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Enter a wildlife photo contest, buy a used book, support the ...
- SORTING THE BOOKS — Barbara Butta, left, vice-chairperson of the Friends of the Library, Phyllis Stevens, center and Teedee Carroll work on sorting the many thousands of books that will be for sale to the public starting on Saturday, March 13. That ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 3/10/2010 2:11:07 AM
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NJ wildlife council votes in favor of bear hunt
- Rich Peter said he plans to hunt bears on private farmland in Sussex County if the state grants final approval for the first bruin season in five years. The state Fish and Game Council on Tuesday approved 7-0 a black bear management policy that ...
- Morris County Daily Record
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- 3/10/2010 12:59:32 AM
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New Jersey game panel backs black bear hunt
- New Jersey's black bear population has soared to nearly 3,500, a level that can no longer be controlled solely by non-lethal methods, a wildlife biologist said Tuesday as the state Fish and Game Council adopted a management policy recommending a six ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 3/9/2010 11:26:28 PM
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New Jersey may bring back bear hunt for first time since 2005
- The state moved closer to allowing New Jersey's first bear hunt since 2005. The Fish and Game Council approved a bear-management plan Tuesday that calls for a hunting season in December. This regulatory group has advocated hunting to reduce bear ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 3/9/2010 4:02:40 PM
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Your comments: N.J. to plan first bear hunt in five years
- Jim Pathe/The Star-Ledger Bear encounters become increasingly common as the population surges. New Jersey is planning a bear hunt in an attempt to control the population. A policy proposed by the New Jersey Fish and Game Council today may mean the ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 3/9/2010 2:36:46 PM
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NJ wildlife council votes in favor of bear hunt
- (AP) — TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey residents weary of frequent visits from bears may see a lot less of them come late fall. New Jersey's Fish and Game Council on Tuesday voted to include the state's first black bear hunt in five years in its ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 3/9/2010 2:22:27 PM
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NJ wildlife coucil votes in favor of bear hunt
- TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's Fish and Game Council will include a bear hunt in its proposed management policy. Tuesday's vote sets the stage for the state's first black bear hunt in five years. Former Gov. Jon Corzine had blocked the hunt ...
- Morris County Daily Record
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- 3/9/2010 9:21:48 AM
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NJ to consider bear hunt
- New Jersey's Fish and Game Council is set to propose the state s first black bear hunt in five years on Tuesday. Acting Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin says several studies have confirmed the number of bears in the state and ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 3/9/2010 4:56:56 AM
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NJ to consider bear hunt
- TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's Fish and Game Council is set to propose the state’s first black bear hunt in five years on Tuesday. Acting Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin says several studies have confirmed the number of bears ...
- Morris County Daily Record
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- 3/9/2010 4:35:28 AM
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N.J. plans bear hunt to control surge in population
- Tariq Zehawi/The Record The New Jersey Game and Fish Bear Response unit tranquilized a black bear in Wayne that was terrorizing the neighborhood. Wayne authorities tracked the bear to the back porch of a home on Fox Hill last week. New Jersey is ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 3/9/2010 2:55:15 AM
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Assembly committee approves New Jersey saltwater fishing registry
- A bill that would create a registry for all saltwater fishermen was approved today by members of the Assembly committee on agriculture and natural resources. The Assembly bill, which matches an identical one introduced last month in the Senate ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 3/8/2010 1:04:53 PM
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Body of Warren County woman found in Barnegat Bay
- According to Detective Brian Polite, a spokesman for the State Police, Burkhardt was found floating in the Barnegat Bay at 2 p.m., near the Dock Outfitters fishing pier. The New Jersey State Police Crime Scene Unit and Major Crimes Unit responded to ...
- Morris County Daily Record
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- 3/8/2010 10:27:25 AM
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Thank officials for fighting dredging
- This area is now home to otters, beaver and many species of fish, including migratory shad and striped ... wrong and unfair to not only the residents of National Park, but all the residents of New Jersey. This is only one of many reasons why this ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 3/7/2010 12:05:49 AM
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Fluke season to include Memorial Day, Labor Day, fisheries council ...
