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  George Norcross III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Norcross III is a political leader for the Democratic Party of Camden County, New Jersey, United States and other areas of the South Jersey region.
Norcross was involved in a shoving match with former Acting Governor John Bennett and threatened to publicize a pardon Bennett gave during his three day executive tenure if Bennett could not convince his fellow Republican senators to vote for a tax increase and stadium construction bill (for Pennsauken, New Jersey) in committee.
Norcross was recently the subject of an extensive investigation by the Courier Post newspaper of Cherry hill,New Jersey in which audio tracks are presented of Norcross claiming to be able to take down former governor James McGreevey and current senator Jon Corzine [1].
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Norcross   (187 words)

  
 Norcross
George Norcross III George Norcross III is a political leader for the Commerce Bancorp.
Norcross, Georgia Norcross is a city located in 2000 census, the city had a total population of 8,410.
Norcross, Minnesota Norcross is a city located in 2000 census, the city had a total population of 59.
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 PART ONE: BOSS NORCROSS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Norcross is so welcome at the State House in Trenton that he uses a private entrance to gain access to McGreevey's offices.
Norcross tells friends he is respected and feared in political circles because he is unafraid to kick the table over and start a brawl.
Norcross is the brother of George E. Norcross III, South Jersey's Democratic political boss.
www.courierpostonline.com /norcross/partone.htm   (3607 words)

  
 Salem County Talk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
George Norcross III is the undisputed Democratic power broker in Camden and Gloucester counties.
George Norcross III chats with then-Gov.-elect Jim McGreevey during a political gathering early in 2002.
George Norcross III walks the halls of Trenton as the undisputed power broker and kingmaker of Democratic politics in South Jersey.
www.salemcountygop.org /salem_county_talk.htm   (1322 words)

  
 Warner Norcross & Judd LLP - History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
George Norcross, who was always a strong advocate of life insurance, borrowed $5,000 on one of his policies to make the initial capital contribution to the firm.
Warner and Judd, with their former brokerage relationships and corporate representations, bolstered by George Norcross' bankruptcy practice and expertise, not to mention his relationship with the bankruptcy judge, became involved in what was then a major portion of their law practice: bankruptcy and corporate reorganizations.
Since George Norcross had been his protégé, Wicks insisted that his remaining partners, one of whom was Benn Corwin, retain Norcross as a lawyer in the office, and assured them that he would see that enough bankruptcy work went to George Norcross so as to justify his keep.
www.wnj.com /history-text.html   (2516 words)

  
 Norcross machine: Letters to the editor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Norcross was the only individual who had the fortitude to take him on and help remove him from office.
Norcross is passionate about the needs of Camden County and South Jersey, and because of this he has been instrumental in putting our area on Trenton's radar screen.
Norcross is a friend of Camden city, a friend of the people of Camden County and the state of New Jersey and a leader who is committed and dedicated to his colleagues, party affiliates and friends.
www.courierpostonline.com /norcross/letters.htm   (3043 words)

  
 George S. Norcross   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The maternal grandfather of George S. Norcross, subject of this narrative, was killed in the Civil war, and his widow died in Grand Haven at the age of sixty years.
George S Norcross received his preliminary education in the public schools of Grand Haven, and continued his studies until he was graduated from the Grand Haven high school in 1907.
Mr Norcross is a thirty-second degree Mason, a Shriner, and a member of the Masonic Country Club.
www.rootsweb.com /~mikent/white1924/personal/norcrossgs.html   (340 words)

  
 A smoking gun on tape? The interpretations differ (phillyBurbs.com)
Rosenberg contends Norcross met with Anthony J. Zarrillo Jr., former deputy director of the state Division of Criminal Justice, on July 19, 2001, in an attempt to quash the investigation.
"Norcross was emphasizing the fact that if the leadership of Division of Criminal Justice intended to preserve their jobs, they should consider the fact there was going to be a new sheriff in town, and the deputy was George Norcross," Rosenberg said.
Norcross said he received a call from the McGreevey campaign that Rosenberg and Gural had met with members of the campaign staff and offered to work on McGreevey's behalf in Burlington County because the regular organization leaders - Norcross, Harrington and Gallagher - would be tainted by the corruption probe.
www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/112-06282005-508192.html   (638 words)

