Tag Archives: NJ
Madam Marie
One of my favorite lines written by Bruce Springsteen. One sentence and you can imagine an entire story. “Did you hear, the cops finally busted Madame Marie for tellin’ fortunes better than they do?” -4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) She was Madam Marie. For three-quarters of a century, off and on, she held court [...]
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Off-track betting again (sorry!)
Feel free to skip this post if the topic isn’t of interest- which means pretty much all of you. Original posts are here and here. So now there’s a petition to stop the OTW facility. It’s a public petition and people have posted comments under their names, but I won’t link to it here. Forgive [...]
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Off-track betting update
First, hi to all the neighbors stopping by via searches! I’m glad you’re taking the time to do some research. If you’d like to read my original post on this topic click through here. So I went to the special meeting where the NJSEA presented their proposal to build an off-track wagering facility here in [...]
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Off-track betting coming to town?
There’s an email flying around here stating that our town has been targeted by the NJ Sports & Exposition Authority as a possible site for an off-track betting facility. The first one in the state opened in October 2007 in Woodbridge. Apparently the town has until March 10 to let the NJSEA know if we’re [...]
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at Panera bread with NJ New Media makers
bandwidth here stinks, but we’re trying anyway.Mobile post sent by banannie using Utterz. Replies.
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Do you know what’s happening in Newark?
Random violence. Children afraid to walk outside. Parents afraid to let their teenagers out the door. People rushing to get home before dark. Politicians calling for action, but it’s so late in that game. Twenty minutes away from my quiet suburban existence. In Newark NJ. Killed in the attack were Terrance Aeriel, 18, Dashon Harvey, [...]
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yeah, but it was… funny.
NJ.com covers the NJ blog stream (not mine) and uncovers this controversy: How soon is too soon to joke about a governor who is in the hospital after a serious car accident? Atlantic County Republican Chairman Keith Davis caught some criticism last week when he posted this joke about Corzine’s car crash on his blog [...]
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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band 07-28-2008