- TOMS RIVER - New Jersey's fluke fisherman will get to angle for the tasty flatfish on both Memorial Day and Labor Day this year, the New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council ruled Thursday. Last year, anglers were angered when the season ended Sept. 4 ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 3/4/2010 5:41:39 PM
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Black bear that killed pet dog in Wayne is expected to be euthanized
- MyFoxNY.com A black bear that police believe killed a dog in Wayne has been tranquilized and capture by the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, according to MyFoxNY.com. WAYNE -- The 380-pound adult black bear that killed a pet dog in Wayne is ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 3/4/2010 5:34:29 PM
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N.J. officials capture black bear that may have killed dog in Wayne
- MyFoxNY.com A black bear that police believe killed a dog in Wayne has been tranquilized and capture by the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, according to MyFoxNY.com . WAYNE -- A black bear N.J. officials believe may have killed a dog in ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 3/4/2010 1:02:29 PM
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RV show seeks road-willing clientele
- Like the boat and classic car exhibitions before it this year, the Atlantic City RV & Camping Show expects to rebound with its industry this week - and without a snowstorm getting in the way. Manager Harry Lutz said the show, which opens Friday at ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 3/4/2010 12:09:23 AM
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Meet The Ugly Club
- The best thing about the New Jersey Bands Twitter feed (please say you are a follower) is learning about what's up with all ... You gents fishing for compliments? Ryan: There isn't much of a story behind, just a name some friends had come up with as ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 3/3/2010 11:52:05 AM
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Assemblywoman Riley updates Downe Committee on budget, dredging
- I don’t think we should suffer a reduction in aid,” she said, asking Riley to take that message back to Trenton. Riley also addressed the dispute over dredging the Delaware River, opposed by both Delaware and New Jersey, which the Army Corps of ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 3/3/2010 10:54:49 AM
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State DEP asks U.S. not to ban shark fishing off New Jersey coast
- The state Department of Environmental Protection is trying to convince the federal government not to ban shark fishing off the New Jersey coast because it ... commercial fishermen already hold federal permits to fish in federal waters outside three ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 3/2/2010 8:07:11 PM
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Livingston teen who moved to Chile to study abroad remains stranded ...
- MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images People look for family members among rubble today in the fishing village of Constitucion, central Chile, where more than 300 bodies have been found after a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit the country. Courtesy of ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 3/2/2010 4:03:48 PM
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Essex executive DiVincenzo says deer-management hunt was successful
- The judge ruled in the county’s favor, in part pointing to the discretion of the state Division of Fish and Wildlife in issuing the ... servings of venison were donated to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey to feed the needy. Next year ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 3/1/2010 3:57:50 PM
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Great fishing found in February
- New Jersey anglers ended February with some notable catches ... I fish, I vote" was the chant at Wednesday's Washington rally of fishermen protesting regulations limiting saltwaterl fishing, even for species that are abundant. Nearly 4,000 anglers ...
- Morris County Daily Record
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- 2/28/2010 12:57:05 AM
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Shep on Fishing: Local friends close in on milestone tagging bass
- The "back-bay" striped bass season is about to open. Tim Davis and fishing buddies Adam Fox and Mike Kulick soon will resume their mission to tag and release their first 1,000 striped bass. They are up to 993 tagged bass, so they are getting close to ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/26/2010 10:27:56 PM
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At The Shore Today
- Who Is He: Ray Davies is a well-respected man of rock with a career that has spanned more than four decades, both as a founding member of The Kinks and as a solo artist. What To Expect: Davies will undoubtedly perform many of The Kinks' more popular ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/26/2010 12:26:39 PM
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Fishermen rally in Washington for flexibility in regulations
- The Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA) and other organizers of Wednesday’s Fishermen’s Rally in Washington, D.C. must be convinced God is on their side. Not only did the day they picked months ago for an outdoor rally at the Capitol in February ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 2/25/2010 4:31:13 PM
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Haddonfield club enters the Flower Show
- HADDONFIELD — Imagine a big name entertainer performing in different cities each night before finally relaxing in his own backyard, nestled in the sunny islands of south Florida. Haddonfield Garden Club members have conjured those images for months ...
- Courier-Post
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- 2/25/2010 9:21:43 AM
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New laws, lost paperwork anger fishermen
- I hope they had a good turnout and made an impression on Feb. 24, when the "United We Fish" rally went to Washington D.C. with fishermen from all up and down the coast to protest federal fisheries laws that are affecting the commercial and ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 2/25/2010 12:46:19 AM
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Jobs, fish-kills concerns at Oyster Creek hearing
- LACEY TOWNSHIP - Residents, environmentalists and company officials on Wednesday debated a proposal requiring the Oyster Creek Generating Station to build cooling towers. The state Department of Environmental Protection wants the plant to build ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/25/2010 12:10:32 AM
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Southern New Jersey fishermen join thousands at rally in D.C.
- ... recreational and commercial fishermen from southern New Jersey ... chanted, “I fish, I vote,” and carried placards condemning the Obama Administration and the National Marine Fisheries Service, the federal agency that regulates fishing in 3 ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/24/2010 7:02:43 PM
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Public, Oyster Creek nuclear plant operators air fears of plant ...
