Rutgers Derrick Randall leaps for a rebound between Florida’s Erik Murphy, left, and Will Yeguete in front of 7,855 at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.

Rutgers coach Mike Rice, left, reacts.  Eli Carter puts up a jumper in front of Florida’s Erik Murphy during double overtime.

Florida’s Kenny Boynton goes behind the back on Rutgers defender Eli Carter.

Rutgers players and fans celebrate the Scarlet Knights 85-83 upset over the No. 10 Florida Gators.

Fans storm the court after the final buzzer.

South Brunswick, NJ – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaks at Coca-Cola’s NJ Distribution Center.

Asbury Park, NJ – Parishioners hold candles while the names of people lost to AIDS are read during a World AIDS Day service at Trinity Church.

Edison, NJ – Frank Pearce of Edison, aka “The Mayor of Roosevelt Park” feeds bread to pigeons while enjoying unseasonably warm weather in Roosevelt Park. Pearce has been feeding the birds by hand nearly every day since 1996.  During the winter he brings a snow shovel to clear a spot for his chair.

Each year as the holidays approach, the Courier News produces a Wish Book.  It’s a community service project that aims to connect people in need to those with resources to give.  Since its inception 23-years ago, the project has raised $416,000 and filled 420 requests.  Among the people I photographed for the 2011 Wish Book are Laurie Hansen, a cognitively impaired adult from Westfield, above, five-year-old Theresa Cornell of Manville, below, Anthony Kizis, also cognitively impaired, of New Providence, and Plainfield resident Keri Ann Spence, who is visually impaired and has cognitive challenges.

SHI International’s new world corporate headquarters in Franklin, NJ.

N.J. Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno sits beside SHI International President & CEO Thai Lee during the ribbon cutting ceremony.

Police officers from throughout central New Jersey gather at the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi for the Diocese of Metuchen’s Blue Mass.  The annual Mass pays tribute to active and retired officers as well as those killed in the line of duty.

The One World Trade Center construction site is lit in red, white and blue on the morning of September 11, 2011.  Below, mourners gather on Church Street in lower Manhattan for the 10th anniversary memorial.

German tourists Jana Wallner and husband Tsuyoshi Wallner listen to the reading of victim’s names during the memorial.

Twisted World Trade Center steel forms the Jersey City 9/11 memorial across the Hudson River from ground zero.

The Tribute in Light as seen from Jersey City on the tenth anniversary.

Matawan, NJ – Father John Scully, pastor of St. Clements Roman Catholic Church in Matawan.