Environmental work boosts fears of bird strikes at Teterboro airport

Seeded on Fri Oct 9, 2009 11:02 AM EDT (northjersey.com)

A massive project to restore a wildlife habitat in the Meadowlands has raised fears of increased bird strikes at nearby Teterboro Airport, which already has the highest rate of hits in the region.

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Stuck In The State We Are In

Seeded on Wed Oct 7, 2009 12:18 PM EDT (WNYC New York Public Radio)

New Jersey has more governmental entities than just about any place of the planet. And we must like it because in the 30 years I have been on this we have only zeroed out ONE TOWN.

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Committee Votes Yes to Deer Culling

Seeded on Wed Oct 7, 2009 11:52 AM EDT (maplewood.patch.com)

After hearing passionate testimony from differing views on the annual county-run deer hunt in South Mountain Reservation, Maplewood's Township Committee voted to go forward with the deer hunt.

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N.J. State Police rescues hiker after he suffers heart attack in Passaic County

Seeded on Thu Oct 1, 2009 6:05 PM EDT (NJ.com)

State Police aviation units rescued an 82-year-old hiker who apparently suffered a heart attack today in a wooded section of Passaic County, authorities said.

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Essex County increases patrols at South Mountain Reservation after discovery of animal remains

Seeded on Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:08 PM EDT (NJ.com)

Essex County sheriff's officers have stepped up patrols in the South Mountain Reservation after the discovery of animal carcasses possibly used in a religious rite, the second such find in a week.

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Thomas Edison's invention factory in West Orange is set to reopen

Seeded on Sun Sep 27, 2009 9:21 AM EDT (NJ.com)

Generations of children who made the pilgrimage to Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West Orange used to be confined to the first floor of the main laboratory where Edison punched in at a time clock for 80-hour weeks and took naps on a small bed in his library.

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$21.5 million deal reached to fix dirty creek in Oceanport

Seeded on Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:41 PM EDT (NJ.com)

Along the shores of Branchport Creek in Oceanport, residents swim, fish and boat in what looks to be an idyllic setting.

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The Hawk Watchers of Montclair

Seeded on Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:30 AM EDT (baristanet.com)

You no doubt have seen views of Manhattan from Eagle Rock Reservation. And you've seen hawks, even if you couldn't tell a kite from a sharpie.

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Ad agencies pitch N.J.'s strengths

Seeded on Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:16 AM EDT (northjersey.com)

Tired of living in the shadow of Manhattan and Philadelphia advertising firms, marketing and public relations agencies and media businesses in New Jersey agree they need to brand the state as a worthy market for advertising dollars.

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N.J. cockroach contest predicts Corzine will beat Christie in governor's race

Seeded on Thu Aug 20, 2009 4:19 PM EDT (NJ.com)

If you have any faith in the prediction powers of cockroaches, Jon Corzine will win November's gubernatorial election.

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Netscape Founder Backs New Browser - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Fri Aug 14, 2009 6:07 PM EDT (The New York Times)

It has been 15 years since Marc Andreessen developed the Netscape Internet browser that introduced millions of people to the Internet. Marc Andreessen in 1996. Netscape was the dominant Web browser until Microsoft introduced Internet Explorer.

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Environmental groups sue over Raritan Bay contamination

Seeded on Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:14 PM EDT (NJ.com)

- Two environmental groups announced at the former National Lead site in Sayreville today they have filed a federal lawsuit against 11 parties representing seven public and private entities, over pollution in and around Raritan Bay.

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Project aims to bring new life to wetlands

Seeded on Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:04 AM EDT (northjersey.com)

The aerial bombardment will be first, with herbicides sprayed by helicopter. Next, long-necked excavators will tear apart whatever is left. Channels will be dug. Berms will be heaped high.

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Union County set to approve costly renovation on historic barn

Seeded on Sun Jul 26, 2009 9:15 AM EDT (NJ.com)

A 127-year-old barn in the Watchung Reservation that was part of a once-thriving resort village but has fallen into disrepair will receive a $1.49 million renovation, with Union County paying nearly three-quarters of the cost.

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Spotlight shines on overlooked Delaware & Raritan Canal

Seeded on Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:12 AM EDT (NJ.com)

Girdling the waist of New Jersey like a shimmering sash is a historical and natural wonder whose fame is long overdue.

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Cops Arrest Two Men Dressed As Batman And Superman In Times Square

Seeded on Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:47 AM EDT (New York Post)

Superman and Batman took on New York's Finest last night in an epic Crossroads of the World battle that left the Caped Crusader in cuffs. Stunned Times Square tourists and office workers watched agog as cops struggled to subdue Clark Kent's alter ego without kryptonite.

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Mothers Against Drunk Driving slam N.J. Turnpike-themed beer

Seeded on Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:52 AM EDT (NJ.com)

A New Jersey brewery is using the state's congested and often-derided turnpike to promote its beer, an idea that concerns the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and a group that opposes drinking and driving.

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Ecotourists travel to Jersey Shore to experience the outdoors

Seeded on Fri Jul 3, 2009 11:12 AM EDT (NJ.com)

For years, day trippers have flocked to the Jersey Shore to lay on the beach and soak up the sun and surf.

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The birds are back in town

Seeded on Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:44 PM EDT (northjersey.com)

The peregrine falcon, which had been completely wiped out east of the Mississippi River by the early 1960s because of the pesticide DDT, is making a strong recovery in urban areas, and has been spotted this spring perched on three bridges that span the Hackensack River in Bergen …

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N.J. students in environment-education program ride self-built canoes on Passaic River

Seeded on Mon May 18, 2009 9:22 PM EDT (NJ.com)

About three dozen students from four schools in the city took wooden canoes they crafted from blank pieces of wood, and caste them on the murky waters of the Passaic River this weekend as the culmination of a program that taught them math, history, environmental science and carpe …

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Resident shoots man trying to break into Berkeley Heights home - NJ.com

Seeded on Tue May 12, 2009 9:32 AM EDT (NJ.com)

A resident shot a man last night when the would-be intruder tried to enter a home in the Deserted Village of Feltville, authorities said.

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Why Circuit City Failed, and Why B&H Thrives

Seeded on Wed May 6, 2009 2:42 PM EDT (Inc.com)

Many companies that have gone bust didn't die because of the recession. They failed for one reason: They treated customers poorly

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Nokia's Ovi absorbs WidSets

Seeded on Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:50 AM EDT (The Register (UK))

Nokia's Ovi Store gobbled up the Java-based WidSets platform this morning, as Nokia struggles to build the portal into all things to all men before the start of June.

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Earth Week? Let's Clean the River

Seeded on Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:44 AM EDT (The New York Times)

It was a typical Saturday morning in South Orange's Cameron Field Park. There was sunshine, friends, bagels — and rubber gloves and heavy-duty rain boots.

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