- LACEY TOWNSHIP - Residents, environmentalists and company officials on Wednesday debated a proposal requiring the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant to build cooling towers. The state Department of Environmental Protection wants the plant to build ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/24/2010 3:42:17 PM
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Byram teams up to buy 222 acres in Highlands
- Johnson Lake is also on the property, which offers fishing opportunities. New Jersey Green Acres, the New Jersey Conservation Foundation and the Sussex County Open Space Committee worked with The Land Conservancy and Byram Township to complete the ...
- Morris County Daily Record
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- 2/24/2010 3:13:39 PM
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More than 3,000 turn out for fishing rally in Washington, D.C., to ...
- WASHINGTON, D.C--Commercial and recreational fishermen spilled out of Union Station shortly before noon Wednesday and walked several blocks to the Capitol building for the start of a planned protest. Many of them carried signs, including ones which ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/24/2010 10:34:29 AM
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Byram teams up to buy 222-acres in Highlands
- BYRAM -- The township and The Land Conservancy of New Jersey teamed up to purchase a 222-acre swath of mountainous land in the New Jersey Highlands region. The $4.1 million deal closed this past Friday after a four-year-effort to acquire the land ...
- Morris County Daily Record
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- 2/24/2010 1:01:49 AM
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Debate opens on state mandate for Oyster Creek cooling towers
- LACEY TOWNSHIP - Members of the public will get a chance to comment today on whether the state should force the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant to build cooling towers. Exelon Corp., owner of the Oyster Creek Generating Station, would have to build ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/23/2010 11:57:24 PM
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New Jersey fishermen heading to D.C. for Capitol rally
- At least 10 busloads of southern New Jersey fishermen with grievances about a federal fishing law are heading to Washington, D.C., today for a rally on the steps of the Capitol. The United We Fish rally is expected to draw as many as 3,000 saltwater ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/23/2010 6:20:57 PM
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Byram and Land Conservancy buy 222-acre Hudson Farm Greenway
- Johnson Lake is also on the property, which offers fishing opportunities. New Jersey Green Acres, the New Jersey Conservation Foundation and the Sussex County Open Space Committee worked with The Land Conservancy and Byram Township to complete the ...
- Morris County Daily Record
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- 2/23/2010 12:01:34 PM
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Obituaries: Lloyd ‘Ozzie’ Osmun has died, was farm machinery ...
- He was employed for 27 years with the state of New Jersey, first at Annandale Reformatory, then at the Vineland Veterans Home and then he retired from the Hagedorn Gero-Psychiatric Center, formerly called Mount Kipp, in Lebanon Township, as engineer ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 2/23/2010 11:04:18 AM
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Nationwide efforts to reduce runoff only ramping up
- Numerous shore towns look likely to follow Stafford's lead in restricting fertilizer ingredients ... The Gulf of Mexico has a dead zone the size of New Jersey in which Mississippi River runoff pollution has killed nearly all marine life.
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/23/2010 8:48:18 AM
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Central Jersey's Water In Trouble
- Today, polluted run-off - or "people" pollution from sources like excess lawn fertilizer, trash and leaking septic and sewer lines - is a leading cause of water pollution in central New Jersey ... with residents, businesses, golf courses and schools ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 2/22/2010 11:26:58 AM
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New Jersey fights onslaught of natural invaders
- MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Three Bradford pear trees on the grounds around an old farmhouse here were probably planted by a former owner for their glorious white flowers. But those pear trees’ days are numbered: The farmhouse and the trees are now part ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/20/2010 8:26:12 PM
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Key to saving Barnegat Bay is on land, scientist says
- LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP — Southern New Jersey is home to one of the most pristine natural areas on the East Coast — 115,000 acres of protected forest and marsh in Atlantic, Burlington and Ocean counties. So why is Barnegat Bay, the estuary just north ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/20/2010 8:11:53 PM
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Starlings no darlings for America
- Of all New Jersey's invasive species, one of the biggest pests might be the starling -- a cheeky little bird once beloved but now largely detested around the globe. The starling's story in New Jersey starts in 1877, when a group of eccentric ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/20/2010 12:55:14 PM
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The battle against invasive plants and animals attacking New Jersey ...
- MIDDLE TOWNSHIP _ Three Bradford pear trees on the grounds around an old farmhouse here were probably planted by a former owner for their glorious white flowers. But those pear trees' days are numbered: the farmhouse and the trees are now part of the ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/20/2010 12:55:14 PM
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Growers, environmentalists battle New Jersey invasives
- MIDDLE TOWNSHIP _ Three Bradford pear trees on the grounds around an old farmhouse here were probably planted by a former owner for their glorious white flowers. But those pear trees' days are numbered: the farmhouse and the trees are now part of the ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/20/2010 10:53:33 AM
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Search for missing baby in central Jersey continues; father fights ...
- NEWARK — A South Jersey man pleaded not guilty Thursday after police say he told them he threw his 3-month-old daughter off a bridge Searchers and relatives held out hope the infant, missing since Tuesday afternoon, still might be found alive ...
