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The article reports that state Legislature in New Jersey has voted to ban single-use paper bags in supermarkets with single-use plastic bags in restaurants and stores and mentions that plastic bags have been banned in New York, Vermont and California.

Reports that Golan Cipel, the political appointee said to have had an affair with New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey, was quoted in an Israeli newspaper as saying that he is heterosexual. Portrayal of himself as a victim of unwanted advances by the governor; Contradiction of Cipel's interview with other statements from his lawyers.

Attention all Elaine Stritch fans: it's time to get better acquainted with the New Jersey Transit schedule. Paper Mill Playhouse, in Millburn, N.J., has announced that Ms. Stritch, right, is joining its production of the musical comedy ''The Full Monty,'' running June 10 to July 12. Ms. Stritch, 83, whose credits include ''Company,'' ''A Delicate Balance'' and her popular one-woman show, ''Elaine Stritch at Liberty,'' will play Jeanette Burmeister. Ben Brantley, in his New York Times review of the Broadway production of ''The Full Monty'' in 2000, described the character as a ''salty old retired club pianist,'' who is the accompanist for a group of unemployed steel workers turned strippers in Buffalo. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports the setting up of a million dollar recycling paper plant by International Recycling Corporation, along the Hackensack River as reported on April 22, 1995, in Kearny, New Jersey. Brief details of the project.

The article reports on the declining fortunes of the newspapers of New Jersey as part of a retrenchment in newspaper publishing throughout the U.S. in 2016. It mentions that the performance of the industry have been felt acutely because of the role of New Jersey newspapers in holding powerful people and institutions accountable in a state which lacks a major independent television station.

LISA COONEY, the director of education for the Paper Mill Playhouse, based in Millburn, freely admits, ''Student performances aren't for everybody.'' So she was surprised last year by the audience for ''New Voices,'' an annual show that features the dancing, acting and singing talents of 120 New Jersey show business hopefuls, ages 10 through 18. ''We did a focus group and found that 66 percent of the audience weren't related in any way'' to the student performers, Ms. Cooney said. The students are participants in Paper Mill's competitive Summer Musical Theater Conservatory, a five-week program held at Montclair State University beginning each June. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The executive director of the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, N.J., Mark W. Jones, below, has resigned. The resignation, reported in The Star-Ledger of Newark, was submitted on June 24. Mark Hoebee, the theater's artistic director, has taken on the new title of producing artistic director and said that a search was under way for a managing director with whom he would share leadership of the organization. Efforts to reach Mr. Jones on Tuesday were unsuccessful. Mr. Jones, who came to the theater in November 2007, helped to bring the Paper Mill back from the financial brink with a real estate deal in June 2008. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This article profiles the Millburn, New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse. The article notes that the Paper Mill theater, which is described as one of the premier nonprofit theaters in New Jersey, may be forced to close in 2007 due to an estimated $1.5 million shortfall. The article notes that the April 2007 run of "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" may be the theater's last production.

MILLBURN, N.J. -- ''I'm a little scared,'' confessed one of the children in the black-box theater at the Paper Mill Playhouse here on a recent Friday. The admission, made by a 10-year-old latecomer in a Lion King T-shirt who occasionally buried his head in his mother's lap, hardly fazed the drama teacher, Leslie Fanelli, 54, of New Providence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It could have been 1955 again. At the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, it was the opening night of a new production of ''Damn Yankees,'' and the orchestra began the overture. Those familiar songs -- ''Heart'' (''miles and miles and miles of heart''), ''Whatever Lola Wants,'' ''Goodbye, Old Girl'' -- were instant reminders of why this Faustian baseball musical won seven Tony Awards 56 years ago. This is a first-rate, frequently thrilling revival, even if it does have one disappointing flaw. But that comes later. The curtain goes up on two characters who would surely describe themselves as an old married couple. Joe Boyd (Joseph Kolinski), whose waistline and blood pressure have seen better days, is engrossed in a televised baseball game, in which his team, the Washington Senators, is losing to the New York Yankees. His wife, Meg (Patti Cohenour), begins singing ''Six Months Out of Every Year,'' a baseball widow's lament. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE little old ladies gave it everything they had, thumping their walkers and stomping their orthopedic shoes in unison on the stage of the Paper Mill Playhouse. But in the end, a cluster of energetic dancing cowboys edged them out. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses the role of local journalism in uncovering a political scandal involving the administration of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's decision to close lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge as political retribution. Topics addressed include initial reporting on the story by "The Record" newspaper in New Jersey, as well as the roles of reporters John Cichowski and Shawn Boburg in reporting the story.

