TRENTON, N.J. — Moving quickly to quell a widening political scandal, Gov. Chris Christie fired one of his top aides Thursday and apologized repeatedly for the “abject stupidity” of his staff, insisting he had no idea anyone around him had engineered traffic jams as retribution against a Democratic mayor. “I am embarrassed and humiliated by […]
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Florence B. Vanaman
1929 – 2013 VOORHEES, N.J. — Florence B. (nee Cummings) Vanaman, 84, of Mt. Laurel, N.J., died Tuesday, Nov. 19. She was born in Auburn on April 30, 1929, the daughter of George W. Cummings and Florence M. Johnson, and was raised in Auburn. Florence raised her family in Mount Laurel, N.J. She was an […]
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Verna A. Cote
1929 – 2013 AUBURN — Verna A. Cote, 84, of Lewiston, passed peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 9, with her loving family surrounding her. She was born on May 6, 1929, to Ortho and Georgianna (Smith) Dolloff in Winthrop and raised in Mt. Vernon, along with her three sisters. She ventured to Connecticut and later to […]
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Man who fired shots in New Jersey mall kills himself
Investigators don’t believe the gunman, identified as 20-year-old Richard Shoop, intended to shoot anyone when he began firing at the ceiling and elsewhere at the Garden State Plaza on Monday night shortly before the mall’s closing time, Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said. “We think he went in with the intent that he was not […]
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NJ Gov. Christie drops challenge to gay marriage
LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie has dropped his appeal to legalized same-sex marriages in New Jersey. In an email, the governor’s office says it submitted a formal withdrawal to the state Supreme Court Monday morning. Last month, a lower-court judge ruled that New Jersey must recognize gay marriages starting Monday. Gay couples began exchanging […]
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Miss New York crowned Miss America 2014
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Nina Davuluri became the first contestant of Indian heritage and the second consecutive contestant from New York to win the Miss America pageant Sunday night. Davuluri, 24, won the title as the nationally televised pageant returned home to Atlantic City. She succeeds another Miss New York, Mallory Hagan, whose tenure […]
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Farmers’ Almanac predicts a stormy Super Bowl
LEWISTON (AP) — The Farmers’ Almanac is using words like “piercing cold,” ”bitterly cold” and “biting cold” to describe the upcoming winter. And if its predictions are right, the first outdoor Super Bowl in years will be a messy “Storm Bowl.” The 197-year-old publication that hits newsstands Monday predicts a winter storm will hit the […]
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New Jersey man hurt in ATV rollover near Greenville
MOOSEHEAD JUNCTION TOWNSHIP — A New Jersey man suffered shoulder and rib injuries when he accidentally rolled his all-terrain vehicle Thursday on a trail, officials said. Daniel L. Kerr, 57, of Pennsauken, N.J., was driving an ATV he rented in Greenville on a trail to Shirley when he hit large rocks that caused his vehicle […]