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  Hangout - New Jersey Football
The New York Giants brought New Jersey its first NFL championship with their victory in Super Bowl XXI.
After an important Giants victory in their march to the Super Bowl, Carson dumped Gatorade on coach Bill Parcells.
Today, the “Gatorade Splash” is still one of the most famous victory celebrations in sports.
www.state.nj.us /hangout_nj/200210_football_p6.html   (389 words)

  
  New Jersey - LoveToKnow 1911
It is bounded, N., by the state of New York; E., by the Hudson river, which separates the state from New York, and by the Atlantic Ocean; and S. and W. by the Delaware Bay and river, which separate New Jersey from Delaware and Pennsylvania.
New Jersey is a meeting ground for many species which have their principal habitat farther N. or farther S., and its flora therefore may be divided into a northern and a southern.
In dyeing and finishing textiles New Jersey was first among the states of the Union in 1900 (value, $10,488,963, being 23.3% of the total for the country) and in 1905 (value, $11,979,947, being 23.6% of the total for the country); Paterson is the centre of this industry in New Jersey.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /New_Jersey   (14400 words)

  
 New Jersey. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Traffic to and from New York is served by railway and subway tunnels and by the facilities of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey—the George Washington Bridge, the Lincoln and Holland vehicular tunnels, and three bridges to Staten Island.
New Jersey’s two best-known institutions of higher learning were established in the 18th cent.—Princeton Univ., at Princeton, as the College of New Jersey in 1746; and Rutgers Univ., mainly at New Brunswick, as Queen’s College in 1766.
New Jersey was hard hit by recession in the early 1990s and the state suffered from overdevelopment, but increasing economic diversity had fueled a recovery by the decade’s end.
www.bartleby.com /65/ne/NewJer.html   (2314 words)

  
 New Jersey - MSN Encarta
These charter fees greatly aided the state’s economy and reduced the tax burden on citizens, but they gave New Jersey the notorious reputation as the “mother of trusts.” Abuses by trusts, corporations organized to eliminate competition and control entire industries, led to passage of antitrust laws in many other states.
Led in New Jersey by Mark Fagan, Everett Colby, and George L. Record, Progressives broke the power of the Democratic Party bosses, Robert Davis in Jersey City and James Smith, Jr., in Essex County, and paved the way for the election of Woodrow Wilson as governor in 1910.
New Jersey shipyards turned out aircraft carriers, battleships, and heavy cruisers, and about one-fourth of the destroyers built for the U.S. Navy during the war.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761559873_10/New_Jersey.html   (2018 words)

  
 New Jersey. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
In both Jerseys confusion resulting from the unwieldy number of proprietors together with widespread resentment against authority caused the proprietors to surrender voluntarily their governmental powers to the crown in 1702, although they retained their land rights.
E Jersey was dominated by Calvinism, implanted by Scottish and New England settlers, while in W Jersey the Quakers soon developed a landed aristocracy with strong political and economic influence.
The Camden and Amboy RR was transferred by lease to the Pa. RR in 1871, and its monopolistic power was lessened by legislation opening the state to all RR lines and by the assessment and taxation of RR properties.
www.bartleby.com /69/5/N02605.html   (2072 words)

  
 map of new jersey and new jersey map and information page
New Jersey was the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, and remains the site of historic homes and battlefields, and the monuments designed to reenact the state's vital role in America's struggle for independence.
New Jersey was home to at least three noteworthy inventions; Thomas Edison's lightbulb, Samuel Morse and his telegraph, and John Holland's submarine.
New Jersey is known for a moderate climate, with pleasant summers and somewhat mild winters, especially along the coastal areas of the south and southeast.
www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/nj.htm   (1111 words)

