New Jersey boasts many wonderful farmers markets

Edit The Examiner 18 May 2016
With Memorial Day, summer barbecues and outdoor parties on the horizon, it’s time to shop fresh and local at one of New Jersey’s dozens of farmers markets ... Trenton Farmers Market. 960 Spruce Street, Lawrence Township, NJ. Open Wednesday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m ... The Crab Shack ... 2 Vaughn Drive, West Windsor, NJ 08550 ... 55 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08542 ... off the Route 12 circle in Raritan Township, Flemington, NJ ... ....

Student body president's grandma helped get Obama for speech

Edit Times Union 18 May 2016
PISCATAWAY, N.J ... Dianne Totten told NJ.com (http.//bit.ly/24XA097 ) she sent three messages to the White House, urging Obama to speak at Rutgers' graduation last Sunday. "It was really very short, very direct," Totten said of her notes ... ___ ... ___. Information from. NJ Advance Media. ....

Controversial plan by Democrats to redistrict state resurfaces

Edit NJ dot com 18 May 2016
Politico New Jersey was the first to report its return Tuesday. N.J ... State Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D-Union), a co-sponsor of the plan, told NJ Advance Media it would allow "a fair and independent process and not dominated by political input." ... "All they're trying to do is have an incumbent insurance policy," Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Union) told NJ Advance Media ... Find NJ.com Politics on Facebook. ....

HEARING: #SubCMT to Review 17 Bills Modernizing the FTC for the 21st Century NEXT WEEK (US House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce)

Edit Public Technologies 18 May 2016
(Source. US House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce). WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has announced a legislative hearing on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at 10.10 AM in 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, 'Legislative Hearing on 17 FTC Bills.' ... Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) ... Leonard Lance (R-NJ) ... Bill Pascrell (D-NJ)....

Chelsea Clinton campaigns at the Shore, calls Trump 'unserious'

Edit NJ dot com 18 May 2016
Chelsea Clinton made two stops in Monmouth County on Tuesday. Watch video. HAZLET -- On the last day for residents in New Jersey to register to vote in the June 7 primary, Chelsea Clinton made two stops along the Jersey Shore to campaign on behalf of her mother, Hillary ... senator and secretary of state.  ... my life and work is in New York." ... (Photo by Alex Napoliello . NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) ... Find NJ.com on Facebook. ....

Middlesex County College commencement 2016 (PHOTOS)

Edit NJ dot com 18 May 2016
Nearly 1,600 degrees were awarded to students. EDISON -- Middlesex County College awarded 1,596 degrees and certificates to 1,558 students during commencement ceremonies held at the Expo Center. Several thousand came to cheer on the graduates. Valedictorian Sridivya Raghavan delivered the class welcome ... Ed Murray may be reached at emurray@njadvancemedia.com. Follow Ed on Twitter at @EdMurrayphoto. Find NJ.COM on Facebook ... ....

Cory Booker keynotes DC gala

Edit MSNBC 18 May 2016
Senator Cory Booker, D-NJ, delivers remarks at the Center for American Progress Action Fund Annual Gala. Read more ... ....

stand up against Donald Trump

Edit Asbury Park Press 18 May 2016
After a campaign appearance in Long Branch, NJ, for her Presidential candidate mother Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton speaks about standing up to Donald Trump. STAFF VIDEO BY THOMAS P. COSTELLO.        .   ... ....

Woman charged in robbery of 64-year-old in Newark

Edit NJ dot com 18 May 2016
A suspect was caught the same day, police said. NEWARK -- The suspect in a robbery early Tuesday was captured within hours by the police department's Fugitive Apprehension Team, Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said. The victim, a 64-year-old man, was robbed in the 700 block of Broadway. An investigation by Det. Richard Warren identified Jennifer Ramone, 31, as the suspect, police said ... Find NJ.com on Facebook.   ... ....

Mets' Bartolo Colon honored by Guinness World Records

Edit NJ dot com 18 May 2016
Colon socked his first-career blast May 7 ... 42) to hit his first-ever major league home run ... Your browser does not support iframes ... Find NJ.com on Facebook. ....

Suicidal man reaches for cop's gun, gets arrested, cops say

Edit NJ dot com 18 May 2016
Hamilton Township Police Department. HAMILTON TWP. -- A suicidal man attempted to get shot by police by grabbing at an officer's handgun, according to authorities ... Don E ... Find NJ.com on Facebook.  . ....

Public can 'see stars' at Rutgers Observatory on select Thursday nights

Edit The Examiner 18 May 2016
The Robert A ... to 11.00 p.m ... The Serin Physics Laboratory Building is on the corner of Frelinghuysen and Allison Roads on the Busch Campus at 136 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ ... ....
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