Archive for May, 2009

STATE—The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services reported three new confirmed case of H1N1 flu in New Jersey residents today. Currently, there are 10 confirmed cases and two probable cases of H1N1 flu in New Jersey. The newest confirmed cases include a 34-year-old Camden County woman who was not hospitalized and has... »

WOODBRIDGE– Flanked by Senior Olympians and Olympic volunteers, Woodbridge Mayor John E. McCormac and the New Jersey Senior Olympic Committee announced that the township will again host the New Jersey Senior Olympics on Sept. 11, 12 and 13. In announcing details of the upcoming New Jersey Senior Olympic games from the Woodbridge Community Center... »

MIDDLESEX COUNTY – A 31-year-old Georgia man who was charged with murder in last week’s shooting of a Roselle man in North Brunswick apparently committed suicide while in custody, according to the warden at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center. Cadre Williams was pronounced dead about 10:40 p.m. on Saturday at Robert Wood Johnson... »

RAHWAY – Authorities are investigating the killing of a 24-year-old Rahway woman who was found dead in her West Main Street apartment Friday. City police officers discovered the body of Jennea Workman shortly before 9 a.m. on May 8, after getting called to the Cambridge Court apartment at West Main Street and Elizabeth Avenue,... »

NEW BRUNSWICK – A Carteret woman was convicted of aggravated manslaughter last week in the 2006 killing of a Rahway man. After three days of deliberations, the jury found Janean Owens, 23, guilty of manslaughter, conspiracy to commit theft, theft and several weapons charges. The acquitted her on charges of murder, felony murder and... »

ELIZABETH – Authorities are searching for an 18-year-old Elizabeth man who allegedly shot and killed a father of two in the hallway of an Elizabeth apartment building last month. An arrest warrant was issued for Laquan Harris, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office announced Saturday. Authorities said he should be considered armed and dangerous. Anyone... »

STATE – Carteret and Sayreville are among 120 New Jersey municipalities that had ordinances restricting where sex offenders could live struck down last week by a state Supreme Court decision. The high court ruled 6-0 that municipalities are prohibited from banning sex offenders from living next to places where children gather, such as schools... »

UNION COUNTY—The ashes of Michael H. Carden, 64, a lifelong resident of Plainfield who died at home on April 19, will be laid to rest with full Naval honors on Friday, May 15, at Gen. Doyle Cemetary in Wrightstown. Carden served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War employed as a barber, but... »

The American Legion has a new national program called “Missing In America Project” (MIA Project) pointed at finding the veterans among nearly 7,000 Americans who died and were never buried. The purpose of the MIA Project is to locate, identify and inter the unclaimed cremated remains of American veterans to provide honor and respect... »

STATE—Democrats who are dissatisfied with Gov. Jon Corzine will have a choice to cast a ballot for Carl Bergmanson’s longshot effort in the June Democratic primary election. “Gov. Corzine has done such a terrible job, he hasn’t kept any of his promises, and he does not deserve to go unchallenged in any venue,” said... »

John Colasanti is avid cyclist. On road, off road, he loves it all. But for all the workouts he gets riding with his two cycling clubs, every spring this Westfield father looks forward to bicycling with his son on the annual Tour de Elizabeth, a 15-mile ride that winds its way through the city,... »

By Ronald G. Rios Middlesex County Freeholder Chairperson, Committee of Public Health and Education According to the National Cancer Institute, pancreatic cancer is diagnosed in more than 29,000 Americans every year. In Middlesex County, statistics from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services indicate that from 2001 to 2005, there were 450... »

TRENTON—In a cost-cutting move, Acting Lottery Executive Director William T. Jourdain announced that the midday drawings for the New Jersey Lottery’s Pick 3 and Pick 4 games will no longer be televised on the New Jersey Network after this week. The midday drawings will now be conducted at lottery headquarters, and video of the... »

By James Devine I intended to title this article, ‘The Anointed One,’ but a typo offered a much smarter name to go identify with the GOP establishment’s purpose behind its intended coronation. I thought the argument of inevitability was ridiculous when Hillary Clinton used it in the early primaries last year. It is no... »

By Diane Norek Harrison PERTH AMBOY-This is from material given to me by Rose (Tarloski) and Jerry Celecki: In 1960, Perth Amboy Police Department had one chief of police, three police captains, 11 lieutenants, fourteen sergeants, three detectives and 55 patrolmen. There were three radio cars, one detective car, one chauffeur’s car, one patrol... »

Walk-Off Win – Trenton Thunder players celebrate their 4-3 victory over the Binghamton Mets on Mother’s Day. Catcher Jose Gil (38) hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to break the 3-3 tie. The Thunder players wore special pink jerseys that were auctioned off during the game. The proceeds... »

(as of 5/10/09) 1. Clark Circle Liquors (4-0) 2. East Coast Conditioning (2-0) 3. Breeze Eastern (1-0) 4. Chili’s(3-1) 5. Arena Sports Connexion (2-1) 6. Wealth Management Group (2-1) 7. Prince & Portnoi Attorney’s at Law (1-1) 8. Jabs Personal Stitch (1-3) 9. The Crossroads Restaurant (0-1) 10. Wray’s Diggers (0-2) 11. Senorita’s Mexican... »

RAHWAY – Police arrested a 59-year-old Rahway man accused of illegally selling prescription painkillers on Thursday. Rahway police had been investigating Charles Dixon, a man on disability who was allegedly selling the prescription painkiller oxycodone, authorities said. The Rahway Police Special Investigations Unit concluded the month-long investigation by executing a search warrant for his... »

By Jason Alderman With Mother’s Day just around the corner, wouldn’t you like to show your appreciation in a way that’s more meaningful than buying your mom a box of chocolates or a bunch of flowers? Here’s a thought: Offer to spend a few hours helping to sort through your mom’s financial, legal and... »

By Michael S. Goldberger, film critic Lovers of love stories who, like true fans of baseball, enjoy the pastime whether minor or major league, will at least appreciate the attempt made by Mark Waters’s “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.” Appropriating Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” and replacing Scrooge’s miser with Matthew McConaughey’s womanizer, it has its... »