- Morris County Daily Record
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- 2/19/2010 6:29:52 AM
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Cabela's chief remains noncommittal on fate of Xanadu
- Matt Rainey/The Star-Ledger Dave Schick, an employee of GAR Equipment of South Plainfield works to load and remove up to 100 scissor lifts from the Xanadu work site. EAST RUTHERFORD — The chief executive of Cabela's hunting stores, whose proposed ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 2/19/2010 5:46:55 AM
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Legislation would ban smoking on beach
- Beach-going smokers may have to curb their habit outdoors, under proposals Trenton lawmakers discussed Thursday. Members of a Senate committee on health, human services and senior citizens spent Thursday afternoon debating how a ban on smoking at ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/18/2010 8:14:16 PM
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Body Art, Beauty Collide
- When The Pool at Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City hosts the MissInk-America. com Pageant on Friday, Feb. 19, R&B-hip hop-soul group 120 will be there to entertain. Tattoo culture is rapidly growing, always fascinating and, of course, quite colorful ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/18/2010 10:05:48 AM
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Fishing trip to N.C. proves bountiful
- Wow, what a fishing trip Jim Maul Sr., of Jim's Lunch, and his fishing buddies Ken Henry and son Ken and Tom Egan, of Millville, had on their annual fishing trip to Obsession Fishing Charters on the Outer Banks, Cape Hatteras, N.C. They hit the ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 2/18/2010 1:30:25 AM
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Shark-fishing season in jeopardy
- ... such as seasonal fishing restrictions from Virginia to New Jersey to protect sandbar sharks when they are giving birth to their pups, according to Atlantic states fisheries commission officials. (2 of 2) The commission coordinates fish ...
- Courier-Post
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- 2/17/2010 12:37:19 PM
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New Jersey to students: Be creative with fish
- Entries for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Native Fish Art and ... First and second place winners from each grade level will receive a fishing rod and reel and a certificate. First place ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 2/16/2010 7:19:22 PM
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Rock salt threaten New Jersey waterways after onslaught of snow and ...
- Michael Mancuso/The Times of Trenton Damian Rozycki, of Trenton, New Jersey picks up a 50-lb bag of rock salt from a pallet in front of Heath Lumber on North Olden Avenue in Ewing Township. Enormous amounts of salt may harm New Jersey waterways ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 2/16/2010 1:39:56 AM
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Randolph woman's Food Timeline Web site internationally known
- The Jersey tomato, however, didn't fare so well. In 2005, the New Jersey state Legislature attempted to exalt the tomato to state vegetable status, but the effort proved fruitless. (One problem: The tomato is actually a fruit that is consumed like a ...
- Morris County Daily Record
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- 2/16/2010 1:04:09 AM
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Thousands of tons of rock salt threaten New Jersey waterways after ...
- Michael Mancuso/The Times of Trenton Damian Rozycki, of Trenton, New Jersey picks up a 50-lb bag of rock salt from a pallet in front of Heath Lumber on North Olden Avenue in Ewing Township. Enormous amounts of salt may harm New Jersey waterways ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 2/15/2010 3:31:29 PM
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N.J. won't give up dredging fight
- Environmentalists fear a fast-track decision by U.S. District Court Judge Sue L. Robinson, who ruled that stopping the project on environmental grounds is "long past," could influence two New Jersey federal court lawsuits delaying the project. Last ...
- Courier-Post
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- 2/15/2010 11:35:16 AM
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Fishermen say federal law kills jobs
- Capitol this month to demand changes to a federal fisheries law they say is killing jobs and eroding fishing communities. Organizers of the "United We Fish" rally expect up to 3,000 people at the Feb. 24 protest, including a bipartisan roster of ...
- Morris County Daily Record
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- 2/14/2010 12:19:24 PM
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Bear facts might lead to a bear hunt
- New Jersey's sleeping bears have awakened interest over the possibility of a bear hunt. Gov. Chris Christie said he'll rely on the facts over whether we should have a hunt, and his Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin, who ...
- Morris County Daily Record
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- 2/14/2010 1:06:31 AM
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Kulick a champ, on and off the lanes
- On a Sunday afternoon last month, one person achieved so many things in two televised games at the PBA Tournament of Champions. She put New Jersey on the map, advanced women's bowling to the level that a woman could beat a man without a huge power ...
- Morris County Daily Record
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- 2/14/2010 1:06:31 AM
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Dredging battle heats up again
- The dredges are coming again, reigniting the battle between the Army Corps of Engineers and the project's supporters, and its detractors -- area environmental groups and the states of New Jersey and Delaware. Supporters contend the project -- a ...
