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  Blue Jersey - All the news that slips from print
In New Jersey, the appearance of a conflict in interest means a litany of denials followed by an investigation which is (usually) followed by an indictment and guilty plea.
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra is saying goodbye to its collection of rare Italian stringed instruments.
The Courier News says Jennifer Beck's crusade to try and force the release of a monetization study is a waste of time, seeing as the study is still a draft.
www.bluejersey.com   (1899 words)

  
  Montclair, New Jersey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Jersey's Eighth Congressional District, covering the southern portion of Passaic County and northern sections of Essex County, is represented by Bill Pascrell, Jr.
New Jersey's Tenth Congressional District, covering portions of Essex County, Hudson County and Union County is represented by Donald M. Payne (D, Newark).
The 34th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Nia Gill (D) and in the Assembly by Peter C. Eagler (D, Clifton) and Sheila Y. Oliver (D, East Orange).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Montclair,_New_Jersey   (841 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: New Jersey   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It is bounded on the north by New York State, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Delaware Bay, and on the west by the Delaware River.
The possession of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and adjacent lands was subsequently claimed by the Dutch and Swedes.
In 1738 New Jersey petitioned for a distinct administration, and Lewis Morris was appointed governor.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/10790a.htm   (4866 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: New Jersey Congressional District   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Stillwater Township is a township in Sussex County, New Jersey.
New Brunswick is a city located in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
South Plainfield is a borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/New-Jersey-Congressional-District   (4606 words)

  
 GOPUSA - Commentary
From the affluent northern Bergen County suburbs, into the hills of Passaic and Sussex County, to the farmlands and new subdivisions of Warren County, the 5th District is a cross section of New Jersey Republicans.
The district is representative of the party fissures that were blown open in the 2001 Gubernatorial Primary between Schundler and former Rep. Bob Franks.
Conservative activists in the district and in Washington have decided to stick with Garrett, citing his relative youth (Garrett is 42, Cardinale is 68) and dedication to conservative causes as well as his willingness to take on the 'moderate' Roukema when it was not popular to do so.
www.gopusa.com /newjersey/commentary/newcommentaryp.shtml   (920 words)

  
 Dick Zimmer - Candidate Spotlight   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In his three terms serving as the representative from New Jersey's 12th Congressional District, he earned a reputation as a fiscal hawk.
He served on many House committees, being the first New Jersey Republican since 1958 to serve on the powerful Ways and Means Committee, where he helped write legislation to replace the failed welfare system with one that emphasizes work and personal responsibility.
Zimmer was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey.
www.nrcc.org /news/candidate/zimmer?C=N&O=D   (338 words)

  
 nj07connelly072400   (Site not responding. Last check: )
New Jersey’s Seventh District covers 34 municipalities in the counties of Union, Somerset, Middlesex and Essex.
Congressional district shows Maryanne Connelly narrowly leading Republican Michael Ferguson in a close race to fill the district’s open seat this November.
Forty percent of the district (and 32 percent of the undecided vote) is pro-life, including just 10 percent who share Ferguson’s extreme view that all abortion should be made illegal, regardless of the circumstances.
www.politicsnj.com /nj07connelly072400.htm   (616 words)

  
 District Profile of New Jersey Voter Information :: District 3   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Located in the southwestern portion of the state bordering the lower Delaware River and reaching to the Delaware Bay, the Third District is the state’s largest district in area, covering 788.55 square miles, but ranks lowest of all 40 districts in population density, with 265 people per square mile.
The 2003 legislative election in the district initially was expected to be one of the most closely-watched and most expensive races in the state, pitting incumbent Democratic Senator Stephen Sweeney in a rematch against his 2001 opponent whom he defeated by 1,735 votes, former Senator Raymond Zane.
In 1655, Swedish rule in New Jersey ended when the Dutch under Peter Stuyvesant seized control, ruling the area from Nieuw Amsterdam until 1664, when the British forced the Dutch to cede their claims.
www.njvoterinfo.org /dp/district03.html   (950 words)

  
 OurCongress.org :: New Jersey 7th District
New Jersey's 7th Congressional District is currently home to Mike Ferguson, who won a narrow election to replace Bob Franks in 2000 (Franks chose to run for Senate, losing to John Corzine).
It is an agglomeration of places, some of affluence, not a district with a distinct character--the 7th includes parts of 4 counties, and parts of places such as Edison, Woodbridge, Bridgewater, Linden and Union.
The congressman from the 7th District is Michael Ferguson, a Republican elected by a narrow margin in 2000 and reelected easily in 2002.
www.ourcongress.org /race/nj07   (277 words)

  
 Mike Ferguson - Candidate Spotlight   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mike Ferguson is the Republican candidate running in New Jersey's 7th congressional district.
Ferguson was born and raised in New Jersey.
He and his wife Maureen currently reside in Warren Township, New Jersey with their two children, where he is active in numerous volunteer, charitable, and church-related organizations.
www.nrcc.org /news/candidate/ferguson?C=S&O=A   (378 words)