The article covers documents released by New Jersey legislators on January 10, 2014 indicating that officials supporting Governor Chris Christie attempted to cover up the political motivations for the September 2013 closing of traffic lanes in Fort Lee, New Jersey leading to the George Washington Bridge. While members of Christie's administration stated the the closings were part of a traffic study, private communications suggest it was due to the Fort Lee mayor's refusal to endorse Christie.

The Star-Ledger of Newark and a smaller sister paper in Trenton need to eliminate at least 20 percent of their staffs and win concessions from trade unions to stay afloat, their management said on Thursday, or their owner will sell the papers and possibly close the smaller one. The Star-Ledger's publisher sent a note to its staff saying the paper must have 200 nonunion workers take buyouts. The paper has about 1,000 employees, about three-quarters of them nonunion. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The township of Millburn, N.J., has agreed to buy the land and buildings of the Paper Mill Playhouse for $9 million and rent them to the theater, which is recovering from a near-fatal financial crisis. The Millburn Township Committee voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve the purchase, which will help the theater pay off a $3.5 million bank loan it took out last year; close this year's deficit; provide working capital; and beef up a newly created endowment. The theater's debt should be cleared by the end of July, said Mark W. Jones, executive director of the Paper Mill. The theater will hold a 75-year lease, with the rent for the first two years set at $1, then growing until it eventually equals 1 percent of the theater's annual operating income. (Its current budget is $18.6 million.) In the 11th year of the lease, the theater has an option to buy back the land. As landlord, the township has no say over management of the theater, only the use of the property, Mr. Jones said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on the new bag ban in supermarkets implemented in New Jersey that prohibits the use of plastic and paper bags because of their environmental impact. Other materials banned are polystyrene foam food containers and cups and plastic straws. It discusses the significance of the ban to reducing reliance on single-use plastics and encouraging the use of reusable and recyclable bags in in-person shopping.

Five major newspapers in New Jersey and New York announced on Wednesday that they would share articles and photographs, adding to a growing movement in an industry that is seeking new ways to cope with shrinking resources. The consortium is made up of The Daily News of New York; The Star-Ledger, based in Newark; The Buffalo News; The Record, based in Hackensack, N.J.; and The Times Union of Albany. Similar alliances were formed in the last year among groups of papers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and Texas. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that the financially floundering theater, Paper Mill Playhouse, in Millburn, New Jersey, has announced a plan that includes administrative restructuring, a sizable bank loan and help from the government. It has also announced that it would finish its season in 2007 on schedule and continue operating in 2008. According to Kenneth Thorn, the president of the theater's board of trustees, this plan will lay the foundation for a longer-term financial solution for the theater.