- Courier-Post
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- 2/14/2010 12:02:06 AM
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Whippany Alzheimer's patient takes in the opera
- HANOVER — Selma VanRooyan's late husband, Phil, would joke that he got "the best sleep he ever had" when he went to operas with her. But she loved the music and regularly went with friends when she was younger. They would stand in the balcony, the ...
- Morris County Daily Record
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- 2/13/2010 1:00:33 AM
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U.S. increases black sea bass quota by 60 percent
- The federal government this week took emergency action to increase the black sea bass quota in 2010 by nearly 61 percent over what had been proposed. The action came amid a six-month closure of the fishery and a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/13/2010 12:10:26 AM
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Shep On Fishing: Dave Slemmer expanding operation from Absecon to ...
- Dave Showell owns Absecon Bay Sportsman's Center and captains the Absecon Bay Fishing Safaris guide service out of Absecon. Now he has opened a partnership with a sportfishing operation in Guatemala. Showell acquired a 25-foot Carver inboard equipped ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/12/2010 10:08:45 PM
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Lunar New Year: Time for old, new traditions
- Growing up in Beijing, Sara Franklin loved celebrating the Lunar New Year, the most significant holiday in the Chinese calendar. Preparations would begin as much as a month in advance and the entire family would get together for a feast and try to ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/12/2010 6:12:32 PM
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Eric Schwaab new NMFS chief
- ... degrees possessed by the last two NMFS chiefs, and commercial fishing leaders generally weren't happy with the choice. They had been backing marine scientist Brian Rothschild for the $150,000 a year position. New Jersey ASMFC Commissioner Tom ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 2/12/2010 1:26:12 PM
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The National Marine Fisheries Service accepts black sea bass ...
- The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued an emergency order on Tuesday that accepts recommendations for black sea bass increases by the Mid-Atlantic Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee. As a result, the TAC (Total Allowable ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 2/11/2010 4:33:30 PM
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Chandni Chowk: Indian restaurant is lively newcomer
- The surprise with Chandni Chowk is not that it’s in Edison or Woodbridge — with the greatest concentration of Indian restaurants in New Jersey — but that it’s situated well away from Oak Tree Road, where Indian restaurants, cafés and cash ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 2/11/2010 2:53:17 PM
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Stores, offices take a snow day in region
- Many retailers, banks and offices took a cue from schools and took off Wednesday as the latest storm passed through South Jersey. Although February is traditionally a slow month for sales, analysts said most businesses can expect to recoup their ...
- Courier-Post
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- 2/11/2010 12:05:39 AM
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Local briefs for 2/11: School report cards available online
- The state school report cards are available to the public. To view the school report cards, go to the New Jersey Herald Web site, www.njherald.com, and click on the link to school report cards. State motor vehicle offices closed TRENTON — State ...
- New Jersey Herald
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- 2/10/2010 5:53:25 PM
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Lawmakers urge Christie to act on shark-fishing plan
- Lawmakers in the 1st Legislative District called on Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday to fix a bureaucratic problem that threatens to close New Jersey's shark fisheries to commercial and sport fishermen. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/10/2010 12:06:50 AM
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The little footbridge in Warren Township that no one notices
- WARREN TWP. – What do you do with a broken little footbridge that practically no one knows about ... Certainly not in semi-rural town in New Jersey, that’s never seen a metal foundry, or even a smokestack Straddling the Milddle Brook, across from ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 2/9/2010 4:18:34 AM
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Fox populations wax and wane with food supply
- In the Chinese zodiac, 2009 was the Year of the Ox. But for some Morris County towns, it seemed like the year of the fox. In the past year, a surprising number of foxes have been spotted, and sometimes captured, in towns like Denville and Chatham ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 2/8/2010 1:23:47 PM
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Food of Love: Valentine's recipes from Chef Michel of Morristown
- Valentine’s Day is upon us. Couples nationwide will celebrate it by going out to dinner. But, and I’m speaking to the gentlemen now, nothing could be more romantic than making dinner for the woman you love. Don’t get nervous….you can do it ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 2/8/2010 5:02:42 AM
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Christie reports take aim at DEP, but offer little to back up their ...
- Several of Gov. Chris Christie's transition reports zeroed in on the controversial agency. They called for a major overhaul and a business-friendly climate with a weakening of some environmental protections. The DEP transition panel report makes ...
- Morris County Daily Record
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- 2/8/2010 12:59:19 AM
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Game panel may join Christie in backing bear hunt
- The state Fish and Game Council may propose New Jersey’s first bear hunt since 2005. The council has advocated hunting to reduce conflicts between bears and people since the last hunt was suspended in 2006, first by state courts and then by former ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/7/2010 4:52:33 PM
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Former Gov. Corzine talks about life in Hoboken, the corruption ...
- Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal Former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine is interviewed by The Jersey Journal at his Maxwell Place home in Hoboken. More than two weeks have passed since Jon Corzine moved out of the governor’s home at Drumthwacket ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 2/7/2010 7:41:22 AM
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Rangers, Devils land big fish
- In the span of four days, New York Rangers general manager Glen Sather and New Jersey Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello took a drive through the NHL's high rent district and came away with Olli Jokinen and Ilya Kovalchuk. And while the two teams ...
- Courier-Post
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- 2/7/2010 12:10:24 AM
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Union teen’s Eagle Scout project benefits Round Valley
- SCOUTS FROM TROOP 200 IN ANNANDALE — place a wood duck box at Round Valley Youth Center. Scouts pictured are (from left) John Singer, John Paulmeno, Matt Singer, Jake Porter, Joey Lawrence and Rusty Freeman. (Courtesy Boy Scout Troop 200) John ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 2/6/2010 8:25:30 AM
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Interior Secretary Salazar praises sportsmen
- New Jersey sportsmen might not like much of what comes out of from Washington these days, but they shouldn’t have a problem with remarks made Thursday by U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. He publicly cited "the remarkable ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 2/5/2010 3:07:33 PM
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Madison Senior Center Trip Committee plans lunch
- ... tour of Newark during the annual cherry blossom season, a spring garden tour of the Cross Estate in nearby Bernardsville, a day at the New Jersey shore, and a visit to the recently renovated Edison home and laboratories in West Orange.
- Bridgeton News
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- 2/4/2010 5:28:55 AM
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Opening day of Atlantic City boat show draws a mix of buyers and ...
- ATLANTIC CITY - Bruce and Paula Doty came to the opening Wednesday of the Atlantic City International Power Boat Show prepared to buy. "As the family grows, the boat grows," Paula Doty said. "The daughters are getting married, and now we need two ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/3/2010 11:59:38 PM
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Boat builders seeing signs of rebound, begin hiring
- ... company representative Rick Sweeten, of Mullica Hill, sets up in front of a 37-foot Luhr cruiser listing for $467,000 offered by Clark's Landing Marina at the Atlantic City International ... by: Ben Fogletto Southern New Jersey’s major boat ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 2/2/2010 7:00:11 PM
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Group raises opposition to geese killing
- An animal rights leader from Voorhees is taking a stand against Mount Laurel's plan to kill resident Canada geese at Laurel Acres Park on South Church Street. David Sauder, coordinator of Blackwood-based Animal Rights Activists of New Jersey, said he ...
- Courier-Post
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- 2/2/2010 12:09:10 AM
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Bill re-introduced to set up free saltwater fishing registry
- This has been opposed by some fishing groups who want the state to register the anglers but also impose a fee to benefit fishing. Van Drew said he was worried that in cash-poor New Jersey, the funds would be redirected to the general fund instead.
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- 2/1/2010 9:10:13 PM
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State Senate panel OKs ‘pots off reefs’ measure
- ... would ban fish ... fishing on wrecks. It's the same as fishing on a junkyard," Buzas said. Finfish could still be harvested by commercial fishing using the hook-and-line method. Nowalsky said 90 percent of the lobsters landed off New Jersey
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- 2/1/2010 9:10:13 PM
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Morris prosecutor's office honors 4 in Black History Month celebration
- Morris County Prosecutor’s Office and the NOBLE Northern New Jersey Chapter hosted their 2010 Black History Month celebration Monday night, in a program at Morristown's Administration and Records building. Featured were Lt. Col. Jerome Hatfield of ...
- Morris County Daily Record
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- 2/1/2010 4:16:43 PM
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Egg Harbor Township marina wants to raise height of bridge over ...
- EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Raise the bridge. That’s the message from Ocean Heights Marina General Manager Dan Raimondi, who along with marina owner David Erb has launched a campaign asking the state — which is planning to completely renovate the ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 1/31/2010 8:42:46 PM
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It was a dark and stormy ... state
- Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to. I write this sitting in the kitchen sink. I OK, I had no such dream of Manderley, am not from Des Moines, and do not appear to be penning these words in my ...
- Morris County Daily Record
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- 1/31/2010 1:01:39 AM
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Delaware judge punctuates pro-dredging ruling
- Pennsylvania has championed the project, while officials in Delaware and New Jersey have questioned the environmental ... for some aquatic life, including sturgeon, a huge and struggling variety of fish. The National Wildlife Federation and other ...
- Courier-Post
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- 1/29/2010 11:58:25 PM
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Insider: Jersey City citizens band together to fight a common enemy ...
