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  CAI: New Jersey Appellate Court Hands Down Significant Constitutional Ruling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Plaintiffs argued that Twin Rivers is similar to a town and therefore should be subject to the constitutional protections.
The plaintiffs complained in Count Three that they were denied equal access to Twin Rivers Today because the president of the association, who also was the editor, allegedly used the newsletter to advance his own views and to criticize them and placed their responses in positions of lesser prominence.
Twin Rivers is a homeowners association, not subject to the Condominium Act.
www.caionline.org /govt/news/twin_rivers.cfm   (1680 words)

  
  DOES THE CONSTITUTION APPLY TO THE GOVERNANCE OF HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS?
Twin Rivers is a private community that covers about one square mile and has a population of approximately 10,000 people.
Twin Rivers Homeowners Association, ultimately representing three members of the Association who alleged that the New Jersey Constitution should be applied to the Association's governance of Twin Rivers and that many of the Association's rules were unreasonable and therefore should be voided.
Twin Rivers' purpose in limiting the placement of signs around the community is to avoid clutter, preserve the aesthetics of the community and allow for lawn maintenance and leaf collection in the Fall.
www.greenbaumlaw.com /Articles/twinrivers.html   (1474 words)

  
 Homeowners Associations: Case Number: A-4047-03T24047-03T2 - Appellate Opinion: Twin Rivers vs Twin Rivers Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Twin Rivers is a planned unit development ("PUD") consisting of privately-owned condominium duplexes, townhouses, single family homes, apartments and commercial buildings located in the Township of East Windsor, New Jersey.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey declined to rule on the basis of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, recognizing that the New Jersey Constitution was an "independent source of individual rights[,]" id. at 555, which could "surpass the guarantees of the federal Constitution." Id. at 553.
New Jersey Coalition, 516 U.S. Ct. 62, 133 L. Ed.2d 25 (1995), the Court, in an opinion by Chief Justice Wilentz, confirmed that "the State right of free speech is protected not only from abridgement by government, but also from unreasonably restrictive and oppressive conduct by private entities." Id. at 353.
www.ahrc.com /new/index.php/src/courts/sub/submit/action/display/id/135   (7067 words)

  
 Knicks New History
The New York Knickerbockers, known as the Knicks, are one of only two charter members of the National Basketball Association still in their original cities (the other being the Boston Celtics).
New York advanced to the postseason but was swept in the conference semifinals by Philadelphia, the eventual NBA champion.
New York was led again by the steady play of Patrick Ewing, who finished in the league's top ten in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots.
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 American Experience | The Center of the World - New York: A Documentary Film | Transcript | PBS
Everyone has a New York in their heads, even if they have never been there -- which is why the destruction of the twin towers had such an impact.
It was the twin towers but in their model form, because it was in 1968 and they had not yet started to be built.
New York itself, meanwhile -- having reaffirmed its status as the city at the center of the world -- had emerged as one of the most strangely paradoxical cities on earth -- at once bewilderingly diverse and cosmopolitan -- and yet, as its own citizens often freely acknowledged, strikingly insular and inward-looking.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/newyork/filmmore/pt.html   (18523 words)

  
 Trenton, New Jersey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The New Jersey State Prison, which has two maximum security units and houses the state's most dangerous criminals, is also located in Trenton.
Trenton borders Ewing Township, Lawrence Township, Hamilton Township, and the Delaware River.
Public transportation within and beyond the city is mostly provided by New Jersey Transit, in the form of local bus routes between nearby suburbs and the city, as well as commuter train service northward from the Trenton Rail Station along the Northeast Corridor to Newark and New York.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey   (2421 words)