Friday morning was a glorious one in suburban New Jersey. At 6 a.m., the heat of the morning leaked in through the window, accompanied by the huge racket of cicadas thrumming in unison. It was the kind of morning where someone might be tempted to just lie there pretending to sleep, but then another sound came: the thwack of fresh, hot newspaper hitting the sidewalk. The Star-Ledger delivery guy hits our block early, before the other newspapers arrive, usually dropping a hefty package jammed with localism writ large: wise-guy arias, street crime novellas and big investigations into the issues facing northern New Jersey. Under the sure hand of its editor, Jim Willse, The Star-Ledger is both modern -- big and pretty with strong photos, navigation and graphics -- and a throwback to the days when the most important story was the one just down the block. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports that a fund-raiser for New Jersey governor James E. McGreevey, is a the center of a federal investigation. Various forms of accessibility and contact that fund-raiser and waste management executive named David D'Amiano had with the governor's office; Amount of funds raised by D'Amiano; Political favors that McGreevey did for D'Amiano; Details of the F.B.I. investigation.

Reports on the layoff of employees in the newspaper 'The Jersey Journal,' in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Addresses an article in 'The Jewish Week' newspaper, which offered the opinion of the newspaper's editor on a rabbi in Paramus, New Jersey who had allegedly abused teenagers. Protection of Rabbi Baruch Lanner by superiors in the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations; Opinions by Rabbi Lanner on the accusations; How the journalist defended his investigation.

Reports on the job cuts issued by Essex County, New Jersey executive James Treffinger, in his efforts to lessen the budget deficit facing the county. Impact of the job cuts.

States that Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents searched the New Jersey home of Mohammed Nabeel Elmasry, one of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman's legal assistants, and seized copies of the Egyptian cleric's writings, tapes of his sermons and other materials. Search deemed necessary for the sheik's trial this fall on charges of involvement in a terrorist conspiracy; Private material at stake.

Focuses on the comments of Sandra Cunningham, widow of the late former Mayor Glenn D. Cunningham, when asked if she would run for the mayoral post in a special elections scheduled on November 2, 2004 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Supporters of the mayor calling for the widow's candidacy for mayor; Endorsement of her husband's former police chief, Ronald D. Buonocore, one of the 14 candidates who filed papers to run in the mayoral elections.

Reports on the political career of New Jersey Congressman Rush D. Holt. Holt's campaign for an election bill that would require all voting machines to produce a paper record; Reputation as a politician; Reasons for joining politics; Political background of Holt's family.

Melissa Gilbert and three other stars of the Guthrie Theater's 2008 production of ''Little House on the Prairie, the Musical'' in Minneapolis are to follow the show to Millburn, N.J., when it opens at the Paper Mill Playhouse on Sept. 10, according to its Web site, papermill.org. Playbill.com reported that Ms. Gilbert, who starred as Laura in the television series based on the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, will lead the cast in the role of Ma, with Steve Blanchard, Kara Lindsay and Kevin Massey reprising their roles as Pa, Laura and Almanzo Wilder. The Paper Mill cast will also include Kate Loprest (Nellie), Alessa Neeck (Mary) and Carly Rose Sonenclar (Carrie). ... Catalina Sandino Moreno, nominated for an Oscar in 2005 for her performance as a pregnant teenager in the movie ''Maria Full of Grace,'' will star opposite Matthew Broderick in the New Group's world premiere of Kenneth Lonergan's ''Starry Messenger.'' Previews at the New Group@Theater Row, on West 42nd Street in Manhattan, are to begin in October. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports that Media General Inc. has agreed to sell a New Jersey-based newsprint operation to Enron Corporation. Value of the deal; Information on Garden State Paper Company.

The article reviews a musical "The Bodyguard" by Alexander Dinelaris based on the Warner Bros. film, screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan; directed by Thea Sharrock played at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, New Jersey up to January 1, 2017.

