New efforts to improve sidewalk ramps in North Jersey

Bergen and Passaic counties are now feeling the heat to make many of their sidewalks at intersections more wheelchair-friendly.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/149403275_LOCAL_ISSUE__wheelchair_accessibility_Fixing_sidewalk_ramps.html

Published: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:00:35 -0700

Central Jersey set to honor war veterans

Thomas W. Myers, then of Middlesex Borough, was killed in action while serving in Vietnam in 1969. His family will remember his sacrifice this Memorial Day, and honor him and all veterans during the fourth annual Memorial Day Weekend Baseball Tournament in Bridgewater.
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20120525/NJNEWS/305250013/Central-Jersey-set-honor-war-veterans?odyssey=nav%7chead

Published: Fri, 25 May 2012 03:20:01 -0700

Memorial Day weekend events: Sussex, Warren, Bergen and Passaic counties

Memorial Day weekend events: Sussex, Warren, Bergen and Passaic County
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/05/memorial_day_weekend_events_su.html

Published: Fri, 25 May 2012 04:21:08 -0700

Update: Feds charge 19 with theft of luxury cars in N.J., N.Y., Pa. for shipment overseas

Federal law enforcement authorities said Wednesday they have taken down a car theft ring that had been smuggling vehicles stolen in New Jersey and surrounding areas to overseas buyers, mostly in West African nations.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/Feds_break_up_multistate_car_theft_ring_smuggled_cars_shipped_from_NJ.html

Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 13:34:59 -0700

Around the Horn: Champions League

Around the Horn Matt Williams Stop me if you've heard this one before: Danvers and Peabody are the Northeastern Conference baseball champions. The Tanners won a league championship for the seventh straight season when they beat Lynn Classical Monday to clinch sole possession of the NEC North flag.
http://www.salemnews.com/sports/x1561288975/Around-the-Horn-Champions-League

Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 02:19:36 -0700

Colorado Has Least Expensive Airfares in Past 12 Months

ARLINGTON, Va., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ARC announced today that, based on an examination of average airline ticket fares for 12 months ending April 30, 2012, it was the least expensive to depart ...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/colorado-least-expensive-airfares-past-142000484.html

Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 07:20:00 -0700

Tax appeals top 500 in Rutherford, climb in North Arlington

Tax appeals have been filed in four South Bergen towns, and Rutherford, once again, leads the pack. More than 500 tax appeals have been filed on residential properties within the borough.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/149001245_Rutherford_breaks_record_with_550_tax_appeals.html

Published: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:54:11 -0700

Columbia Pictures' Men In Black™ 3 Blasts Into IMAX® Theatres Friday

Columbia Pictures' Men In Black™ 3 Blasts Into IMAX® Theatres Friday
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/columbia-pictures-men-black-3-153100975.html

Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 08:31:00 -0700

Towns receive Clean Community grants

South Bergen towns are looking to buy new recycling equipment with DEP Clean Community grants.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/150892255_Towns_get_clean_community_grants.html

Published: Wed, 09 May 2012 23:38:25 -0700

How Obama moves the needle on gay marriage

The President of the United States is the most powerful person in the world. But when it comes to shifting public opinion, even POTUS struggles. So when President Obama came out in favor of gay marriage, the storyline was all about how evenly split the American population is on gay marriage and how it might affect Obama in November’s election. It was rarely about whether Obama could actually ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/how-obama-moves-the-needle-on-gay-marriage/2012/05/25/gJQA17JRpU_blog.html?wprss=rss_politics

Published: Fri, 25 May 2012 05:00:00 -0700