  
 BATTLE AT TWIN RIVERS -- Dissident homeowners get a voice
In a unanimous decision with potentially wide ramifications, a three-judge appeals panel ruled that the Twin Rivers Homeowners Association (TRHA) essentially is a governmental entity and must follow the New Jersey Constitution and allow freedom of speech.
The case, brought by Twin Rivers residents and the American Civil Liberties Union, affects more than 1 million New Jersey residents in communities overseen by homeowner associations and is similar to a 1994 landmark case that allowed protest groups into shopping malls.
Twin Rivers already has regulations in place about political signs, and Scott Pohl, president of the homeowners association, said he is confident those rules will be upheld.
www.ccfj.net /twinriversvoice.htm   (1035 words)

  
 New Jersey Supreme Court Hears Argument in Twin Rivers : New Jersey Law Blog
At issue in Twin Rivers is the question of whether the New Jersey Constitution’s speech and assembly clauses should be applied to limit the authority of homeowners’ associations and, if so, under what circumstances.
The Twin Rivers Homeowners’ Association argued that the Appellate Division’s decision to apply a constitutional standard was too expansive and advocated instead the use of the “business judgment rule”, which was utilized by the Trial Court in its original decision.
Committee for a Better Twin Rivers – the group of residents who challenged the Association’s rules and regulations – argued that the Court should embrace the Appellate Division’s decision, stating that here the Association effectively stifled the residents’ freedoms of speech and assembly and created a “bubble of no-speech zones”.
www.njlawblog.com /2007/01/articles/community-associations/new-jersey-supreme-court-hears-argument-in-twin-rivers   (1115 words)

  
 St. Paul Pioneer Press | 10/20/2006 | Briefing: Stingray flops into boat, stings man
A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll of 1,006 registered voters shows that three-quarters of Americans disapprove of the job Congress is doing, an increase of 10 percentage points from last month.
NEW YORK — Human remains that appear to be from World Trade Center victims were found by utility workers in a manhole at the northern edge of the site, a Port Authority official said Thursday.
Researchers studying water in a 1.74-mile-deep mine discovered a new strain of bacteria that uses radiation from uranium instead of sunlight as the power source for its feeding process, according to the study to appear in the journal Science today.
www.twincities.com /mld/twincities/news/nation/15802803.htm   (943 words)

  
 Open Directory - News: Newspapers: Regional: United States: New Jersey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Hopewell Valley News - News for Hopewell Borough, Hopewell Township, Pennington and Titusville
It is the primary advertising medium for Sussex County, New Jersey.
New Jersey Press Association - A non-profit membership association dedicated to advancing the interests of newspapers and to increase awareness in the benefits of newspaper readership.
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 American Civil Liberties Union : In a National First, New Jersey Court Says Homeowner Associations Must Respect ...
At issue in the case, which involved the 10,000-resident community of Twin Rivers in East Windsor, were the rights to post political signs on members lawns, to equal access to the community newspaper run by the Board of Trustees, and to equitable access to the community room for meetings for dissidents.
The unanimous opinion of the three-judge appellate panel relied heavily upon earlier decisions of the New Jersey Supreme Court holding that privately owned and operated shopping malls were public forums under the State Constitution, and had to allow non-profit advocacy groups to gather petitions and distribute educational material on mall property.
The case, filed in December 2000, was handled by the Rutgers Law School Constitutional Litigation Clinic on behalf of the ACLU of New Jersey under the supervision of Rutgers Law Professor Frank Askin, who was assisted by dozens of Rutgers' law students during the five-year course of the litigation.
www.aclu.org /freespeech/gen/24088prs20060207.html   (704 words)

  
 Homeowners Associations: Case Number: DOCKET NO. C-121-2000 - Committee for a Better Twin Rivers RIVERS v Twin R   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The TRCT has only allowed for the inspection of lists of all Twin Rivers residents without any distinction between those who are eligible and ineligible to vote.
The current alternative dispute resolution mechanism at Twin Rivers is governed by Resolution 99-4, which was promulgated on March 25, 1999.
Since the Twin Rivers Board exercises powers of management similar to those exercised by municipal corporations, this weighted voting scheme violates principles of equal protection embodied in Article I, Paragraph I of the New Jersey Constitution.
www.ahrc.com /new/index.php/src/courts/sub/submit/action/display/id/26   (1770 words)

