Newark Man Sentenced To Prison As Leader Of Auto Theft Ring

 TRENTON—An Essex County man has been sentenced to state prison for leading an auto theft ring that targeted luxury cars, Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Deborah L. Gramiccioni announced last week. 

Saladine Grant, 34, of Newark, was ordered by Superior Court Judge Joseph P. Donohue in Union County to serve nine years in state prison, with three years of parole ineligibility.  He was ordered to pay $3,000 in auto theft fines, and his driver’s license was suspended for 10 years. 

The sentence is based on Grant’s Jan. 20 guilty plea to a charge of leading an auto theft trafficking network.  He also pleaded guilty to two counts of receiving stolen property, and one count of theft by unlawful taking.  The charges were contained in an indictment returned on Aug. 13, 2008. 

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Perth Amboy Mayor Outlines Efforts For 2010 Census

PERTH AMBOY – Perth Amboy Mayor Wilda Diaz outlined the city’s plans to reach all residents at a press conference to mark the 2010 Census “one-year-out” milestone held on Wednesday, April 8.

She was joined by Ligia Jaquez, Deputy Regional Director, New York Region, U.S. Census Bureau; John M. Rodecker, Superintendent of Schools, Perth Amboy; Dianne Roman, Chairperson of Perth Amboy’s Complete Count Committee; and Assemblyman John Wisniewski.

The event took place at the Herbert N. Richardson School, which is located in an area of the city that Diaz said was “seriously” undercounted in 2000.  The city’s population is about 49,000 according to 2006 census figures; about 70 percent are of Latino/Hispanic origin.

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Does Marriage Need Saving?

 By James J. Devine

Divorce and adultery are severe threats to the institution of marriage, as well as to the ‘nuclear family’ we once believed was ‘normal’ in America.

A group based in New Jersey called the National Organization for Marriage is not paying any attention to those problems however, because in politics as in marketing, sex sells.

I find nothing in anyone’s agenda about restricting or prohibiting homosexual conduct and that raises a number of questions.

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Do You Know The ABCs Of Diabetes And Eye Health?

 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Did you know that an estimated 17.9 million Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes and another 57 million people are at risk of getting the disease?

What many of these individuals may not know is that all people with diabetes – both type 1 and type 2 – are at risk for getting diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of vision loss among adults in the United States.  In fact, people with diabetes are 25 times more likely to lose their vision than those without the disease.

So this April, EyeCare America is asking Americans with diabetes to know the ABCs of diabetes and eye health? 

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