  
 Home News Tribune | Norcross rules in South Jersey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Norcross is best known in political circles for raising millions of dollars from private companies and firms, many of whom do business with local governments.
Norcross originally owned part of a minor-league hockey franchise that is to play in the 6,400-seat arena but sold his $500,000 interest in the team last year following criticism of his involvement.
Norcross and Camden County Democrats then raised a record $4.4 million to win the 4th District Senate seat for Democrat Fred Madden of Washington Township by a 63-vote margin.
www.injersey.com /thnt/story/0,21282,1090553,00.html   (2416 words)

  
 Banks/Dean Genealogy - Person Page 9
Their fourth son, Jeremiah Norcross, born 2 July 1703 moved to NH in 1759 and became one of the proprietors of the town of Rindge.
George Norcross was born on 22 August 1705 at Weston, Middlesex, MA.
Nathaniel Norcross was born in 1618 at England.
www.gordonbanks.com /gordon/family/2nd_Site/geb-p/p9.htm   (5993 words)

  
 Home News Tribune | Party bosses' cash, power engulf state   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Across the aisle stood Donald Norcross, the goateed co-chairman of the Camden County Democratic Party and the brother of South Jersey's Democratic superboss, George E. Norcross III.
The Norcrosses had helped generate a record $4.6 million for the Democratic Senate campaign in Camden County that wrested control from a Republican incumbent with a 63-vote margin of victory.
Paulsen and George Norcross, opponents in New Jersey politics, are two of a handful of behind-the-scenes power brokers who solicit campaign cash from government contractors to move money around the state to win elections and gain power.
www.injersey.com /thnt/story/0,21282,1091551,00.html   (1608 words)

  
 N.J. Civil War Record: Index Page 117.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Norcross, Samuel B,      293,         1758.     
Norcross, Samuel V.,      446,         452.     
Norcross William,      20,         640.     
bergen.njstatelib.org /plweb-dbs/civilwar/docoutputs/NJCWidx117.html   (897 words)

  
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Norcross said there should be a ban on the state's pay-to-play system, in which elected officials legally reward campaign donors with no-bid government contracts, reinforced with "severe and lasting penalties."
The labor group is led by Donald Norcross, 46, of Voorhees, who is co-chairman of the Camden County Democratic Committee and George Norcross' brother.
Norcross, a reformed smoker who relaxes with golf and yoga, works from a glass-walled office at Commerce headquarters, where he fields calls from businesspeople and politicians alike.
sierraactivist.org /article.php?sid=45616   (2943 words)

  
 Munroe - Norcross Genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
GEORGE W. NEWMAN, son of John, was a very prosperous farmer.
GEORGE ELMORE NEWMAN, son of George W., was a real estate broker and lumberman and r.
BINEA NORCROSS, son of Samuel and Rachel (Harvey) Norcross, was b.
www.sullivangen.com /FileMN1.html   (1948 words)

  
 GOP candidates attack tape’s Norcross-Corzine link (phillyBurbs.com)
It is Democratic candidate Jon Corzine, whom Norcross boasted in the 4-year-old, secretly taped conversation was an ally to whom he spoke weekly.
Their release on March 31 has triggered a political maelstrom in New Jersey, with Republicans and reform advocates saying Norcross' often coarse talk of deals and retributions is evidence of a corrupt political culture in need of cleansing.
In the years since the tapes were made, Corzine and Norcross have had infrequent talks, an "insubstantial relationship,'' she said.
www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/112-04112005-474472.html   (604 words)

