Fresh concern as family pets vanish

| July 20, 2011

MISSING family pets in the Pendine area have sparked memories of the sickening mutilation of cats. For the third time in recent years, a number of pets have gone missing in the small village. On previous occasions cats had been reported missing, two years before the mutilated bodies of three pets were found in the [...]

NJ public school districts to receive at least 2 percent funding increase

| July 20, 2011

Patti Sapone/The Star Ledger Acting education commissioner Christopher Cerf, left, speaks during a 2010 press conference while Gov. Chris Christie looks on. The governor said Tuesday he will boost funding for all public school districts by at least 2 percent of their operating budgets.