>Port Newark/Port Elizabeth : Economic Power House in New Jersey
If you’ve ever seen the Regina Maersk try to squeak under the Bayonne Bridge, you’d realize it needs to be raised. Many ship “lighter” offshore right now which is dangerous and expensive. Some come in only on the lowest tides to fit under the bridge’ another dangerous condition. Raise the bridge or shut Port Newark/Port Elizabeth; the busiest container and automobile port on the east coast.
The alternative to Port Newark/Port Elizabeth is to build an offshore island to facility a deepwater with rail transfer capabilities (although we cant double and triple stack in this region) or let all of the cargo (and jobs, taxes, etc) go to Norfork or Nova Scotia. This is a regional commerce issue; not just about raising the Bayonne Bridge.
Unfortunately most people in this area are clueless as to the importance of the port to the regional economy.
Keith Killion was named the new mayor during the Village Council reorganization meeting on Thursday afternoon. Tom Riche, who along with Bernadette Coghlan-Walsh won the municipal election in May, was named deputy mayor. Both terms will expire in 2012.
Valley renewal: major concerns about the future of our great Village
I have posted a lot on Valley Hospital’s proposed renewal plans over the last few weeks and I must say, that it is evident that the vast majority of comments come from those tax-paying residents of Ridgewood that do not want Valley Hospital to expand. Most of the pro-Valley comments appear to be from residents of other towns so as far as I am concerned, their comments do not count.
We’ve been Hacked : Pizza Poll Results under dispute
I am a bit confused though, as last Wednesday after the polls had closed, your website showed the below poll results, showing A Mano had won with 22% of the vote and 74 votes. Did the voting reopen ?
Pedestrian Hit: I get the impression that many of you drivers don’t get out and walk much.
To all you “what until traffic stops” commentators here, would you like to take a shot at a question I posted previously about this. No-one yet has had a go. Here it is:
Traffic runs in both directions. Remember that. If I wait for traffic to stop, this often only means one lane of traffic stops. The other lane is still running. If I keep waiting, the driver of the stopped car, and the cars behind it, start getting pissed as I’m still standing there, waiting for the other side to stop. After a few seconds of horn honking and a look from the first car driver’s face as if I’m some kind of idiot, he then pulls away. I’m still standing there!
Field Lighting : We’ll shake down various village sports groups
PJ Can someone please explain how:
· We had a bond referendum shoved down our throats under the specter of vanishing funds from state grants · We had or state school aid eliminated this year · We had 2 years of multi-million dollar school budget deficits · After the school budget was defeated, the Village Council reduced it by a whopping 1/10 of a percent · We laid off or retired around 30 town workers and more may follow After all the angst and tumult in this past year, now we’re getting LIGHTS for our artificial fields?!?
Village Cuts Number of Recycling and Curbside Rubbish Pickups
Village Slashes Number of Recycling and Curbside Bulk Refuse Pickups
Despite numerous assurances from former Mayor David T. Pfund that worker layoffs would not impact municipal services, cuts to the following services were announced in the past 7-10 days:
I am sad to report that senior, Caitlin Alvaro, passed away today. Our Crisis Intervention counselors will be available to meet with any parents and students who need assistance. Lauren DePinto and Kevin Feeley will be in their offices at the high school from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday. If you feel your child needs individual help, please contact me at 201-670-2800, Ext.20501 or email me and I will make arrangements for support. Thank you. Jack
Readers continue to complain over the time it takes for construction approvals
“A neighbor of mine commented to me on how long it took to get permits for an addition almost a year ago. He felt as though he was jerked around, and it was a simple construction job. So as far as the layoffs being an excuse for poor service..forget it. Even last year with much slower construction there was not prompt service according to my neighbor.
Last night the Ridgewood Planning Board voted to memorialize changes in the master plan that allowed The Valley Hospital to double in size
Last night the Ridgewood Planning Board voted to memorialize changes in the master plan that allowed The Valley Hospital to double in size, an issue that has divided the community for sometime. If there is to be an appeal it needs to be filed with 45 days of the memorialization.
Ridgewood homes are being devalued by high property taxes..
Ridgewood homes are being devalued by high property taxes. I agree with you that the Ridgewood voters have approved budgets in the past, however, this year they did not support the budget but had it shoved in their faces just the same.
