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The ship made famous in the book and subsequent film "The Perfect Storm" has been intentionally sunk off the New Jersey and Delaware coasts so it can become part of an artificial reef. The sinking of the Tamaroa, a 205-foot Coast Guard vessel, took place Wednesday morning.
This week, Verona's congressman Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen voted to approve the American Health Care Act , the measure that replaces the Affordable Care Act passed under President Obama, though Verona's senators signalled that they will put up a stiff fight to approval by the U.S. Senate. In announcing his vote for the AHCA, Frelinghuysen said in a statement that the measure "protects those with pre-existing conditions and restores essential health benefits."
WASHINGTON -- Hurricane Sandy homeowners who thought they were protected by their federal flood insurance received unwelcome surprises after the storm, when claims were rejected, payments delayed and damages minimized. Now the flood insurance program is up for renewal, and Gov. Chris Christie said the government should turn it over to the private sector.
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, the most powerful member of the New Jersey congressional delegation, said he would vote against the Republican health care legislation that would leave an additional 500,000 state residents without coverage. "Unfortunately, the legislation before the House today is currently unacceptable as it would place significant new costs and barriers to care on my constituents in New Jersey," Frelinghuysen said in a statement.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has nominated a political ally whose name came up at the George Washington Bridge lane closure trial to serve on the board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Republican state Sen. Kevin O'Toole was not accused of playing a role in the scheme, which prosecutors say was aimed at punishing the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee for not endorsing Christie's re-election.
New Jersey environmental regulators on Friday approved a hotly contested plan to run a natural gas pipeline through a federally protected forest preserve amid raucous protests that included drums, tambourines and choruses of "This Land Is Your Land." The 15-member New Jersey Pinelands Commission voted to approve a plan by South Jersey Gas to run the pipeline through the federally protected Pinelands preserve, where development is drastically restricted.
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New Jersey bracing for immigration crackdown New Jersey residents are conflicted over federal plans to crack down on illegal immigration. Check out this story on northjersey.com: http://northjersy.news/2lt5bbY Nick Rivera is trying to pick up day work in Palisades Park Tuesday.
Speaking to CNN reporter Brooke Baldwin during Saturday's Women's March on Washington, Booker said his focus will be on keeping the Trump Administration in check. Booker said that Donald Trump is president, and that people need to get fight, resist and wake up if they object to his policies, not get caught up in "sedentary agitation" which he defined as people being upset but not doing anything about it.
But the day after Trump pulled off a stunning upset over Democrat Hillary Clinton , Dominguez made a decision: He would travel to Washington D.C. to watch the brazen, often controversial Republican get inaugurated. "I thought his style was dismissive," Dominguez said about an hour after seeing Trump get sworn in as America's 45th president on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.
Recently elected New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer is diverging from some of his Democratic colleagues and planning to attend Friday's presidential inauguration. It's a not-so-surprising move from someone who's already raised eyebrows by being one of just four Democrats to vote for a Republican-backed bill on regulation rollbacks.
Who will be the next top prosecutor in New Jersey? Trump to pick Garden State's next top federal prosecutor Check out this story on northjersey.com: http://northjersy.news/2jXuEs8 Legal and political insiders are still wondering who might be the next federal prosecutor for New Jersey after Inauguration Day, and whether the state's top Republican, Gov. Chris Christie, will have any say in the process. The top prosecutor job in each of the 94 federal judicial districts is a political appointment.
A Bruce Springsteen cover band is facing criticism for agreeing to play at an event in Washington ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. The B Street Band has been playing Bruce Springsteen cover sings for more than 35 years.
TRENTON -- 'You're both awful,' seems to be the message Garden State voters are sending the two major political parties, with about half saying they think the parties are "so misguided as to threaten the nation's well-being," according to a new FDU Public Mind poll. The survey found 48 percent of New Jerseyans said they considered a cold shower in winter more appealing than the Republican Party, according to the new survey of registered voters from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez Dec. 10, 2016 praised Senate passage of the bipartisan Water Resources Development Ac By Al Campbell, editor - Oh, to have met Francis Pharcellus Church. He authored the immortal editorial in reply to little Virginia O'Hanlon in WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez Dec. 10, 2016 praised Senate passage of the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act of 2016 which includes provisions they have fought for to authorize and expedite Army Corps of Engineers projects, improve the nation's drinking water infrastructure, enhance ecosystem protection, and make investments in the nation's ports and inland waterways.
Jurisdictions in New Jersey are clarifying their policies toward immigration enforcement as President-elect Trump has promised to pull federal funding from so-called 'sanctuary cities.' 'Sanctuary cities'; NJ mayors face Trump fight Jurisdictions in New Jersey are clarifying their policies toward immigration enforcement as President-elect Trump has promised to pull federal funding from so-called 'sanctuary cities.'
This shoreline community has tried everything it can think of to prevent protective sand dunes from being built along the beach, invoking lost views, wrongly seized property rights and damaged tourism prospects. Now that those big-picture issues have failed to kill the project, Margate is using a mosquito to make a questionable claim: that the dunes will help spread the Zika virus.
President-elect Donald Trump and Mitt Romney met Saturday at the billionaire's golf club in New Jersey, putting a year of conflict aside for a smiling handshake - though they did not indicate what, if any, role the 2012 GOP hopeful might play in the new administration. Trump flashed a thumbs-up and said the sit down "went great."
It was beginning to look like Phil Murphy would scare away every Democratic hopeful for governor in 2017 before the race even began in earnest. EDITORIAL: Wisniewski a worthy option as governor It was beginning to look like Phil Murphy would scare away every Democratic hopeful for governor in 2017 before the race even began in earnest.