the last two seasons), Shore (Cen..
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  • A new plan to put a stop to phone scams

    A new plan to put a stop to phone scams
    Jersey’s senior U.S. Senator is pushing a plan to delete part of the recently passed federal budget – to stopscammersfrom ripping people off.Fuse, ThinkStockU.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is co-sponsoring the Hang Up Act, which would restrict government agencies like the Internal Revenue Service and their third party agents from calling people to collect overdue taxes as well as other monies and fees.During a news conference in Newark, Menendez said for years the Do Not Call List has included the govern..
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  • NJ's Laura Benanti on breaking bad in 'Supergirl' and feminism on TV

    NJ's Laura Benanti on breaking bad in 'Supergirl' and feminism on TV
    Laura Benantidebuted on Broadway as a beatific nanny ("The Sound of Music") andearned a Tonyfor playing a celebrated burlesque performer with the mother of all stage mothers ("Gypsy"). She recently played both an abused country singer who killed her ex-husband ("Nashville"), as well as the eccentric wife of an alleged wife-killer ("The Good Wife").In other words, she gets around. But the Kinnelon native's latest role is completely out of this world: She plays the Kryptonian jurist Alura Zor-El, ..
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  • Christie ends state of emergency at troubled Passaic Valley...

    Christie ends state of emergency at troubled Passaic Valley...
    TRENTON— At the end of a day marked by a flurry of other executive actions, Gov.Chris Christieon Monday lifted a state of emergency at the scandal-plagued Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission.The governor issued an executive order effectively ending the state takeover he initiated in 2011 when he ousted most of the authority's commissioners,slashing its staffand replacing its executive director.The agency, the largest sewage treatment authority in New Jersey, provides services to 1.4 million peopl..
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  • N.J. woman headed to prison for penis enlargement death

    NEWARK— Before Kasia Rivera was sentenced on Monday to five years in state prison for conducting a fatal penis enlargement procedure in 2011, her attorney, Olubukola Adetula, said she has "accepted responsibity for her actions" and wanted to "move on with the rest of her life."Essex County Assistant Prosecutor William Neafsey, however, said Rivera may want to move on with her life, but "we still have a man that died.""A man died because of her recklessness," said Neafsey, adding that "she had no..
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