  
 New Jersey Drug Rehab Alcohol Treatment Addiction Rehab Information Narconon Arrowhead
New Jersey can therefore be considered an ideal strategic corridor as well as a vulnerable corridor for transportation of drug contraband and illicit currency.
The movement of cocaine to the southeastern New Jersey area is usually accomplished via couriers from New York and Philadelphia.
Crack, which also remains widely available, is usually purchased as cocaine HCL from sources in New York and Philadelphia and cooked by local distributors and is specifically seen in economically depressed areas of each southeast county in New Jersey.
www.stopaddiction.com /states/new-jersey_drug_rehab_info.html   (1837 words)

  
 Twin Rivers New Jersey Real Estate Offices and Agents. Buying a Home, Homes for Sale in Twin Rivers, NJ
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 New Jersey Real Estate Appraiser Guide - New Jersey Property Appraisers - Get Real Estate Appraisal New Jersey - ...
New Jersey has the highest population density in the U.S. An average 1,030 people per sq.
New Jersey is a major seaport state with the largest seaport in the U.S. located in Elizabeth.
It was purchased by the New Jersey State Legislature for $10,000.
appraiserfinder.smartlending.com /State/New_Jersey.html   (533 words)

  
 New England’s 2005 Fishing Calendar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
New regulations were implemented to protect these panfish, and perch numbers have rebounded nicely.
South of Hartford on the Connecticut River, ice-anglers will find Wethersfield Cove, a large offshoot from the river that is a haven for some of the state’s largest northern pike, as well as crappies, largemouth bass and yellow perch.
The Deerfield River is the ideal brown trout river.
www.newenglandgameandfish.com /fishing/ng_0205_01/index.html   (782 words)

  
 firstamendmentcenter.org: news
The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel stemmed from a case brought by residents of the private Twin Rivers community in East Windsor, who had sued their homeowners association to be able to put political signs on their front lawns, among other things.
Homeowners in the 10,000-resident Twin Rivers community are also seeking equal access to a newspaper run by the community’s board of trustees and to a community room for meetings for dissidents.
The outcome of the case is of interest to 50 million Americans who live in communities governed by these associations — and whose states “who may emulate what New Jersey has done,” Askin said.
www.firstamendmentcenter.org /news.aspx?id=16439   (423 words)

  
 C-IHC.org | Common-Interest Homeowners Coalition
Earlier this month, in a suit brought by Rutgers law professor Frank Askin and his Constitutional Litigation Clinic, the homeowners of Twin Rivers were handed a major victory by a New Jersey appeals court.
For the first time in the nation, a court found that private communities such as Twin Rivers are "constitutional actors" and that residents within their bounds do not surrender their constitutional liberties, no matter what their deeds say.
Margaret Bar-Akiva is a Twin Rivers resident who was involved in the legal case.
www.c-ihc.org /News/20202006.html   (624 words)

  
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Twin Falls Land and Water Co. to hire an agriculture specialist to instruct new farmers in area.
Carload of Jersey cows arrived; 26 sold and 6 remain; real cream in restaurants for the first time.
To erect new two story building on two lots next to the Yakima Headquarters Restaurant at junction of Main and Ninth Streets; H. Allen is proprietor.
www.twinfallspubliclibrary.org /newspaper/06/indexa.html   (2531 words)

  
 Princeton - Weekly Bulletin 02/23/04 - Keller: Community is difficult but essential to attain
Using as her case study Twin Rivers, New Jersey's first "planned unit development," she depicts the difficult path its residents traveled to learn to live together.
Built in 1970, Twin Rivers is home to 10,000 residents and is located in nearby East Windsor.
At Twin Rivers, people learned that they are important contributors to the community and that they needed to have a sense of connectedness to a larger framework.
www.princeton.edu /~compub/pwb/04/0223/7a.shtml   (1155 words)

