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School Board Approves $600K Auditing Contract
South Ward Patch
Jan 25The Newark Public Schools advisory board approved a $600,000 extended contract Tuesday night with an auditing company that will closely analyze the district's expenditures over the last three years. The contract with WISS & Company, which has been cont... »
NJ Gov. Chris Christie Meets With Portuguese Ambassador To US
WCBSTV Local Business
Jan 20The meeting came as two separate cases involving fugitives with ties to both New Jersey and Portugal are being fought over in U.S. and Portuguese courts. »
Morning News Digest: January 20, 2012
Politicker NJ
Jan 20Morning News Digest: January 20, 2012By Missy RebovichTry State Street Wire, Follow PolitickerNJ on Twitter and Facebook. Text "PNJ" to 89800 to receive alerts In LD16 GOP special convention, Simon defeats Spadea, who will fight on in primary In a ... »
Helping Students, By Staying Focused on the Goal
South Ward Patch
Jan 20Newark’s public schools have long benefited from the largesse of some of the heaviest hitters in New Jersey’s philanthropic community. Yet according to experts familiar with the city’s school system, those efforts, while helpful to some students, are s... »
Newark School Board to Vote on $600K Auditing Contract
West Ward Patch
Jan 18The Newark Public Schools advisory board is set to vote on a $600,000 contract that would thoroughly audit the district's expenditures over the last three years, a potentially cost-saving measure, officials said at Tuesday night's business meeting. The... »
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Eater Maps: Big Name Chefs and Restaurateurs Who've Expanded to Atlantic City
Eater National
Jan 27With the news that several major chefs (Alain Allegretti, Marc Forgione, Jose Garces, and perhaps Michel Richard) will be opening restaurants at Atlantic City's forthcoming Revel Resort, it looks like the charmingly dreary casino town might become a di... »
Gasliting and Recycling in South Orange
Newark USA
Jan 05My neighborhood, Vailsburg, is what I call a "peninsula surrounded by land", the odd-shaped westward extension of Newark beyond the Garden State Parkway. It is surrounded by the City of East Orange on the north, the Townships of Irvington and Maplewood... »
Master Plan Open House
Newark USA
Dec 18I attended the December 7th Open House at which members of the general public could review the proposed changes to the City of Newark Master Plan. That Open House, and another on December 10th, were held in the cafeteria ("Dining" area) of the magnific... »
Master Plan Hearings Tonite and Saturday
Newark USA
Dec 07For some reason I do not understand, today's first two graffics were originally not appearing. Altho I subsequently deleted and then uploaded them again, and they worked, I'm leaving this informational note in case they vanish again. The first graffic ... »
Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories
HuffPost New York Blogs
Dec 02Bobby Valentine nailed his introductory news conference in Boston yesterday. The only thing he wasn't asked in the mass news conference was about his approach to players drinking beer in the clubhouse during games. »