On the hard days, when she needed to feel close to him, she would search out his scent. Patricia Young knew where to find it. Staff Sgt. Harry Young had lain with the couple’s young son and the boy’s teddy bear before he left for Iraq last year. For weeks after Harry shipped out, Patricia … More Love Endures After Iraq
Two years after a serial killer left four prostitutes in a water-filled ditch, the women’s children carry on. … More In Living Memory: children of the Atlantic City victims
Alone in the dark, Andrew Clark Jr. walked along the rocky apron of the railroad tracks in Spring Lake. He was in a bad way, he told a friend on the phone. He didn’t say why. He didn’t have to. It always came back to Bart. … More What happened to this all-American boy?
The Ocean County hamlet of Mantoloking offers a gem of a public beach. Just don’t expect a lifeguard. Or a shower. Or a changing room. Or much parking. Don’t bring a picnic lunch; food is forbidden. You may drink, but drink cautiously. The nearest restrooms are at borough hall, and on weekends and holidays, the … More Doing your homework on access to beaches
The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey)April 17, 2008 Thursday FINAL EDITIONPope, in D.C., begins campaign of renewalBenedict warns of secularism in a `land of great faith’ and implores bishops to speak outBYLINE: MARK MUELLER, STAR-LEDGER STAFFSECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1LENGTH: 1765 wordsDATELINE: WASHINGTON In twin addresses on his first full day in the United States, Pope Benedict … More Pope Benedict first day in US
The cartoonish image of Pope Benedict, once lampooned as “God’s Rottweiler,” has given way to a more favorable and complex portrait. … More A complex portrait replaces simplistic image of pope
In a sweeping corruption scandal stretching from a small South Jersey school district to the corridors of power in the state’s northern cities, federal agents charged 11 public officials yesterday with taking bribes in exchange for help securing public contracts. … More Federal corruption sting nabs 11 public officials
Tamika Riley, a woman with a flair for fashion and an appetite for finery, appeared to be flat broke. Her Newark clothing boutique had gone belly up. She needed public assistance to help pay the rent on her apartment. She wanted a Mercedes, but her credit was so bad a friend had to sign the lease for her. Then, in the late 1990s, she met Newark Mayor Sharpe James, and her fortunes turned. … More Sweetheart deals for mayor’s mistress
It is the enduring image of one of the most tumultuous days in New Jersey’s political history. As former Gov. James E. McGreevey declared himself a “gay American” during a nationally televised news conference three years ago, his shell-shocked wife stood by his side, a rigid smile on her face, as if etched in stone. … More Dina reveals to Oprah: My smile was forced
On the streets of Atlantic City, everyone’s got a suspect. Prostitutes speak of creepy, threatening johns. Employees of a run-down motel talk about the Scripture-quoting guest who kept a collection of women’s shoes in his room. One woman, now jailed, points to a “white guy with a lot of money” who hosted a crack-fueled, motel-hopping sex party. … More Streetwalker killings are a daunting case in A.C.
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