On Wednesday, October 19th, 2011 ...
- Flags on all state buildings are lowered to half-staff to honor Mount Arlington police officer Joseph Wargo Jr., killed in the line of duty by a driver allegedly under the influence.
- Gov. Chris Christie does a live interview at 9:45 a.m. with Dom Giordano on WPHT 1210 AM, a live interview at 10:05 a.m. with Joe Crummey on WABC 770 AM and is on WPHT 1210 AM again at 4:05 p.m. in a taped interview with Michael Smerconish. In between he heads to Plainsboro for a groundbreaking ceremony for the future site for Novo Nordisk headquarters.
- Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno attends the Plainsboro groundbreaking, then heads to the Essex County South Mountain Recreation Complex in West Orange for the grand opening of McLoone's Boathouse Restaurant.
- U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk visits the Rutgers University campus in New Brunswick for a meeting with University President Richard McCormick and others, a stop at an Immigrant States class and a luncheon address at Trayes Hall in the Douglass Campus Center address entitled “Seizing Trade Opportunities to Create Jobs.”
- Department of Environmental Protection coordinates the Barnegat Bay Blitz, a daylong trash and debris cleanup for the Barnegat Bay watershed.
- Election Law Enforcement Commission releases the 'Big Six' campaign finance reports for the summer quarter -- the Democratic and Republican state parties and leadership PACs.
- U.S. Rep. Rush Holt addresses the New Jersey Technology Council's Innovation Conference, being held on the AT&T campus in Bedminster. Holt then tours Hopewell Elementary School's farm-to-school program and tonight at 7 p.m. hosts a student aid workshop at the Hopewell Township Municipal Complex.
- In Washington, U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg chairman of the Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health, joins U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, chairwoman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, to convene an oversight hearing to review the implementation and impacts of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields Program. Among those scheduled to testify are Elizabeth Spinelli, executive director of the Hudson County Economic Development Corp.
- Health & Senior Services Commissioner Mary O’Dowd joins with CentraState Medical Center in Freehold to convene a roundtable discussion about how health care providers can increase the number of women who exclusively breastfeed in New Jersey.
- The 9th District legislative candidates -- Sen. Christopher Connors, Assm. DiAnne Gove and Assm. Brian Rumpf and their Democratic rivals, Senate candidate Dorothy Ryan and Assembly candidates Carla Kearney and Bradley Billhimer -- debate at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey in Galloway
- Delaware River Port Authority meets.
- Civil Service Commission meets.
- Public Employees Retirement System meets.
- Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority meets in Tinton Falls.
- New Jersey Commission on American Indian Affairs meets.
- State Board of Dentistry meets.
- State Board of Optometrists meets.
- New Jersey Drug Utilization Review Board meets.
- The Statewide Acquisition & Redevelopment (STAR) Corp., a subsidiary of the state Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency, meets.
