Archive for June, 2009

As college students graduate this month, many will be taking the monumental step of renting their first apartment. The New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJSCPA) offers the following advice on getting the right start. »

RAHWAY – The RWJ Rahway Foundation has announced the date for the annual golf classic, which raises money to improve hospital facilities. »

CLARK – A 66-year-old Edison man was fatally injured on Sunday after his pickup truck hit a tree alongside the Parkway in Clark, officials said. »

SUMMIT—Roughly 350 Overlook Hospital team members turned out for the Union County Start! Heart Walk on May 30. Overlook raised more than $22,000 for the walk, which is part of the American Heart Association’s national movement to get Americans walking; another $1,500 has been pledged. »

RAHWAY—Students at Franklin School in Rahway recently held their annual Fun Day. »

RAHWAY – The city’s annual Fourth of July fireworks display is another casualty of the recession. »

LIVINGSTON—As summer begins, many families eagerly anticipate far away vacations, day trips to an amusement park or car rides down to the shore. Unfortunately, few things can ruin their trip faster than motion sickness in a child. »

RAHWAY—Madison Elementary School in Rahway held their annual fifth grade promotion on June 19. »

RAHWAY— The Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum Association will host an antique appraisal program on Saturday, June 27, beginning at 11 a.m. »

LINDEN – All alumni of Linden High School are invited to the “All Class” Reunion Picnic on Saturday, Aug. 15, at Memorial Field Park, South Wood Avenue, just past Linden Fire House #4. »

By Mayor John McCormac Woodbridge Township has a new and exciting look – a totally redesigned, updated and easy to navigate web page that provides information on township events, programs and services.  The new page has the same address – www.twp.woodbridge.nj.us – but there is so much more information than ever before. The web... »

June 15 at 12:52 p.m.—Officers responded to the 300 block of South Stiles Street on a report of a suspicious event. »

WOODBRIDGE-Here are some memories from Giff Kucsma after my March 27 column where I asked “if any reader knows where Maurer, Engleswood or Spa Spring as referred in the material is located”: »

CLARK – The Runnells Specialized Hospital Foundation will hold the fifth annual Party in the Park fundraiser at Oak Ridge Park in Clark. The Aug. 5 event benefits the lives of the residents and patients at the hospital. »

LINDEN – The Linden Public Library will sponsor a free concert for Linden children on Monday, June 29 at 2:30 p.m. »

EDISON – A township man struck an 18-month-old toddler as he backed out of the driveway of a Daisy Court home last Thursday. »

ELIZABETH—A Union County grand jury found that a Roselle Police Officer who discharged his weapon during a raid earlier this year, striking a suspect in the shoulder, is not criminally responsible, Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow announced Friday. »

WOODBRIDGE—On May 22, the children of the Woodbridge Child Care Center, participated in a Trike-A-Thon for the patients of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, located in Memphis, Tenn. »

LYNCHBURG, Va.—Tiffany Paonessa of Colonia graduated from Randolph College (formerly Randolph-Macon Woman’s College) on Sunday, May 17. »

EDISON—Santi V. Buscemi, professor of English at Middlesex County College, has published a translation of Luigi Capuana’s book of children’s fairy tales, “C’era una volta.” The book is called “Sicilian Tales,” and it is published by Dante University Press. »