Archive for September, 2009

HIGHLAND PARK – New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher toured the Highland Park Farmers Market Friday to encourage customers to support the market throughout the fall. »

TRENTON – Legislation sponsored by Assemblymen Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Peter J. Barnes III, Jack Conners and Ruben J. Ramos Jr. to help veterans make the transition from the battlefield to the college classroom was signed into law Sept. 13. »

SCOTCH PLAINS– Since Union County has the highest concentration of platelet donors in the state, New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of the New York Blood Center, has opened a new donor center at 2279 South Avenue in Scotch Plains. »

LINDEN – The city’s Department of Public Property and Community Services will offer a complete fitness exercise class for Linden adults. This is a whole-body workout using kick boxing, high and low aerobics, cardio and body toning. »

LINDEN—Do you have free time that you would like to donate to a cause? Would you like to meet new friends? The Department of Public Property and Community Services has formed a “Knitting and Crocheting for a Cause” group that is open to all ages, young adult through senior citizens. »

LAWTON, Okla.—Army National Guard Pvt. Alfonso A. Pena has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. »

HAMILTON— Parents go to great lengths to make sure their children are safe. When it comes to car seat safety, however, minor mistakes can put children at risk without parents realizing it. »

RAHWAY – During the month of October, the city of Rahway will welcome Kataluma Chai, a gourmet tea café, to its downtown business community. »

UNION - The upcoming gubernatorial race in New Jersey, the newspaper industry, the environment and multiculturalism are among the topics under discussion as part of Kean University’s Issues ’09 lecture series this fall. Events will take place at various locations on campus. The series is free and open to the general public. »

Here’s a chance to meet one of our era’s most significant authors and artists of the natural world. The Cora Hartshorn Arboretum of Short Hills is sponsoring a free lecture at Drew University on Tuesday, Sept. 22, by nationally renowned birder, author and artist David Allen Sibley. Writers, artists, bird watchers, tree-huggers and... »

I think the NRA, gun-industry backed Concealed Carry law is supposed to work like this: John Q. Citizen, concerned about his personal safety, gets a license to carry a concealed gun. One day he’s walking down the street and a bad guy tries to rob him. »

SCHENECTADY, N.Y.—The following Westfield students have been named to the 2008/2009 Dean’s List: »

SUMMIT—Kent Place Gallery will present an exhibition of new paintings by Ken Weathersby until Friday, Oct. 9. In “The Reverse Side Also Has a Reverse Side,” Weathersby’s paintings present intense, elegant grids of primary color that subtly invert expectations in a number of ways. »

OLD BRIDGE—Police arrested a Scotch Plains man today on charges of dumping and hiding a woman’s body in a wooded section of Old Bridge, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan and Old Bridge Police Chief Thomas H. Collow announced. »

NEW BRUNSWICK—Three Carteret residents were indicted for allegedly participating in a scheme to steal thousands of dollars from bank accounts and federal income tax returns, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan announced today. »

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Vice President Joe Biden and past and present local leaders joined relatives and friends of the 2,752 people who perished in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center to honor their memories in a ceremony at Ground Zero this morning. »

OLD BRIDGE—Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan and Old Bridge Police Chief Thomas H. Collow announced yesterday that police identified a 42-year-old woman whose body was recovered from a wooded area of the township on September 9, 2009. »

WOODBRIDGE – Woodbridge has been selected as one of the “Top 20 Best Places in America for a Healthy Retirement” according to CNN-Money Magazine. »

NEW BRUNSWICK—A grand jury handed up revised charges Thursday against a Rahway man after a motorist died from injuries he suffered in a multi-vehicle crash on Route 1 in March, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan announced. »

JERSEY CITY—Sophomore forward WALTER AVANS (Roselle Park, NJ/Union Catholic) tied the single-game school record for goals with four and collected the first hat trick by a New Jersey City University men’s soccer player in two years, as the Gothic Knights clipped York College (NY), 5-1, in a non-conference game on Thursday afternoon at the... »