Habernickle : its been too long with zero progress
How much did Habernickle cost the Village? How many years has it been sitting there.. with one tiny soccer field, which is a mess. Otherwise, whole property is overgrown. And I did read that we just spent a few hundred grand to “clean up” the dam and brook. Was that part of the original purchase, or it was an added cost from my tax-paying wallet?
Bolger Foundation may sever donations to Ridgewood
Bolger Foundation may sever donations to Ridgewood Thursday, August 26, 2010 Last updated: Thursday August 26, 2010, 1:04 PM BY MICHAEL SEDON The Ridgewood News Staff Writer
Graydon Pool : Membership was way up this summer. The pool sold 3,691 season badges in 2010, compared with 2,426 in 2009.
Ridgewood’s Graydon Pool like ‘being at the beach’ Sunday, September 5, 2010 Last updated: Sunday September 5, 2010, 10:51 AM BY MIKE KERWICK The Record STAFF WRITER
According to the The Ridgewood News four Ridgewood residents will be squaring off in November to fill the Village Council seat left vacant by the death of Anne Zusy in June.
Our Deepest Sympathies go out to the family and friends of the victim
the Staff of the Ridgewood blog
Official: NJ sex-tape student in apparent suicide
By BETH DeFALCO and GEOFF MULVIHILL (AP) – 2 hours ago
RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Authorities say a New Jersey college student who was allegedly recorded surreptitiously having sex in his dorm room apparently killed himself.
Oct. 20 LWV Candidates Night: A Different Moderator, One Hopes
We hear that the League of Women Voters will hold a Candidates Night to showcase the opinions of the four candidates for Village Council on Wednesday, October 20. This fine service to the Village is greatly appreciated.
You are mistakenly giving credit ton the unions for the efforts of individual laborers and services. No union deserves credit for any noble deeds after 911 or for building anything in the USA, the workers, contractors and municipal departments themselves deserve that credit. The USA was built by contractors and companies, whose employees may or may not have been union members.
The only things that unions can take for is perpetuating a culture of excessive entitlements, labor contract negotiations that continuously escalate the cost of doing business far beyond the rate of inflation and forcing union members to pay dues. so that union leaders can line their pockets and attempt to influence the political process. This is a culture that is rife with conflict, financial abuse and, frequently, criminal behavior.
Over the past 25 years, unions greed and short-sightedness has been primarily responsible for the loss of our industrial manufacturing base, the decline (and bankruptcy) of the US automotive industry, as well as the skyrocketing cost of education and municipal taxation, while the quality of service has generally declined across the country. This is a systemic macro-economic problem that has very little to do with the short-term cycle of layoffs and hiring during that period.
While unions served an important role 75-100 years ago, they have failed to evolve with the current employment landscape across this country and today are outdated concepts that serve as an economic and productivity impediment in most industries today.
>Questions Arise over who the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce represents ?
The President of the Chamber of Commerce, is the son in law of the owner of the North Jersey Media Group(The Record) The President (and owner) of North Jersey Media Group, Stephen Borg serves on Audrey Meyer’s Valley Hospital Presidents Council. As the connections are revealed, it is obvious why the taxpayers were on the losing end of the Valley decision.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2011 BY SAMANTHA FELLER STAFF WRITER MAHWAH SUBURBAN NEWS
Mahwah — The Township Council passed a resolution on Thursday, Dec. 15, that would eliminate health benefits for all elected officials beginning in 2013.
According to the resolution, elected officials who don’t receive benefits will no longer have the option to. However, the two council members who currently receive benefits — Lisa DiGiulio and John Spiech — will continue receiving them through the end of next year.
Six members of the council voted in favor of the resolution, with an abstention by Spiech, at around 12:30 a.m. after an executive session. Before the executive session, Council President John Roth had said the governing body would not reconvene afterward.
Mayor William Laforet had voiced the lone objection to the resolution, saying he wanted the council to eliminate health benefits for all elected officials immediately.
> GOP hopefuls have been thoroughly queried on a laundry list of issues Yet, the man they hope to defeat next November has rarely been asked by news reporters about many of these issues. By Richard Benedetto – December 30, 2011
Over the past five months, the Republican presidential candidates participated in 13 debates where they fielded dozens of penetrating questions on every major issue facing the nation, and some not so major.
