Monthly Archives: April 2008

The Pope at St. Patrick’s

Today Pope Benedict visited Saint Patrick’s Cathedral.After a Mass at St. Patrick’s the Pope traveled up 5th Avenue in the Popemobile.This was the third Papal visit to the United States that I have covered and each one has been very special.

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Watching her home burn

I noticed smoke as I was driving home after a long day of jury deliberations in the trial of former Newark mayor Sharpe James.Since the fire was very close to the highway exit I arrived with the first fire trucks.As the firefighters went to work Tisha Rodriguez watched the flames destroyed her home.

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Oasis for the homeless closes

For six years the FAITH Foundation storefront in Hackensack took in people no one else wanted. Their clients were the hardcore homeless — mentally ill patients without medication, alcoholics and drug addicts. The all volunteer staff tried to find them food, housing, transportation, medication and mental health programs, Now the organization, ordered closed by the...

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Holy Garage Sale

The Unitarian Church in Summit has been holding a charity garage sale for decades. The items for sale are plentiful, the volunteers are enthuastic and the crowd of shoppers is large.The photos are ok but the audio is pretty good. Definitely an example of the finished audio slideshow being better than the sum of it’s...

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Hundreds of angry farmers

Hundreds of farmers descended on the state capital to protest the planned elimination of the agriculture department.I set the alarm clock for 5am and met up with a group of farmers as they began their journey to Trenton. Once the convoy of tractors was on the road I sped ahead to catch their arrival outside...

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