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  Cory Booker, Frank Pallone and Rush Holt were all in attendance for a special convention of the Democratic Committee of Bergen County Wednesday evening at the Hackensack High School. The Bergen Democrats offically gave the Newark Mayor the county line for the up coming primary election.
 Scott Garrett (R-NJ) along with the rest of New Jersey’s congressional delegation is set to vote today on a bill that would outlaw abortion after 20 weeks. The bill H.R. 1797, co-sponsored by Garrett and titled The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act would amend the federal criminal code to prohibit any person from performing or attempting to perform an abortion if the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 20 weeks or greater.  7-11 Store Owners and Operators Used Identities Stolen from U.S. Citizens, Including the Deceased and Children, to Conceal Their Scheme, and Harbored Illegal Immigrant Workers at Houses Owned by the Defendants  On Friday, June 14, the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office joined with 25 local and county law enforcement agencies to participate in the third annual Bergen County Chief for a Day celebration. The program provides children with chronic health conditions the opportunity to receive a behind-the-scenes look at law enforcement.
 Legislation would add disorderly person’s offenses to the list of criminal conduct that, upon conviction, requires biological sampling for the DNA database. The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee today approved the legislation.
After a sample is taken, the Division of State Police identifies, analyzes, and stores it in a state databank. The division also forwards the DNA information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for inclusion in the federal Combined DNA Index System  The Monmouth University Poll released Thursday showed Booker would get three-fifth of the votes in a Democratic primary. No others would get more than 1 in 10.
Chris Christie leads challenger Barbara Buono by 30 points  – “If I were a member of the U.S. Senate, I would vote no.”
On Lonegan's campaign website you can "Follow Steve On Twitter", "Like Steve On Facebook" and of course “Donate to Steve” but what the website does not have is a section called "Issues".  Popular Assemblywoman Connie Wagner (D-38), Paramus, a three-term Democrat from Bergen County, will not seek reelection, she said Tuesday.
Wagner notified Democratic Party leadership this evening that she will not run again for reasons related to her family, sources said.
![Cory Booker Announces Senate Run [Video]](/images/cory_booker.jpg) It's official: Cory Booker announces candidacy for US Senate.
On Saturday Newark's Mayor Cory Booker announced he will be running for the US Senate seat left vacant by the death of Frank Lautenberg.
 Top secret court order requiring Verizon to hand over all call data shows scale of domestic surveillance under Obama administration, Britain's Guardian newspaper said Wednesday
Cory Booker, Frank Pallone and Rush Holt were all in attendance for a special convention of the Democratic Committee of Bergen County Wednesday evening at the Hackensack High School. The Bergen Democrats offically gave the Newark Mayor the county line for the up coming primary election.
Westwood native James Gandolfini, whose portrayal of a brutal, emotionally delicate mob boss in HBO’s “The Sopranos” helped create one of TV’s greatest drama series and turned the mobster stereotype on its head, died Wednesday in Italy. He was 51. The plan to put artificial turf on Geissinger Field has been discussed for years. Now, complain district officials and residents, Tenafly is among the few Bergen County towns that lacks a turf field with lighting. The borough has reinstated the Fire Department after a two-day suspension, issuing a statement Wednesday evening that the shuttered firehouse would reopen at 8 a.m. Thursday when local firefighters would resume responding to emergencies. A 40-year-old Palisades Park man who last fall participated in the town’s National Night Out against crime held a secret crime of his own, prosecutors said today He’d been sleeping with a New Milford girl beginning when she was 14. The three-year relationship was discovered by a staffer at New Milford High School, who called [...] A judge Wednesday rejected the defense attorney’s assertion that the prosecutor should be compelled to testify about failing to immediately turn over a report that found Wayne Police mishandled the investigation. The federal government is reimbursing New Jersey for $5 million in debris removal costs incurred by the state Department of Transportation in the immediate aftermath of superstorm Sandy, U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Jeffrey Chiesa announced this afternoon. A Washington Township man has been accused of stealing $100,000 that had been loaned to him as an investment, authorities said Wednesday. School board trustees expected to take final vote at the Monday, June 24 public meeting. Authorities continue to search for a suspect involved in a police shooting in southern New Jersey that left another suspect hospitalized. A Washington Township man has been accused of stealing $100,000 that had been loaned to him as an investment, authorities said Wednesday. HackensackUMC is proud to announce that it has achieved the Healthgrades 2013 Women’s Health Excellence Award™ and is among the top 5 percent hospitals in the nation for the eighth year in a row according to Healthgrades, the leading online resource that helps consumers search, evaluate, compare and [...] The firehouse, which has been shuttered since noon Monday, will reopen at 8 a.m. Thursday, and the Leonia department will resume providing fire protection, Councilman Greg Makroulakis, a member of the borough's Fire Committee, said Wednesday. Jeff Chiesa had been a senator for little more than 24 hours when he strode into the chamber to cast his first vote on an immigration bill that ranks as President Obama's top domestic priority. President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. M&T Bank Corp., which delayed its $3.7 billion purchase of Hudson City Bancorp of Paramus because the Buffalo bank’s moneylaundering controls failed to pass regulatory muster, has entered into an agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to revise its compliance programs. Democrats from the state’s seven southern counties threw their support behind Cory Booker’s U.S. Senate bid during an event in West Deptford Wednesday. OfficeMax Inc. and Office Depot Inc. want Illinois and Florida to compete to be the home of their combined headquarters if their proposed merger is approved by offering the best package of tax breaks that they can.
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