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PATERSON — The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office this week provided lawyers for indicted Paterson Councilmen Michael Jackson and Alex Mendez with thousands of pages of alleged evidence in the state election fraud case against them. Lawyers for the two councilmen said they will closely review the files they received from the state in the “discovery” part of the criminal case, the point when the prosecution shares with the accused whatever evidence it plans to use. They said the volume of documents should not be seen as a sign that the state has a strong case. “The quantity doesn�...

PATERSON — Councilman Michael Jackson pleaded not guilty on Thursday afternoon to election fraud charges filed against him in a five-count state grand jury indictment. In the virtual arraignment, Jackson said state authorities had failed to fulfill their commitments to provide him with copies of the discovery — or the alleged evidence in the case — that was the basis for the charges contained in a complaint filed by the office of state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal last year. Deputy Attorney General Eric Cohen said the state had been waiting to share the evidence until after the indic...

Jewish Leadership Conference to convene first online forum  Jewish Leadership Conference to convene first online forum  From the new U.S. administration to the Israeli election, the Iranian threat and beyond, the JLC believes the many challenges facing the Jewish people require great leaders, new thinking and enduring ideas. (March 10, 2021 / )The Jewish people face big challenges ahead. A new government in America. Another election in Israel. Building on the Abraham Accords and confronting the Iranian threat. The future of Jewish education. The post-COVID economy. The state of faith in Ame...

Growing Pains Eric Cohen walks through his family's pecan orchard at Pecan Ridge Plantation outside of Bainbridge. The Cohens cleaned up downed pecan trees and planted new ones after the destruction of Hurricane Michael in 2018. (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA) First it was Hurricane Michael, then a pandemic. But Georgia’s agriculture industry is weathering the storms — with the help of UGA support It’s been a rough three years for Georgia pecan farmers, whose cash crop has been battered by a hurricane, a fungal tree disease, and a global pandemic—all in relatively rapid succession....

Morning Coffee: Historic night for VanVleet, Toffoli burns Canucks again Without the usual convergence of media and fans in Tampa Bay this year, the final countdown to the Super Bowl seems a little bit subdued. Here is the Morning Coffee for Wednesday Feb. 3, 2021. Domenic Padula (@Dom_Padula) Fred VanVleet , The Canadian Press Without the usual convergence of media and fans in Tampa Bay this year, the final countdown to the Super Bowl seems a little bit subdued. Fortunately, the NBA and NHL have provided us with plenty to talk about, in addition to...