  
 Newsvine - new-jersey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
New Jersey would become the first state in the United States to require both pregnant women and newborns to be tested for HIV, under a proposal unveiled Thursday by an influential lawmaker.
New Jersey is looking to become the second state to outlaw a powerful gun that critics say can be used by terrorists to shoot down an airliner.
New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that gay-rights and student-rights groups are hailing as a landmark placed responsibility squarely on the the city's Regional School Board of Education.
www.newsvine.com /new-jersey   (1932 words)

  
 State of the Beach 2006
According to New Jersey's 2001 Assessment, the public trust doctrine, which was enunciated by the New Jersey Supreme Court in several decisions, requires that tidal water bodies be accessible to the general public for navigation, fishing, and recreation.
In addition, a new special area rule, Lands and waters subject to public trust rights, is proposed to protect tidal waterways and their shores and ensure public access to these lands is provided.
Moreover, the land is often preserved for the use and enjoyment of all New Jersey residents and visitors to the state.
www.surfrider.org /stateofthebeach/05-sr/state.asp?zone=NE&state=nj&cat=ba   (5091 words)

  
 The Bristol Press - WHAT A FINISH!
New York became the last team to officially qualify for the Little League World Series, which begins Friday in Williamsport, Pa. New York is slated in the United States Pool A to compete against the Great Lakes, West and Southeast regional champions in pool play.
But New Jersey made an appeal at third base and Skjeie was called out for not having touched that bag, eliminating the go-ahead run but leaving the game tied.
The bottom four batters in New Jersey’s lineup were unable to produce a run in the top of the sixth inning, leaving the door open for Smith to punch New York’s ticket to Williamsport with his leadoff home run over the left-center field fence in the bottom of the frame.
www.bristolpress.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=17053936&BRD=1643&PAG=461&dept_id=464194&rfi=6   (402 words)

  
 New Jersey Conservation Foundation
In 2004, New Jersey adopted new provisions to require 300-foot buffers on both sides of "Category One" (C-1) waters - those streams and reservoirs designated for exceptional ecological, recreational and aesthetic characteristics.
New Jersey has over 10,000 acres of reservoirs and almost 4,000 miles of river designated as C-1.
Because New Jersey's water protections, including the buffer rule, are among the strongest in the nation, the case is nationally significant.
www.njconservation.org /newsletter/v4i4/article06.php   (428 words)

  
 New Jersey Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Addiction Treatment Programs and Substance Abuse Centers
The state of New Jersey is located at the cross roads of two major states- New York and Pennsylvania, and has been referred to as the “crossroads of the east.” It is also a gateway state linked with major interstate highways, airports, seaports, and other financial banking corporations.
New Jersey is a perfect strategic passageway as well as a vulnerable passage for transportation of illicit drugs and money.
New Jersey has the highest proportion of drug offenders as part of the overall prison population.
www.addictionsearch.com /treatment/NJ/new-jersey.html   (1813 words)

  
 For the Price of a Dam, Saving the Lakes [Archive] - Wired New York Forum
And since the lakes are owned by a single family, waterfront residents in Monroe have little say in their fate.
Over the last year, 11 lakes were drained when their owners proved unable or unwilling to fix the dams, and environmental officials say that in the next year 10 more will have to go.
The news came as a surprise to local residents - with ranch homes and split-levels ranging in value from $85,000 to $125,000 - who are fighting to save both the lakes and their lifestyle.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-5019.html   (2153 words)

  
 The Citizen, Auburn NY
New York does not keep track of how many FOIL requests are made of state and local governments.
New York is not among states with laws that include fines for denying public records.
New York did take a number of steps to strengthen FOIL toward the end of the Pataki administration, including provisions that require governments to act promptly on information requests and a broadening of the ability of successful litigants to recoup legal expenses.
www.auburnpub.com /articles/2007/03/11/news/state/state01.txt   (808 words)