- Familiar faces in the crowd mixed with newcomers to form a beast, much as those larger creatures that are formed by a school of fish to confront predators ... the banking world, was a deputy commissioner in the New Jersey Department of Community ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 1/29/2010 3:58:48 PM
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Here’s a camp where kids can learn to tie one on
- And although the school will take place in late June (June 24-27), Griglak is confident there will still be plenty of trout remaining in the river from the spring trout stocking. "There will be fish there," she said. She and Cowden said the school is ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 1/29/2010 3:08:42 PM
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Fishery officials could increase black sea bass catch for 2010
- ... sea bass would not have been overfished and there would have been no moratorium. The argument is basically that the fish were caught because there are more fish out there than regulators believed. "Based on flawed data, they closed fishing ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 1/28/2010 8:03:22 PM
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Key NE fishery manager calls for reform
- A day after hotly disputed cuts to the Atlantic scallop catch were revoked, the head of the council that made the decision said reform is urgently needed to remove any hint that its actions are tainted by politics. New England Fishery Management ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 1/28/2010 2:05:28 PM
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Fishing council won't cutback N.J. scallop harvest
- A fishing council that overseas fishermen in the Northeast reversed a November mandate to reduce scallop harvests by nearly 25 percent , pleasing a consortium of commercial fisherman including those from New Jersey, a report in the Press of Atlantic ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 1/28/2010 6:41:39 AM
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Judge clears ways for Delaware River dredging to begin
- A federal court judge late Wednesday rejected Delaware's attempt to block an immediate start to a deepening of the Delaware River main shipping channel through northern New Castle County. In a decision that some warned would set a controversial ...
- Courier-Post
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- 1/28/2010 6:34:29 AM
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Judge backs deeper channel for Delaware River
- A federal court judge late Wednesday rejected Delaware's attempt to block an immediate start to a deepening of the Delaware River main shipping channel through northern New Castle County. In a decision that some warned would set a controversial ...
- Courier-Post
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- 1/28/2010 12:07:56 AM
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Fishing council reverses decision to reduce scallop harvest
- A fishing council in New Hampshire that regulates scallop harvests from Maine to North Carolina on Wednesday reversed a decision it made in November to reduce scallop harvests by nearly 25 percent, a call that pleased New Jersey’s commercial ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 1/27/2010 8:18:53 PM
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Deer supporter says Lamberti lied about the problem in Hunterdon
- The state Division of Fish and Wildlife identifies EHD as a viral disease in deer, commonly fatal and caused by infected flies ... In New Jersey, 20-year EHD outbreak cycles were first reported in 1955, then 1975 (small occurrence in Hunterdon County ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 1/27/2010 11:50:38 AM
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Bald eagles nesting in Middlesex County is sign of healthier ...
- MIDDLESEX COUNTY -- In one of New Jersey’s more densely populated counties, a place with a long history of heavy industry, a symbol of pristine America has found a home. A breeding pair of bald eagles have been nesting high in a pine tree in Old ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 1/27/2010 3:08:05 AM
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Quail habitat restoration planned in Lacey Township
- The federal government is restoring habitat at a wildlife refuge in Ocean County displaced, ironically enough, by a former state game farm once dedicated to raising wild birds. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to spend about $520,000 to knock ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 1/26/2010 9:45:58 PM
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Van Drew blocks Cumberland scientist's appointment to Pinelands ...
- Larry Niles was the choice of the Pinelands Preservation Alliance, environmental groups throughout the region and even former Gov. Jon S. Corzine to fill a vacancy on the Pinelands Commission. The state Senate thought otherwise. In what was ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 1/26/2010 4:45:19 PM
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Everyone Has a Story: Ocean City native youngest of Nets’ dancers
- Jen Raftery may have the coolest part-time job ever. Like most 20-year-old college students, the Ocean City native goes to her classes and does plenty of studying as a communications major at Pace University in New York City. But when she boards the ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 1/26/2010 4:16:41 PM
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Pizza Patrol finds strange combos: Taco pizza, baked ziti pies
- PHOTO BY TIM FARRELL/THE STAR-LEDGER The half sausage pizza Margherita at Cafe Bello in Bayonne. It didn’t take long for the Pizza Patrol to discover that pizza takes many creative, diverse and — let’s be kind here — unusual forms in New ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 1/26/2010 10:33:05 AM
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Marine Fisheries Council supports saltwater license
- ... relating to their vote in favor of a saltwater fishing ... states, who fish here. Ewing outlined past attempts to get the state Legislature to fund marine programs that were all unsuccessful. Anglers pay $100 million in taxes to New Jersey each ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 1/26/2010 10:25:55 AM
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Abandoned 'pet' rattlesnake is removed from Jersey City basement