  
 New Jersey   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Health Care for All New Jersey is a new coalition, initiated in Bergen County, that has taken on the job of developing the U2K Campaign in this state.
The Coalition aims to bring significant pressure to every serious candidate in every Congressional District Primary and General Election campaign, to lay the groundwork for a statewide Health Care for All coalition to sustain grassroots pressure for universal health care over the long haul.
The strategy for this effort is to bring the campaign to the leaders of a diverse group of organizations in each district, to ask for endorsement of the campaign, followed up by letters to candidates in Primary and general election Congressional campaigns, urging them to commit to U2K goals.
www.uhcan.org /files/states/newjersey.html   (287 words)

  
 The Trentonian - News - 08/24/2000 - Activist appeals pot busts   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Political pot activist, and congressional candidate, Edward Forchion, a.k.a NJWEEDMAN, filed an appeal Wednesday on marijuana possession convictions stemming from two instances in 1998 during which he smoked a joint in the Camden office of Congressman Rob Andrews.
Forchion, a practicing Rastafarian who shocked onlookers in March when he lit another doobie in the chambers of the New Jersey Assembly, argued in his brief that the convictions violate his religious rights and also deny him a critical treatment for a variety of medical afflictions.
"The marijuana laws of New Jersey are based on lies," declared Forchion, who is running on the Legalize Marijuana Party ticket for New Jersey’s First Congressional District seat, during a visit to The Trentonian.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=777814&BRD=1697&PAG=461&dept_id=44551   (403 words)

  
 Dump Mike -- Getting the Facts About NJ Congressman Mike Ferguson: Ethics? Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It is, for instance, the very place where in 2003 Michael Ferguson, a New Jersey congressman and father of four, felt plenty at home sidling up to a 21-year-old Georgetown co-ed and offering her his congressional pin as an inducement to join him for a drink.
New Jersey candidates received only $1,000, a single contribution to Bill Spadea on May 11, 2004.
Remember, when Mike Ferguson first ran in the 7th District he was found guilty by the Federal Election Commission of using half a million dollars in illegal funds and paid more than $200,000 in fines, and now there is another FEC case against a group for illegally funneling campaign supprot to Mike during that campaign.
www.dumpmike.com /ethics   (6117 words)

  
 New Jersey
New Jersey became a united crown colony in 1702, administered by the royal governor of New York.
Today, New Jersey, an area of wide industrial diversification, is known as the Crossroads of the East.
The greatest single industry is chemicals; New Jersey is one of the foremost research centers in the world.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108246.html   (479 words)

  
 Grimshaws in Heritage Quest   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Anonymous, Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey: a book of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation: New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co. 1910, 1962 pgs.
New Jersey?: Bergen County Democrat, 1898, 184 pgs.
Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and family history of western New York: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation: New York: Lewis Historical Pub.
www.grimshaworigin.org /HeritageQuest.htm   (5521 words)

  
 Third Congressional District   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Third Congressional District spans southern New Jersey from the Atlantic to the Delaware River.
Notably, the District includes the municipality of Mount Laurel, namesake of the landmark Supreme Court of New Jersey decision first issued in 1975 that overturned suburban planning and zoning practices that restricted the development of affordable housing.
Overall, the District has a relatively low proportion of minority residents in its population, with some 8.8% African-American and 3.8% Hispanic in the 2000 Census, but a few municipalities have much higher minority representations, particularly in the Delaware Valley.
www.njvoterinfo.org /congress/congressdist03profile.htm   (1026 words)

  
 Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen | New Jersey's 11th Congressional District   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In the 109th Congress, Rep. Frelinghuysen serves as New Jersey’s senior member of the House Appropriations Committee and on two appropriations subcommittees: Energy & Water Development and Defense, of which he is the Vice-Chairman.
As New Jersey’s only member of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, Frelinghuysen continues to fight for increases in America’s defense budget to ensure that our young men and women in uniform have the necessary resources to win the War on Terrorism.
The 11th Congressional District is located at the heart of the most densely populated state in the nation.
frelinghuysen.house.gov /nj11_contents/about   (1068 words)

  
 Contacting the Congress
Contacting the Congress is a very up-to-date database of congressional contact information for the 110th Congress.
As of November 14, 2007 there are 536 email addresses (of which 510 are Web-based email homepages), and 537 WWW homepages known for the 540 members of the 110th Congress.
City Search: Enter a city and state (without a ZIP code) to identify the members of Congress representing that city.
www.visi.com /juan/congress   (319 words)

  
 LSTA Grants by Congressional District - District 6
Each year the New Jersey State Library receives approximately $3.8 million in LSTA funding.
VALE Consortium of 45 New Jersey public and private academic libraries provides access to a variety of databases in electronic formats for its members.
The New Jersey State Library is affiliated with Thomas Edison State College.
www.njstatelib.org /LDB/LSTA/lscong06.php   (548 words)