  
 Education Week: N.Y. System of State Aid Thrown Out   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
In New York state, some school leaders estimate that it could take another $3 billion annually—an amount roughly equal to the state's record aid increase to schools over the past four years—to satisfy the ruling without reducing existing state payments to school districts.
In the New York decision, Justice DeGrasse used the state's 5-year-old learning standards as a guideline to the knowledge and skills that students should derive from an adequate education, even as he rejected those standards as the sole measure of what constitutes such an education.
One implication of that approach, apparent in the New York decision as well as ones in North Carolina and New Jersey, is that the opportunity for an adequate education may require additional help for the children most at risk of school failure.
www.edweek.org /ew/articles/2001/01/17/18newyork.h20.html   (1435 words)

  
 Battleship USS New Jersey BB-62 Bob Wernet's Final Remarks Page
But in USS New Jersey's case, her 57 years of war and peace, training and diplomacy, commissionings and recommissionings, established history's markings long before her Bremerton to Philadelphia voyage of 1999.
As Governor Christie Whitman explained to 4th graders from two Pompton Lakes elementary schools in October, the New Jersey was always known as a lucky ship, and that's why so many wanted to serve aboard her, and why she suffered so little in four wars.
The Sea Victory's Captain Kaare L. Ogaard, Jr., with his meticulous course plots over the 6,377 nautical miles, and his adriot and able crew with their professionalism always engaged, assured New Jersey's safe arrival.
www.ussnewjersey.com /voy_bob.htm   (523 words)

  
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Sponsored by the New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance, a volunteer, statewide organization of 40 community, civil rights, labor, environmental, environmental justice, faith, academic, legal, and public policy members working with impacted communities to reduce, eliminate and prevent additional pollution, and enhance the quality of life for residents and workers in such neighborhoods.
The New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife (NJDFW), in conjunction with Franklin Township, the New Jersey Outdoor Women's League, and the New Jersey State Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs invites the public to participate in a "Bear Awareness" seminar.
Fortunately, rural, suburban and urban communities all across the state are pioneering new approaches to land use and transportation planning- approaches that are based on smart growth principles, promote network connectivity instead of increased capacity, maximize non-auto travel modes and are sensitive to their local contest.
www.gsenet.org /calendar.htm   (4029 words)

  
 Victory Lakes, New Jersey (NJ) population and demographics data - Sperling's BestPlaces
Compared to the rest of the country, Victory Lakes's cost of living is 8.30% Higher than the U.S. average.
Victory Lakes public schools spend $7,973 per student.
Victory Lakes jobs have Increased by 3.28 percent.
www.bestplaces.net /city/Profile.aspx?city=Victory_Lakes_NJ   (148 words)

  
 D3football.com - 2000 Week 7 Game Summaries
The victory was the 75th for the Dutchmen in the series, which dates back to 1886 and is the oldest collegiate football game in New York State.
The victory ends a two-game New Jersey losing streak and raises the Lions' record to 2-3 overall.
Following a New Jersey punt, Salisbury drove to the New Jersey 29 in the final minute before turning the ball over on downs.
www.d3football.com /scores/00/w7sumsa.htm   (5033 words)

  
 ThinkRentals.com - New Jersey rentals in NJ - Think Rentals
New Jersey beach condos are the second home for the vacationer in the holidaying town.
New Jersey beach vacation rental can be in the form of condo, villa, apartment, cottage, resort on beach side etc. and the vacationer can choose any of the form as per his budget and needs.
There are so many places to visit in New Jersey, which create excitement in the mind of the vacationer such as water parks, wild safari animal park etc. And, as the matter of fact New Jersey is the nearest city to liberty state that is New York.
www.thinkrentals.com /new_jersey   (2903 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of New Jersey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Overseen by an editorial board composed of distinguished experts in a variety of fields and edited by two leading specialists in New Jersey history, the Encyclopedia of New Jersey is an indispensable resource for both the scholar and the general reader.
Marc Mappen is the executive director of the New Jersey Historical Commission and author of Jerseyana: The Underside of New Jersey History.
He enjoys exploring the changing landscape of New Jersey, and maintains a website of historical maps.
www.scc.rutgers.edu /njencyclopedia/entries.html   (407 words)

