Friday, April 5, 2013
Friday, April 5, 2013

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Four seats will be contested in this fall's Cherry Hill township council race, with three incumbents vying to keep their spots on the all-Democratic panel.
The Christie Chronicles: The former Democratic congressman from Bucks County, Patrick Murphy, appeared on a decidedly anti-Christie MSNBC panel this afternoon alongside Sen. Barbara Buono (D., Middlesex).
Seeking records on Sandy cleanup contracts, they dropped a top Christie aide.
Underwater doesn't even begin to get at the heart of Maurice Corkery's predicament.
Rutgers University assistant basektball coach Jimmy Martelli resigned Wednesday, the day head coach Mike Rice was fired, a university spokesman confirmed Thursday.
Cherry Hill intends to bid on the Woodcrest Country Club when the bankrupt golf course goes up for auction next month, township officials announced Wednesday.
Sources say the authority's economic-development projects are under scrutiny.
Kevin Riordan: Eric O'Dell found out an apartment complex had been proposed for his part of Cherry Hill from a flier someone left on his windshield. He was stunned.
State prosecutors are objecting to a bankruptcy filing made by a major New Jersey engineering firm just days after it was indicted and state authorities won an order freezing its assets.
New Jersey is suspending an ID theft program that has delayed tax refunds to 13,000 taxpayers.
Burlco Buzz: The Pew Research Center says that for the first time in 40 years, a poll conducted last month shows the majority of Americans favor marijuana legalization. The number jumped 11 points since 2010 to 52 percent. And 77 percent recognize the validity of medical marijuana.
Four seats will be contested in this fall's Cherry Hill township council race, with three incumbents vying to keep their spots on the all-Democratic panel.
A fresh crop of South Jersey candidates vying for legislative seats this year have impressive backgrounds but little or no political experience.
Rutgers University assistant basektball coach Jimmy Martelli resigned Wednesday, the day head coach Mike Rice was fired, a university spokesman confirmed Thursday.
Agency must turn over five years of records about spending that had nothing to do with its mission: running bridges and a rail line.
NJ Spotlight: Critics like Jon Vernick, a researcher at Johns Hopkins University who has co-authored two studies on the question, say there is no evidence that buybacks reduce gun violence and that the money spent on the programs could be put to better use.
Top transportation officials are recounting a challenging year financially in New Jersey, cleaning up several snow storms in the months after Superstorm Sandy.
The Christie Chronicles: The former Democratic congressman from Bucks County, Patrick Murphy, appeared on a decidedly anti-Christie MSNBC panel this afternoon alongside Sen. Barbara Buono (D., Middlesex).
Seeking records on Sandy cleanup contracts, they dropped a top Christie aide.
Underwater doesn't even begin to get at the heart of Maurice Corkery's predicament.