The nationally televised and/or Internet-streamed forums each drew an average of 5 million to 6 million viewers, along with breathless wall-to-wall coverage, commentary and criticism from the news media, radio and TV talk shows, Internet blogs and partisan websites.
Indeed, the GOP hopefuls have been thoroughly queried on a laundry list of issues ranging from immigration problems to the faltering economy, Iran’s nuclear program to trade deficits with China, the intricacies of climate change to strategies to combat terrorism, exploding government regulations to skyrocketing public debt, plus some uncomfortable questions about their pasts and their personal lives.
Yet, during all that time, the man they hope to defeat next November has rarely been asked by news reporters about many of these issues. Since August, President Obama has held only one formal White House news conference. That came on Oct. 6, nearly three months ago. It lasted 74 minutes, shorter than any single Republican debate, and the president was asked 17 questions, most of them softballs on the economy and his latest legislative proposals to create jobs.
$89 million dollar budget : I’m Voting NO for the following reasons. I’m Voting NO for the following reasons.
From today’s BOE Newsline, I see that there is 1.4% increase in teacher’s salary. So rather than allow some of the other teachers to stay by forgoing a raise, the teachers who are left are still getting one while other teachers are left go. That’s for the kids, of course.
Also in today’s BOE Newsline, I see there is a 21.5% raise in employee benefits. The teachers refuse to chip in just 1.5% of their salary for benefits. If the average teacher’s salary is $65,000 a year, we are looking for $975 a year for full medical, dental and vision. (Come on, who gets free vision anymore?) However, those same teachers are very willing to pay an average of $720 a year for union dues. These are their priorities, not our tax dollars, not our kids.
Readers Allege bullying epidemic at B F Middle School while administrators do little or nothing
the Ridgewood blog recieved so many of these coments they could not be ignored:
Hey here’s a little story from last year that will give you a clue about how Mr. Orsini handles a child’s repeated cries for help from him regarding another child who had been relentlessly bullying her at school (not on line).
$89 million school budget : a “NO” vote does not “send a message” to anyone. I don’t disagree with the sentiments expressed here. Unfortunately, some people don’t seem to understand the implications of this vote.
First, a “NO” vote does not “send a message” to anyone. It does not have an impact on teachers benefits or their raises for next year. It simply means that the budget will get turned over to the Village Council (who know NOTHING about the school’s needs or situations) to determine the amount of the tax for next year. They can assign ANY tax rate they want. They can increase the budget and raise taxes more, or they can cut the budget and limit the taxes. They are accountable to NO ONE on this issue. The most likely outcome is that they cut the budget more and reduce taxes, which will result in further teacher cuts…unfortunately, they will be the newer and more enthusiastic teachers, who most of us would prefer to have teaching our children. I, for one, do not want Annie Z or Keith K making any decisions about my children’s education.
Over the past few weeks, Governor Christie and the media have made a big deal about some recently-released data. It showed that statewide, over the past 10 years, enrollment in New Jersey schools has grown 3%, while staffing in NJ schools has grown 14%. The Governor and others used these statistics to back-up the claim that there has been a “hiring spree” in our schools and that today there is “plenty of room to cut.” I would totally agree on a statewide level.
Valley “Renewal” more than doubles the size of the medical center Valley’s revised plan is called workable Tuesday, May 4, 2010 BY MARY JO LAYTON The Record STAFF WRITER
The Valley Hospital’s proposed expansion , but the latest building plan is a good compromise, experts hired by Ridgewood testified Monday.
Village Planner Blais Brancheau said the plan, which adds three beds to the 451-bed hospital “does not intensify operations. The overall policy is to keep the intensity of use as it is roughly today,” he said.
HOLY COW ARE CRONK-DOWD TRYING TO BUY RIDGEWOOD VOTE Papers just posted with the New Jersey Campaign Financing and Lobbying Disclosure – NJ Election Enforcement Commission on candidate spending for the Village of Ridgewood Council election indicate that Committee to Elect Cronk and Dowd have spent over $6,654. and have a total receipts of $9,750.
Ron Emrich, Preservation NJ director, said in Trenton, “The endangered historic sites program spotlights irreplaceable historic, architectural, cultural and archeological resources in New Jersey that are in imminent danger of being lost. The act of listing these resources acknowledges their importance to the heritage of New Jersey and draws attention to the predicaments that endanger their survival and the survival of all historic resources throughout our state.