- An extremely annoyed rattlesnake was removed from a Jersey City house yesterday and the illegal pet was not at all happy about being jostled by animal control officers trying to find it a more appropriate home. "I was shocked," said Jersey City ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 1/26/2010 5:46:45 AM
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Abandoned 'pet' rattlesnake removed from Jersey City basement
- Ross took the 3-foot rattler to the Liberty Humane Society, near Liberty State Park, where state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Officer Linda Paul responded and loaded it into the back seat of her pickup truck. The snake's rattle vibrated constantly ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 1/26/2010 3:59:23 AM
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In Your Towns
- The Student Council of Cape May City Elementary School, in conjunction with Food for the Poor Inc ... at the beginning of February: powdered and canned milk, canned fish, meat and vegetables, diapers, bandages, Band-Aids, hand sanitizers, antibiotic ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 1/25/2010 4:03:33 PM
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Party fishes up funds for family support groups
- Atlantic Cape Family Support Organization and Community Quest Inc. are holding their first collaborative fundraiser, "Fishing at the Pier," on Thursday, Feb. 25, at the newly opened One Atlantic, located on the top floor of The Pier Shops at Caesars ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 1/25/2010 3:49:14 PM
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First trial set to begin in New Jersey corruption probe
- NEWARK - The most eagerly awaited video release in New Jersey won't be showing in theaters, but will screen exclusively at a Newark federal courthouse, starting this week. With the first trial in New Jersey's largest ever corruption probe set to ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 1/25/2010 3:46:15 AM
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You rock, so roll to museum of geology
- An upcoming event at a Garden State museum looks like more fun than a box of rocks. That's because many boxes of rocks will be on display Saturday at an open house for one of New Jersey's least-known attractions -- the Geology Museum at Rutgers ...
- Courier-Post
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- 1/25/2010 12:04:20 AM
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Bowhunters will get another shot at bill
- A bill to allow bowhunting within 150 feet of occupied dwellings has been reintroduced in the New Jersey Assembly. The Assembly passed it 66-11 last year, but the measure didn't make it out of Senate committee for a vote, so it had to be introduced ...
- Morris County Daily Record
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- 1/24/2010 6:39:14 AM
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Oh deer, that buck looks familiar
- After he shot the 230-pound buck that recently won him a first-place prize in the Division of Fish and Wildlife’s "Deer Classic" competition, Alan Hoolahan got to thinking. There was just something about the deer that seemed familiar. He can’t be ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 1/23/2010 8:02:09 PM
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Harrison's Cranky Scientist Blasts Rock Music, Seeks Cure
- The movie has two big flaws: a cliche-riddled script and Harrison Ford's hokey performance as Robert Stonehill, the cranky bass-fishing scientist recruited ... story, including transferring the family's home from New Jersey to Oregon.
- Bridgeton News
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- 1/22/2010 9:04:46 AM
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Lola Latin Bistro in Metuchen: Sublime and memorable
- For entrées, I unsuccessfully tried steering my friend Brian away from the tilapia, which gets my vote for most boring fish dish on earth ... You’ll want to put the centrally located Lola on your New Jersey restaurant map.
- Bridgeton News
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- 1/21/2010 8:54:37 PM
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Christie advisers call for casino regulatory reform, marketing of ...
- Advisers to Gov. Chris Christie have called for casino regulatory reform, a public-private Atlantic City marketing initiative and possible state intervention in city government as ways to save New Jersey’s casino industry from competition and its ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 1/21/2010 3:53:59 PM
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'Today Show' alum Ryan DePersio of Fascino in Montclair
- ... Depersio at Fascino Restaurant in Montclair. Photo by Saed Hindash/The Star-Ledger Ryan DePersio — who wanted to be an actor when he was a kid, who wears an Armani watch and Prada shoes — is likely the front runner for New Jersey’s most ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 1/21/2010 2:53:43 AM
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Greenwood Lake Commission may charge boat-user fee to help cleanup ...
- ... fees for docks, wharfs, moorings and boats on the 9-mile-long, 3-mile-wide lake that straddles the New Jersey and New York border in northern Passaic County. Tyson Trish/The Record Marty Hasup Sr. hunts for fish while boating on Greenwood Lake ...
- Bridgeton News
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- 1/20/2010 2:29:16 PM
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NJ seafood importer admits falsely labeling fish
- The former chief executive of a New Jersey-based seafood importing business has admitted falsely labeling fish from Vietnam to evade more than $60 million in federal tariffs. Sixty-one-year-old Thomas George of Old Tappan, former CEO of Cresskill ...
- Atlantic City Press
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- 1/20/2010 12:06:06 PM
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N.J. seafood importer admits switching labels on fish
- The former chief executive of a New Jersey-based seafood importing business has admitted falsely labeling fish from Vietnam to evade more than $60 million in federal tariffs. Sixty-one-year-old Thomas George of Old Tappan, former CEO of Cresskill ...
- Courier-Post
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- 1/20/2010 11:30:18 AM