  
 The New Yorker: PRINTABLES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Turkstra explained that the plan of Room for the River was to buy out the farmers who were living in the polders, then lower the dikes and let the Nieuwe Merwede flood when necessary.
This new age was defined by one creature—man—who had become so dominant that he was capable of altering the planet on a geological scale.
Barely a month passes without a new finding on the dangers posed by rising CO2 levels—to the polar ice cap, to the survival of the world’s coral reefs, to the continued existence of low-lying nations.
www.newyorker.com /printables/fact/050509fa_fact3   (7892 words)

  
 TrekkerTime.com | Site / New Jersey
Like the pop rock band Bon Jovi sings, "Who says you can't go home?" Go to New Jersey, and see what this famous group is talking about.
New Jersey is located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
This state is divided into three geographic regions such as North Jersey, Central Jersey, and South Jersey.
www.trekkertime.com /index.php/Site/NewJersey   (86 words)

  
 Community Associations Network - New Jersey
The New Jersey's Appellate Court has issued a landmark decision stating that New Jersey's Constitution and its protections "can be available against private entities, as well as governmental entities, when the private entities have 'assumed a constitutional obligation not to abridge the individual exercise of such freedoms because of the use of their property'".
For this reason, the Appellate Division reversed the lower court’s decision, holding that the owner was not responsible for the inherited debts.
Pervasive as community living has become in New Jersey, and indeed in America, there is abundant misperception among homeowners and attorneys regarding the comprehensive role played by such associations.
www.communityassociations.net /states/new_jersey/new_jersey_main.html   (497 words)

  
 Drug Abuse Help, Alcohol Abuse Help, Twin Rivers, New Jersey
Help is available in Twin Rivers, New Jersey for those who wish to end their drug abuse, or alcohol abuse problem.
The good news is that there are ways to get help for yourself or for a friend.
The good news is that there are ways to get help for yourself or for one of your friends.
www.drug-help.com /city.htm?state=new-jersey&city=twin-rivers   (4465 words)

  
 Beyond BT » Blog Archive » Driving from Teshuvah to Simcha
I remember as a young pup, being dragged by one of the leaders in kiruv today when he was a kiruv-shul rabbi in Twin Rivers, New Jersey, to the yeshiva in Adelphia, to steamroll the selichos out of those arcane paper pamphlets.
Realizing, as you put together the words and the concepts and the patterns and the verses themselves — that over the period of a month, those terrifying, intimidating selichos have been transformed — by time, by the subtle change of season, and by the process of Tishrei — into the joyous simcha-songs of hakofos.
New Jersey Transit Trains dont run all night neither do the buses.NYC subways run all night and you can keep on switching lines and hopping on and off on stops and lines anytime from Broadway Junction to Simpson St to Clark St /Grand Central/Penn /Central Park… in case you get bored or unhappy.
www.beyondbt.com /?p=526   (3426 words)

  
 New Jersey Dental Plans, New Jersey Discount Dental Plans - Get a Discount Dental Plan in New Jersey
When it comes to dental discount plans, the good news is afford ability, breadth of services, and immediate coverage.
The bad news is greater financial risk and responsibility on your part.
Although the monthly cost of most discount dental plans is very low compared to the price of a traditional dental insurance or indemnity insurance policy, there's more allover financial risk with a dental discount plan.
www.insurancecompany.com /new_jersey/new_jersey_dentalplans.html   (2136 words)

  
 Sample Chapter for Keller, S.: Community: Pursuing the Dream, Living the Reality.
This is where the study of a new community is crucial.
These issues and others are explored in this book using the genesis of Twin Rivers, the first planned unit development in the state of New Jersey.
Part A, Creating Roots, spells out the launching of Twin Rivers, New Jersey, a planned development--its physical setting; the social characteristics of its first inhabitants (chapter 4); and the residents' reactions to their neighbors, houses, and facilities (chapter 5) as they move toward self-governance (chapter 6).
www.pupress.princeton.edu /chapters/s7431.html   (4244 words)

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