05/17/13 The Raw New Jersey Newsfeed

Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for New Jersey.

• 'Hatchet hitchhiker' arrested in NJ homicide _{2013-05-17, 11:57 am}
  The unlikely pair - an itinerant hitchhiker turned Internet celebrity and a lawyer three times his age - met amid the neon lights of Times Square and headed back to a squat brick home on a quiet New Jersey cul-de-sac, authorities say.
• Taylor's Repairs Get Go-Ahead From Officials _{2013-05-17, 11:22 am}
  ... Harrington said. "But I know we're going to go at it hard from the start." The general contractor pointed at New Jersey shore homes and what those owners are going through in comparison, more than six months after superstorm Sandy devastated the ...
• Mendham Man Stars in Long Valley Playwright's Work _{2013-05-17, 11:20 am}
  ... features Montville actress Lauren Klemp, as the high school sweetheart, and explores the highs and the lows of New Jersey life, love and high school in the transitional 60's. Klemp is joined by character actress, Patricia Giampolo and leading man, ...
• Local Scout Works to 'Shore Up The Shore' _{2013-05-17, 11:16 am}
  The wind and rain are long gone, but the damage remains. New Jersey's shoreline received an unwanted facelift when Super Storm Sandy took over the area, devastating homes and lives along the way.
• Poll: Should tobacco purchase age be raised to 21? _{2013-05-17, 10:46 am}
  ... Ayala, 18, of Jersey City takes smoke break at the Castle Point Skate Park in Hoboken on Monday, March 12, 2012. New Jersey officials want to up the age someone can buy tobacco products from 19 to 21. (Andrew Miller/For The Jersey Journal) Following ...
• Union County prosecutor calls it quits after 11 years _{2013-05-17, 10:15 am}
  ... Corzine reappointed him to a second term in 2008. He has served as president of the Prosecutor's Association of New Jersey and chaired the association's Juvenile Justice Committee. He has also served on the Drug Court Committee, the Child Life ...
• Blog: 31,000 Vehicles in Sandy Flood Database _{2013-05-17, 09:50 am}
  By Jim Donovan: If you're looking to buy a used car, be sure to check out the online database listing all vehicles issued flood or salvage titles since Superstorm Sandy flooded large areas of New Jersey.
• Database Provides Information on 31,000 Flood and Salvage-Titled Vehicles _{2013-05-17, 09:49 am}
  ... The database was established in January and lists all flood or salvaged titles since Superstorm Sandy bombarded New Jersey on Oct. 29 of last year. Customers can look up vehicles in the database using the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). "The ...
• Route 10 Resurfacing in Livingston Begins This Week _{2013-05-17, 09:19 am}
  The New Jersey Department of Transportation announced a plan Tuesday to resurface more than five miles of Route 10 westbound in the township beginning later this week, officials said in a release.
• Jersey-born jockey Rosie Napravnik slated to ride in the Preakness Stakes _{2013-05-17, 09:15 am}
  ... race on Saturday in Baltimore, Md., will be somewhat of a homecoming for Napravnik. Although born and raised in New Jersey, she began her career as a jockey in Maryland. She won for the first time with Ringofdiamonds at Pimlico on June 9, 2005, just ...
• Symposium at FDU to tackle lessons learned in superstorm Sandy _{2013-05-17, 09:11 am}
  ... Auditorium. The program will include lectures, panel discussions, and open forums with representatives from the New Jersey State Police, New Jersey Office of Emergency Management, New Jersey National Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Port ...
• Elmer Grange honors B.R. Williams with Community Citizen of the Year Award _{2013-05-17, 09:11 am}
  ... 1935, B.R. Williams has been safely providing school bus transportation services to local school districts in New Jersey as well as bus services, airport shuttles and other transportation needs for Salem, Gloucester and Cumberland counties. After ...
• QuickChek Corporation in Whitehouse Station earns honors in both New Jersey and New York for 2013 _{2013-05-17, 08:44 am}
  QuickChek Corporation, based in Whitehouse Station, is selected as one of the 'AA AA best companies to work for in New Jersey and the state of New York.' Pictured here is a New York QuickChek store.
• New Jersey Choral Society presents "Mass" _{2013-05-17, 08:43 am}
  May 16, 2013 - RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Bergen & Essex County - The New Jersey Choral Society concludes its 2012-13 season with "Mass," a program of reflective and inspirational music on Friday, May 31 at 8:00 pm at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, 30 North Fullerton Ave., Montclair.
• Toms River teacher who said she was sexually assaulted by retired cop is suspended _{2013-05-17, 08:39 am}
  TOMS RIVER - Officials have suspended a New Jersey teacher with pay after she said she was the victim of a sexual assault.
• Skate and Surf schedule features many former Bamboozle stars _{2013-05-17, 08:24 am}
  Executives at the concert promotion company Live Nation broke many hearts in New Jersey when they decided not to bring back the Bamboozle in 2013.
• Famed 'hatchet hitchhiker' arrested in NJ homicide _{2013-05-17, 08:17 am}
  ... Union County Prosecutor's website, Caleb "Kai' Lawrence McGillivary is shown. McGillivary, 24, is being sought by New Jersey authorities on a murder warrant in the beating death of a New Jersey lawyer he befriended in New York's Times Square. The ...
• Atlantic City beach bars prepare to make Memorial Day debut _{2013-05-17, 08:00 am}
  ... both worlds, almost like South Beach where you have some beautiful older structures and that Key West look." The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement's April revenue report reflected a citywide post-Sandy slump. Business declined at Resorts, ...
• Indicted PokerStars founder involved in Atlantic Club casino deal, court papers say _{2013-05-17, 07:57 am}
  ... ATLANTIC CITY - The indicted founder of an online poker company was involved in negotiations to buy a New Jersey casino despite promises to federal authorities he would no longer hold any management positions, according to court documents filed this ...
• Mattura: Bergen County Coaches Association turns mulligan into ace for high school golf _{2013-05-17, 07:41 am}
  ... team and individual championships for high school golf. Bergen produces the most standout teams and players in New Jersey and combining the team tournament, known as the Odell Nassar, with the individual event, called the Dan Luciano, was a two-year ...