A woman in the middle of Row D, looking up from her program, waved to her friend about 10 seats away. ''Judy Garland's daughter!'' she called out. Her friend nodded in appreciation. It was shortly before the overture at a recent performance of ''Irving Berlin's White Christmas,'' this year's sparkly holiday production at the Paper Mill Playhouse. So if there was any doubt that Lorna Luft was the star attraction, it was quickly erased. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The audience may not recognize them, but the signs of deep recession are scattered about the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey in Madison. The set -- walls, arches, topiaries -- for ''Twelfth Night'' is made mostly of shredded paper, to save money. Notes about the production have been cut from programs, to save paper. One of this season's shows was cut altogether. Jobs have gone unfilled, raises were halted and staff members took furloughs. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHEN I was in college and wanted to sound like an English Major (in capital letters), I'd enjoy musing over the complexities of narrative structure. In my youthful enthusiasm, I even wrote a paper that included a Mobius strip, which is formed by taking a rectangular piece of paper, giving it a half-twist, and then connecting the two ends. The strip produces a continuous surface, as the inside becomes the outside and the outside the inside. More than 25 years later, I better understand why that mathematical metaphor had so intrigued me. As the granddaughter of Italian immigrants, I am curious about time's continuous loop -- how the Old World customs of my grandparents, who settled in Maplewood, N.J., at the beginning of the 20th century, are circling their way back into 21st-century life. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A calendar of events related to recreation and culture in New Jersey is presented including the exhibition "Animation" at the Liberty Science Center until January 4, 2013, Bananas Comedy Club Jim David on December 21-22, 2012, and Paper Mill Playhouse "A Little Princess Christmas" in Millburn on December 22, 2012.

The article presents the author's views on the condition of Belmar, New Jersey following Hurricane Sandy that destroyed homes, businesses, and infrastructure and killed numerous people highlighting the Belmar Boardwalk. He states that boardwalks along the Jersey Shore were destroyed which used to evoke good memories. He adds that the hurricanes' casualties are incalculable and that the boardwalks reflect the region's ruined way of life.

JERSEY CITY -- On the rough-edged streets of Harlem in the 1940s, the young Walter Dean Myers knew better than to carry his library books where other children could see them. ''I was teased if I brought my books home,'' said Mr. Myers, now a prolific and award-winning children's book author. ''I would take a paper bag to the library and put the books in the bag and bring them home. Not that I was that concerned about them teasing me -- because I would hit them in a heartbeat. But I felt a little ashamed, having books.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

MADISON, Wis. -- As states and cities struggle to resolve paralyzing budget shortfalls by sending workers on unpaid furloughs, freezing salaries and extracting larger contributions for health benefits and pensions, a growing number of public-sector workers are finding fewer reasons to stay. The numbers of retirees are way up in Wisconsin, where more applications to retire have been filed this year than ever before. Workers in California's largest public employee pension system have retired at a steadily increasing rate over the last five fiscal years. In New Jersey, thousands more teachers, police officers, firefighters and other public workers filed retirement papers during the past two years than in the previous two years. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Kinderhook Creek is the first Camembert-style soft-ripening cheese that the Old Chatham Sheepherding Company in the Hudson Valley has made entirely with sheep's milk, not a blend of sheep's and cow's milk. Named for a stream on the property, it's aged up to three weeks, and has a bloomy rind, a creamy ivory center and a border of satiny ripeness. The bouquet is fresh and lightly mushroomy, and it has a gently tangy herbal flavor, which will deepen even in the refrigerator, after another week. Wrap it in cheese paper; don't suffocate it in plastic. Kinderhook Creek is $24.99 for a 10-ounce wheel or $12.50 for a half wheel at Murray's Cheese, and $29.99 for a whole wheel from murrayscheese.com. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

CORRECTION APPENDED Talk about being late with your census forms. Curators at Kean University in New Jersey recently found a population count of the United States from an ''actual enumeration'' conducted at least four years before the country's first official census in 1790. The handwritten tally was found among the papers of John Kean, a delegate to the 1787 Constitutional Convention, which met in Philadelphia and gave birth to the Constitution. A central issue delegates tackled was how to configure a new Congress that would more fairly represent the disparate populations of the 13 states. Kean was later appointed by President George Washington as the first cashier, in essence president, of the Bank of the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A wealthy client of the Swiss bank UBS pleaded guilty on Monday to tax fraud, the ninth American caught up in an investigation of the bank's offshore private banking services. The bank client, Harry Abrahamsen, of Oradell, N.J., pleaded guilty in Federal District Court in Newark to one count of failing to file proper disclosures on his UBS offshore accounts with the Internal Revenue Service, according to court papers filed in the case. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