  
 Contraception Counts: New Jersey, District 13
• 8 of the family planning clinics in New Jersey's 13th congressional district are supported by Title X. 1 is run by a health department, 0 are run by hospitals, 3 are run by Planned Parenthood, 2 are run by community health centers and 2 are served by other types of agencies.
• These Title X-supported clinics in New Jersey's 13th congressional district serve 21,810 women, including 3,570 teenagers.* 6% are served by health departments, 0% are served by hospitals, 39% are served by Planned Parenthood, 38% are served by community health centers and 17% are served by other types of agencies.
This Facts in Brief was made possible by support from the Open Society Institute and The David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
www.agi-usa.org /pubs/state_data/districts/new_jersey-13.html   (282 words)

  
 Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen | New Jersey's 11th Congressional District   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In fact, 75 percent of the constituent casework my New Jersey office handles is related to immigration issues.
They have put more money in people’s pockets and created a quarter million new jobs nationwide since last August, including 40,000 new jobs in New Jersey last year.
Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen represents New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District, which includes Morris County and parts of Sussex, Essex, Somerset and Passaic counties.
frelinghuysen.house.gov /nj11_contents/news/news_020904.shtml   (890 words)

  
 Contraception Counts: New Jersey, District 6   (Site not responding. Last check: )
• There are 11 family planning clinics in New Jersey's 6th congressional district.
• 4 of the family planning clinics in New Jersey's 6th congressional district are supported by Title X. 0 are run by health departments, 0 are run by hospitals, 4 are run by Planned Parenthood, 0 are run by community health centers and 0 are served by other types of agencies.
• These Title X-supported clinics in New Jersey's 6th congressional district serve 7,480 women, including 2,390 teenagers.* 0% are served by health departments, 0% are served by hospitals, 100% are served by Planned Parenthood, 0% are served by community health centers and 0% are served by other types of agencies.
www.agi-usa.org /pubs/state_data/districts/new_jersey-6.html   (281 words)

  
 Dump Mike -- Getting the Facts About NJ Congressman Mike Ferguson: Social Behavior Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Send a letter to the editor to the Courier News at letters@c-n.com, the Home News Tribune at letters@thnt.com, the Star Ledger at eletters@starledger.com, or the New York Times at letters@nytimes.com.
Yesterday Mezoe accused the congressman, a 32-year-old married father of three representing New Jersey's 7th District, of grabbing her in the wee hours Wednesday morning.
She said Ferguson removed his ID pin and handed it to her, saying she could keep it if she would "come back and have a drink with me." Mezoe said she refused to return it unless Ferguson apologized for his "disrespectful" behavior.
www.dumpmike.com /social_behavior   (780 words)

  
 Marijuana Policy Project: New Jersey
The rangers confiscated the candidate's joint, and Forchion, 44, was issued a $150 ticket for possession of a controlled substance.
The district extends across Burlington and Ocean Counties and includes a few neighborhoods in Camden County.
Among his stunts: lighting up in the New Jersey Assembly while wearing a fl-and-white-striped prisoner's costume.
www.mpp.org /NJ/news_6172.html   (460 words)

  
 News Release
Hackensack, NJ - Sweeping across his Northern New Jersey congressional district this week, Congressman Steve Rothman (D-NJ9) completed the first round of his "Listening Sessions" tour of municipalities he represents in Congress to address his constituents' concerns and hear their ideas and opinions.
Rothman visited 16 towns from February 14-19 in public buildings throughout New Jersey's Ninth Congressional District.
Rothman encourages all of his constituents to contact him with questions or opinions anytime by calling his Hackensack office at 201-646-0808 or his Washington, DC office at 202-225-5061.
rothman.house.gov /news_releases/rel_022004.htm   (285 words)

  
 GOP.gov - Ferguson Obtains Funding To Improve Transportation In New Jersey   (Site not responding. Last check: )
"Traffic congestion is frustrating and affects our economy and the quality of life for everyone in northern New Jersey," said Ferguson, whose Transportation Committee approves transportation projects before the Appropriations Committee earmarks funding for them.
The House approved the final version of the $59.6 billion transportation spending bill, H.R. The Senate is slated to pass the bill next Tuesday and President Bush is expected to sign the non-controversial measure into law.
$12.5 million to redesign the airspace over New Jersey to reduce aircraft noise and increase the safety of flight routes.
www.gop.gov /item-news.asp?docId=44088   (405 words)

  
 www.NASFAA.org Future Teachers Eligible for College Scholarships in New Jersey (Sallie Mae)
MARLTON, N.J., Jan. 29, 2003 — High school seniors living in New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District who have aspirations to pursue college degrees in education and careers in teaching are eligible for scholarships through an initiative of SLM Corp. (NYSE: SLM), commonly known as Sallie Mae and the nation's leading provider of education funding.
The Sallie Mae/Brandon Teacher Scholarships benefit high school seniors living in New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District (which extends from Burlington to Ocean Counties and includes parts of Camden County) who plan to attend college and pursue degrees in the field of education.
Sallie Mae also hosts similar scholarship competitions for future teachers in five other Congressional Districts across the nation that are home to Sallie Mae facilities.
www.nasfaa.org /publications/2003/cnslmbrandonnj020303.html   (665 words)

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