  
 Stern in the News
Today, George Norcross, 47, and Buckelew, 74, sit on Commerce Bancorp's main 13-member board of directors and are two of the company's largest stockholders.
Norcross, who attended the interview at The Record with Hill, declined to characterize the nature of his association with McGreevey.
Norcross, Lynch, and Commerce CEO Hill are among 36 business leaders appointed by McGreevey to Prosperity New Jersey, a state-funded group that brings together public and private sectors to discuss how government can assist business.
w4.stern.nyu.edu /news/news/2003/may/0521kr.html   (5194 words)

  
 Critics think big as they swipe at a powerful political boss (phillyBurbs.com)
Money from Norcross' Camden County Democratic organization was a key factor in last year's successful campaigns of Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney and Freeholders David Ganz and Bernadette McPherson, who spent more than $4 million, according to state campaign finance reports.
All three of the opponents, whose efforts are independent, have had personal run-ins with Norcross, who dismisses their accusations as "wild and unsubstantiated" and refuses to discuss them in detail.
Ammond blames Norcross' heavy funding of her opponent for her loss in last year's election for mayor of Cherry Hill.
www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/104-04082003-70045.html   (850 words)

  
 george_norcross   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
NEWARK -- Federal authorities have confirmed they are investigating possible wrongdoing by southern New Jersey political boss George Norcross and others, months after state investigators closed their case on the same characters.
George E. Norcross III's trip to the Attorney General's Office to try to head off a criminal investigation was not extraordinary, legal experts say, although the subjects of investigations generally leave such overtures to their lawyers.
Maverick Democrat Ted Rosenberg released a taped conversation yesterday he says contained evidence that Democratic powerbroker George E. Norcross III tried to influence a high-ranking state investigator to drop an ongoing investigation into political corruption in South Jersey.
george_norcross.networklive.org   (681 words)

  
 North Jersey Media Group providing local news, sports & classifieds for Northern New Jersey!
The remarks - as well as other crude and at times vicious boasts by Norcross - could have repercussions this fall, when ethics and campaign finance reform are expected to be key issues in the Assembly contests.
Norcross, he said, was a close friend of Greenwald's mother, who was a popular South Jersey politician.
Greenwald's critics contend the assemblyman has yet to distance himself from Norcross or show that he is a truly independent legislator.
www.northjersey.com /page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MDcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY2ODExMDAmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXky   (1622 words)

  
 NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In the ad, he uses Norcross' words to assert that Norcross, a Cherry Hill bank executive with a reputation for political wheeling-and-dealing and prolific fundraising, and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jon Corzine are beholden to one another.
Norcross' lawyer, William Tambussi, told The Philadelphia Inquirer for Thursday's editions that the meeting his client described on tape never happened.
On the tape, Norcross said that Harry Platt, then the mayor of Voorhees and now a township committee member, was at the meeting.
www.newsmax.com /archives/ic/2005/4/8/115907.shtml   (1005 words)

  
 NJ GOP
Yet when the rubber met the road and it was time to vote, his loyalty to George Norcross prevented him from standing up and telling Roberts that he was dead wrong to prevent the convention from even being allowed to discuss spending.
Unfortunately, this isn't the first time that the Silent Senator has put his cozy relationship with George Norcross ahead of the interests of taxpaying New Jerseyans.
Corzine's unwillingness to stand up to the Camden Democrats proves that George Norcross was and still is right about Jon Corzine.
www.njgop.org /News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=1694   (246 words)

  
 Burlington County Taxpayers Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
On top of all that, Bridge Commission Executive Director George Nykita, who earns an overly generous six-figure salary as it is, has been padding his public pension through 3 paid political appointment jobs, not including how his wife is one of the county government's top salary earners as the County Superintendent of Elections.
Why Boss Norcross, of all people, would be getting lucrative insurance brokerage deals from the GOP-controlled Bridge Commission can only lead one to believe that's the reason there hasn't been a real two-party system in Burlington County all these years.
Ironically, Phil Norcross just hosted a fundraiser at his law firm for Ed Gillespie, the Chairman of the Republican National Committee, with none other than Bridge Commission Chairman Garfield DeMarco as one of his honored guests.
www.politicsnj.com /bcta052404.htm   (665 words)