Councilwoman Anne Zusy Undergoes Rehabilitation at Local Nursing Home
In a statement read by her son Alexander Ortiz during Monday evening’s Village Council meeting, Councilwoman Anne Zusy reported that she is a patient in a local rehabilitation center.
The reason for Ms. Zusy’s admission to a rehabilitation center was not disclosed during her remarks.
In addition to her elected position as a member of the Village Council, Ms. Zusy also serves in an appointed position as a full member of the Ridgewood Planning Board.
Ridgewood Sports: LAX Parents claim Coach Pounds punished the team by losing on purpose
Many RHS lax parents angry at coach Pounds. #6 Ridgewood played the #11 team in the states and lost. The coach refused to start his senior goalie (would not give a reason). He passed over all the other goalies in the program and started his inexperienced freshman son – IN THE STATE PLAYOFF!!! We were missing 3 sophomores but in this game it would not have mattered. It was easily winnable.
N.J. taxpayers question school administrators’ pay
Lately, when Cheryl Gismonde logs onto her Facebook account, she often finds messages that veer wildly from the usual array of restaurant recommendations and photos of other people’s children. A recent post from one of her friends reads: “Burlington County has 39 school districts!! So let’s figure the average Super makes $150K, maybe an assistant at $100K, and a Business Administrator at $90K. That’s approx. $13 million and some of these Supers have districts with just 2-3 schools. Entirely too much $$ wasted on positions that arent hands-on with the ki. . .ds.” (Osborne, Inquirer)
State Troopers Look to Ring the Register this Memorial Day Weekend ,Drive Carefully Troopers writing more tickets on NJ toll roads The Associated Press
State troopers are writing more tickets on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway.
State Police figures show tickets for all motor-vehicle violations increased 61 percent on the parkway last month, compared to April 2009. It was up 45 percent on the turnpike for the same period.
Kathleen A. Donovan : “Time to close NJ Sports Authority and save taxpayers millions” “Time to close NJ Sports Authority and save taxpayers millions” Says Donovan.
May 28, 2010
Kathleen A. Donovan, Republican candidate for Bergen County Executive, today called on Governor Christie to cancel the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority’s purchase of Personal Seat Licenses (PSL’s) and season tickets for the New York Giants and New York Jets. According to Ms. Donovan, “This latest slap at New Jersey taxpayers is proof positive that the Authority has clearly outlived its usefulness and should be put out of its misery.
Graydon Pool : “it was the biggest opening day crowd in 5 or 6 years”
The staff stopped counting at 1200 people on Saturday, June 5. Pool manager Steve Diamond said it was the biggest opening day crowd in 5 or 6 years.
Open for business: Last weekend Graydon had its biggest opening day in 5 or 6 years, said pool manager Steve Diamond. What a great community gathering place!
Readers Sound off Chairman Nicholson disrespect and condescension towards Ridgewood residents CHRIS RUTISHA– USER – Village Engineer rips down posters at Planning Board public meeting on June 14
A lecture in civility was offered by Chairman Nicholson as he called the June 14th Planning Board H-Zone meeting to order. Yet, just moments before the meeting was called to order informational posters, neatly placed on the walls of the Benjamin Franklin Middle School, were violently ripped down by a Village Employee. The posters were crumbled and stuffed into garbage pails.
Valley Renewal: Readers Question Motivations Two questions arise, (1) what has Ridgewood to lose if the Planning Board does not approve Valley’s Expansionist plans, (2) what have the individual members of the planning board to loose if the plan is not approved?
Village Council: And The Band Played On . . . And The Band Played On . . .
Despite Worker Layoffs, Village Council Will Hold Elaborate After Reorganization Meeting Event
The Fly has just learned that Village Council members and their invited guests will convene at Gen Sushi, 15 East Ridgewood Avenue, for an “after reorganization meeting” luncheon on Thursday, July 1st.
Valley Renewal: Sleazy Tactic Mar H-Zone Vote As if the last-minute change of venue wasn’t bad enough to jerk residents around…now the village says parking will be unavailable. This from the Record:
“Parking will be extremely limited tonight at the middle school where the Ridgewood Planning Board is voting on Valley Hospital’s expansion plans.
