Advocate helps keep N.J. gov’t an open, public place
      Slowly but surely, John Paff is making New Jersey government more open and accessible to the public. Paff has spent the past couple of years peeking into the workings of local government agencies, which he often chooses at random, to make sure things are on the up and up when it comes to open...
More ...

Opinion
Read the Story...

Coda
If they won’t do it, we’ll have to do it ourselves
Greg Bean
      If there’s one thing we can almost all agree on this week, it’s that the BIG DEAL effort at property tax reform this year is as dead as Chester Watson’s mule. And as everyone who saw it hit by lightning — three times — can attest, that cranky old mule was as dead as dead gets.
More ...

Around Town
Pursuit of happiness makes mom go ‘Wii’
Amy Rosen
      I was recently shocked to hear news stories of long lines and people camping out to get the new PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii game systems. One individual was even robbed while waiting on line for a system. A week later our 12-year-old son told us what he wanted for Hanukkah – a ...
More ...