  
 Banking-Commerce-Commerce News
DiFrancesco served as the President of the New Jersey Senate for a decade and was first elected to the Senate’s top post in 1992.
Norcross is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Commerce National Insurance Services (CNIS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Commerce Bancorp.
Norcross has served as a Trustee of the Cooper Health System since 1990, and he currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
www.commerceonline.com /commerce_news/newsdetail.cfm?newsid=186   (403 words)

  
 North Jersey Media Group providing local news, sports & classifieds for Northern New Jersey!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In the case of Norcross, for example, the Republican case relies partly on tapes recorded by a local official for an abortive state investigation.
On portions of the tapes that were released, Norcross brags profanely about his frequent contact with Corzine, whom he describes as one of several top Democrats who have "no choice" but "to be with me." Corzine, a former Goldman Sachs chairman, contributed more than $800,000 to Norcross's political action committee in 2001.
When the state Attorney General's Office released portions of the Norcross tapes, Wilson described them as proof that Corzine was a "capo," or captain, in "La Cosa Norcross" - a play on "La Cosa Nostra," another name for the Mafia.
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 ADDISON"S CIVIL WAR VETERANS
George McNaughton was an unmarried 36 year old from Addison.
NORCROSS, GEORGE H. George Norcross was born in Charleston, Mass.
BERRY, GEORGE M. George M. Berry was an unmarried 18 year old from Addison.
members.aol.com /ktrugenius/cwaddison.html   (3607 words)

  
 Norcross Family Genealogy Forum (All Messages)
Mary Ann Norcross b 1790 in NJ m.
Re: Mary Ann Norcross b 1790 in NJ m.
Beaulah Norcross in Ohio - Marcella Messer 11/28/98
genforum.genealogy.com /norcross/all.html   (1979 words)

  
 Camden County Republicans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Despite the rhetoric of Joe Roberts and other machine Democrats who claim to be championing reform efforts, Roberts spearheaded the legislation that protects Pay-to-Play for another two years, guaranteeing its legality until 2006.
George Norcross, the shadow boss who runs the party through his little brother, Don, is hosting the fundraiser.
Norcross and Roberts have been mentioned in a number of news articles regarding the seven individuals who may of profited from insider trading tips.
www.politicsnj.com /camdenGOP061804.htm   (371 words)

  
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These are the stones of the first families in the area; Condition of cemetery: Poor, stones are broke in half, some unreadable.
THACKARA born May 6 1781 died Feb. 21, 1857 William NORCROSS 1st Lieut Continental Line Revolutionary War 1745-1820 In Memory of Ruth wife of Thomas PENN Died Jan. 28, 1837 aged 81 years Thomas PENN Co P 3 NJ Regt.
Mother Elizabeth Wells 1816- 1896 Father Thomas Wells 1814-1886 At Rest Laura E. Wells 1858-1874 Amy Norcross Born Aug. 24 1846 Died Feb 1 1924 The one we loved is now at rest.
ftp.rootsweb.com /pub/usgenweb/nj/camden/cemeteries/hopewell.txt   (1254 words)

  
 John Murphy for Governor
That's the way I intend to be as governor and that's the way I've been as senator.’ Yet, he used his money and political insiders like George Norcross to force Dick Codey out of the race for Governor.
Now he expects to walk away without answering to New Jersey voters about the full scope of his relationship with Boss Norcross.
He owes it to the people of New Jersey to fully explain the nature of his relationship with Boss Norcross and provide the answers that the people of New Jersey deserve.”
murphy2005.com /press/050405.html   (463 words)

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