The Planning Board secretary announced this afternoon that the village just discovered that parking will not be available at the large church lot across from George Washington Middle School.
>the Village of Ridgewood Looking Back on 2010 Part 1
MONDAY, JANUARY 04, 2010
$48 million dollar Referendum :Cautiously Optimistic?
It seems that Ms. Goodman is right to be cautious about whether Ridgewood will ever see the $10 million dollars in matching funds from the state of NJ for our turf fields. We have it from a good source that Governor Corzine has refused to sign off on any school referendums. Which means that Ridgewood’s recently passed $48 million dollar bond referendum is in limbo awaiting the approval of incoming Governor Christie. Who, by the way, has made it abundantly clear that he is going to cut state spending.
Controversial Rector Announces Plan to “Part Ways” with Christ Episcopal Church
The Reverend S. Elizabeth Searle of Christ Episcopal Church Ridgewood, whose management style reportedly caused the mass resignation of nine Vestry members this past October, publicly announced her plan to “part ways” with Christ Church shortly.
The Ridgewood Blog’s coverage of the turmoil at Christ Church was criticized by several current and former parishioners, and an official from the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, as being an “inappropriate public intrusion on a very private matter.”
Ridgewood police sergeant charged with stealing PBA money
Thursday, January 14, 2010 BY EVONNE COUTROS AND MARLENE NAANES The Record Staff Writers
RIDGEWOOD — A village police sergeant is accused of stealing $65,000 from the local Police Benevolent Association, police said Thursday.
Sgt. William Hemmer, 40, of Sussex, was arrested Thursday morning after he turned himself in at police headquarters and was charged with theft by deception and official misconduct, Ridgewood police said in a statement. He was released on his own recognizance, Detective Capt. John Ward said.
The Plot Thickens : Ridgewood’s downtown voted Bergen’s best
The question is: Are these papers being truly objective or are the articles an attempt to placate the Village Council and bring an end to the antagonism between it and the President of the Chamber of Commerce, who happens to be the son in law of the owner of the North Jersey Media Group? If the answer is the latter, then we can only look to the Blogs for any kind of truth about what goes on in the Village!
Doubling parking meter rates in Ridgewood did not double revenues, but other factors may have played a role in how the parking utility netted $34,000 in additional income over a five-month period, compared to the same time frame in 2008.
The Ridgewood News, through an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request, obtained parking utility revenue figures for the months from August to December 2008, when rates were 25 cents an hour to park at all meters in the village, and August to December 2009, when the Village Council changed the rates to 50 cents an hour.
Parking in Graydon South Lot Will Now Cost $425 Per School Year
The time honored tradition of Ridgewood High School students being able to park for free in the Graydon South lot will soon come to an unceremonious end.
Students may thank Village Council members for this bit of bad news. Council members are still seeking to plug major gaps in the municipal budget by squeezing revenue from every possible source; an increase in permit parking fees is one of those sources.
The Ridgewood Board of Education (BOE) announces layoffs necessary Ridgewood announces school layoffs Tuesday, March 9, 2010 BY DOLORES ALFIERI The Ridgewood News STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood Board of Education (BOE) announced that layoffs in the village’s schools will be necessary to manage the 2010/2011 budget. At its meeting last night, the BOE outlined the reduction in school administration and salaries. A district-wide meeting was called Monday afternoon to inform teachers and administrators of cuts that seem all but inevitable.
Village Council Election: Readers Still Question the Use of RPP email List
…using an email list from the Village of Ridgewood(rpp) to further one’s personal gain (getting petition signatures for public office) should be more than likely to be considered as an unethical matter.
If ethics play any part in submitting the required number of petitions in order to run for a seat on the council, those that were acquired by unethical means and submitted, justly should be thrown out (considered as null and void).
WHAT BOIL WATER ADVISORY? “Funny thing, tonite after dinner I got a call from Bergen county stating the ‘boil water order’ had been lifted. The joke is on me since I never got the call to boil water in the first place and I drank 4 glasses today. Per the Village website, it did not affect us. Who do I beleive? Hopefuly I wont get the ‘tourista’.”