About 300 people -- scholars with an interest in Bruce Springsteen or Springsteen fanatics with an interest in scholarship -- made their way toward the Jersey Shore for the 2009 Glory Days symposium, a four-day conference dedicated to academic interpretations and declarations of love for the Boss. The symposium, a follow-up to the first Glory Days in 2005, was organized by Virginia Tech University and Penn State-Altoona but held on and near the campus of Monmouth State University in West Long Branch, N.J. (How could you have a Springsteen festival and not have it in New Jersey?) Organized events included pilgrimages to the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, theatrical performances based on Mr. Springsteen's work, panel discussions and the presentation of academic papers, including, from a session on gender: '' 'Wrap Your Legs 'Round These Velvet Rims and Strap Your Hands Across My Engines': Motor Vehicles and Masculinity in Bruce Springsteen's Album 'Born to Run.' '' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Postal Service, whose finances have taken a beating as electronic communication has overtaken paper correspondence, has marked hundreds of post offices across the country for closing. Postal Service officials, who say a final decision is months away, have declined to specify their locations of those post offices. But Jack Dougherty, president of the northern New Jersey local of the American Postal Workers Union, pointed to an internal Postal Service memo on the union's Web site that lists branches that could be closed, including 31 in northern New Jersey. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FOR CHILDREN ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS First Avenue Playhouse ''Jack and the Beanstalk,'' presented by the Paper Moon Puppet Theater. Saturdays through June 13 at 2 p.m. $9. First Avenue Playhouse, 123 First Avenue. firstavenueplayhouse.com; (732) 291-7552. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FOR CHILDREN ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS First Avenue Playhouse ''Jack and the Beanstalk,'' presented by the Paper Moon Puppet Theater. Saturdays, April 11 through June 13 at 2 p.m. $9. First Avenue Playhouse, 123 First Avenue. firstavenueplayhouse.com; (732) 291-7552 ENGLEWOOD Bergen Performing Arts Center ''Happy Flower and the Weeping Willow,'' the story of young Happy Flower, who must journey to the Land of Wept to rescue her pet flower, Fluffy. April 25 at 1 and 4 p.m. $17. Bergen Performing Arts Center, 30 North Van Brunt Street. (201) 227-1030; bergenpac.org. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

More than three years have gone by since the New Jersey Legislature required the state to install modern voting machines that provide printouts of each vote -- the paper trail that experts regard as essential to fair and accurate elections. The machines are still nowhere in sight. Deadlines have been imposed and proved meaningless. The latest deadline was New Year's Day, which of course has passed. Technically, the state is in violation of its own law, but nobody seems to care. Gov. Jon Corzine has said he will do something without specifying what. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FOR CHILDREN ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS First Avenue Playhouse ''Puss in Boots,'' musical presented by the Paper Moon Puppet Theater. $9. Through June 2. First Avenue Playhouse, 123 First Avenue. (732) 291-7552; www.firstavenueplayhouse.com. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that the investigation into the murder of four New Jersey-based prostitutes, whose bodies were found in November 2006 on the outskirts of Atlantic City, New Jersey, have slowed down. The slow down has frustrated relatives of the prostitutes. Meanwhile, Atlantic County prosecutor, Jeffrey Blitz, filed court papers seeking DNA and hair samples of Terry Oleson, suspect in the murder, in the week beginning April 30, 2007.

The article reports that the theater Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey is collecting donations to keep itself alive. The theater is facing a $2.8 million shortfall. In March-April 2007, the theater is reported to have collected about $300,000 in donations. The donations will help the production of theatrical production "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers." The theater is also considering to take a bank loan.