  
 PENNSYLVANIA - Online Information article about PENNSYLVANIA
The few small lakes of the state are mostly on the Pocono plateau, where they were formed by glaciation; here, too, are some streams with picturesque cascades.
In 1908 the total catch on Lake Erie was valued at $200,8, the principal items being herring ($90,108), blue pike ($13,657) and whitefish ($31,580).
The catch of herring was twice as much in 1908 as in 1907 and that of whitefish nearly four times as much in 1908 as in 1907; this increase was attributed to the work of the state hatcheries.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /PAS_PER/PENNSYLVANIA.html   (5130 words)

  
 Dominican College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
She continued her softball career at Ramapo College of New Jersey where she was the starting left fielder for four years.
She was named to the New Jersey Athletic Conference All-Academic Team, the Verizon/Co-SIDA Academic All-America District II College Division Softball Second Team and was awarded the Ramapo College Most Improved Player Award for softball in her senior year.
A 1993 graduate of Ramapo College of New Jersey, Burbridge has a B.A. in Communications and is a 2002 graduate of Seton Hall University earning an M.A. in Education along with an Administrative and Supervision Certificate in the state of New Jersey.
www.dc.edu /athletics/softball.html   (1652 words)

  
 College&Community Relations :: The College of New Jersey
When the current stadium was built it became the new home of many of The College's athletic teams, including football.
Ordinarily this would have been just another victory, but it was played up by newspapers, the radio, and even Life Magazine because of the fact that The College had not won a football game in eleven years.
When victory finally came it was also taken "in stride," and, except for throwing the coach into the swimming pool, no riotous celebrations occurred.
www.tcnj.edu /~150years/history/history5.html   (395 words)

  
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 Our Rivers, Lakes And Streams News - U.S. PIRG
New Mexico: Rep. Peter Wirth and Sen. Carlos Cisneros, working with Environment New Mexico and Conservation Voters New Mexico, introduced legislation Wednesday that would require municipalities, counties and other local planning entities to prepare water management plans, outlining management alternatives for balancing water demand and supply.
New Jersey: At a town hall meeting Thursday, a panel of scientists and policy experts highlighted the growing threat to water quality for the Toms River and other coastal waterways in the path of some of the fastest development in the state.
Illinois: In a major victory for public health and the environment, Illinois completed the final step in adopting a rule to reduce coal-fired power plant mercury pollution by up to 90 percent by 2009.
www.uspirg.org /news-releases/our-rivers-lakes-and-streams   (717 words)

  
 New Jersey Smart Growth News Articles
Although various New Jersey municipalities were able to redevelop their blighted areas and protect adjacent open space, he told an audience of municipal officials, builders, civil engineers, educators, conservationists and others, the state is holding up progress with some unfortunate policy choices.
New Jersey Builders Association CEO Patrick J. O'Keefe says the public already owns 1.5 million acres of parks, open space and protected rural land, but is neglecting funds for access and maintenance.
New Jersey home builders are concerned that the Highlands plan will not allow enough houses to meet demand in the area.
www.smartgrowth.org /news/bystate.asp?state=NJ&res=800   (10106 words)

  
 Greenpeace Changing Laws and Opinions | Greenpeace USA
In one of Greenpeace's first victories for the whale campaign, the International Whaling Commission (IWC), the international body that monitors and regulates the activities of commerical, scientific and other forms of whaling, bans the hunting of sperm whales.
After attention is brought to the issue by Greenpeace, the National Lead Company of New Jersey ends its practice of dumping titanium dioxide waste at sea.
At the Basel Convention in Switzerland, 65 nations agree to end hazardous waste exports to developing nations, a groundbreaking decision that was a giant step toward ending the practice by industrialized nations of dumping their waste in poorer countries.
www.greenpeace.org /usa/news/bush-vs-greenpeace-overview/greenpeace-changing-laws-and-o   (1199 words)

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