Kenneth A. Gabbert :March 22nd the Village gave notices to employees holding positions that in the 2010 budget will be eliminated Informational Statement Village of Ridgewood, March 23, 2010 Contact: Kenneth A. Gabbert, Village Manager
The Unions representing Village employees have been most cooperative under a rather difficult financial process, as the Village faced nearly a one million dollar shortfall in the proposed 2010 Budget.
In January 2010, the Village Finance Committee met with Union representatives and detailed the need to extend contracts one year with no pay increase this year.
Ridgewood Teachers: I’m sorry but your crocodile tears no longer move me
I raised money for you. I wrote letters for you. I voted for every budget for the first 13 years I lived here. I listened to you complain and how you were ready to walk out until you got double what I made that year – but still supported you. I went to games, music performances, plays, exhibits (and still do). I donated to the REF. How do you repay me and my family? By ignoring that we were tired of your complaining and wanting all the assurances that us commoners are not afforded in our careers.
The Ridgewood Police Department is accepting applications for anyone interested in becoming a School Crossing Guard. Posts are a minimum of two (2) hours a day. Work may even be available during times when school is closed (winter/summer breaks). Please contact the Ridgewood Police Records Room at (201) 251-4531 for blank applications and questions. The Village of Ridgewood is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
>Happy New Year : Once again we ask , New Years Resolutions anyone? PJ, So do we really make New Years Resolutions as future goals we want to accomplish or do we simply make New Years Resolutions to make us feel better about all the things we haven’t done that we should ? For instance ;instead of facing the fact that we are FAT we make a resolution to loose wait in the future eat healthier or exercise regularly ?
>Ridgewood Blog Readers Tired of having their pockets picked over Xanadu
Sen. Loretta Weinberg, D-Teaneck, put you hands back in your pockets.
Xanadu is not a viable project without outside support (I guess that means the government and tax payer dollars). The alternative is to demolish everything but the garage parking. Personally, that’s the option I prefer.
The idea of Christie writing these guys a check is peverse enough-but the idea of you, the unions and the dems getting a skim off that graft is sickening me.
I know this means that all the prior, under the table, deals that McGreavy and Corzine negotiated for all his crooked political friends will not be honored but they are either in jail or dead now. Let it go.
>Ridgewood Co-op Holds Open House for 2011-2012 School Year
The Cooperative Nursery School of Ridgewood, a nonsectarian school, will hold an Open House for the 2011-2012 school year on Thursday, January 13th, 2011 from 9:30-11:30 and 12:45-2:45. The school is located at 100 Dayton Street in the center of Ridgewood.
The Co-op offers classes for children from one and one half to five years old. Classes range from Mommy and Me classes to four day per week classes for 4 year olds. A Kindergarten Enrichment and Mommy and Me programs are also available. The school has both morning and afternoon classes. The school’s seasoned professional teaching staff members guide students toward social, emotional and physical well-being. Children learn and play in an environment ideally suited to their needs as developing individuals. The program encourages independence, self-discipline and a love for school.
Setting the school apart from other nursery schools, The Co-op is organized and run by the parents. This enables parents to actively participate in their child’s early learning experience. Music, physical education, field trips, indoor and outdoor play time and an in-house library are just a few of the experiences to which the children are exposed as supplements to the daily education plans.
Please call the school at (201) 447-6232 for more information or if you would like to schedule a private tour
>A look at the year that was in Ridgewood Thursday, December 30, 2010 COMPILED BY JOYCE VENEZIA SUSS THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS For The Ridgewood News
A look back at the news for 2010 in Ridgewood uncovers a variety of issues and incidents, including more pedestrians struck by vehicles in downtown crosswalks; financial struggles as the village copes with a struggling economy; the ongoing debate over The Valley Hospital Renewal; Internet-related issues in village schools; and the deaths of some well-known village residents.
Large crowds gathered during Ridgewood Planning Board hearings concerning The Valley Hospital’s ‘Renewal.’ The board approved amendments to the master plan in June. Here is a recap of the top stories in The Ridgewood News from each month in 2010:
Lawmakers took a step Thursday toward invalidating a proposed state Supreme Court rule that would permit intimidated witnesses to provide testimony from outside the courtroom in all criminal cases. (Symons, Home News Tribune)
>N.J. pension funds performed worse than stated, audit finds
The director of the state Division of Investment Thursday restating its annualized performance numbers for fiscal years 2008-09 and 2009-10. (Hester, New Jersey Newsroom)
