Archive for November, 2009

Nov. 21 at 8:50 a.m. – Officer Ken Sarnecki investigated a report of a theft of a pocketbook from a patron of the Crowne Plaza Hotel at 36 Valley Road. »

QUINCY, Mass. – The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is calling on cooks across the nation to include fire safety in their recipes because Thanksgiving is the leading day for home cooking fires. »

UNION – Amid the hustle and bustle of family gatherings, last-minute shopping and semester-end preparations, students at Kean University are taking time this holiday season to enrich the lives of others through various volunteer activities. »

HILLSIDE—As part of its efforts to respond to the unprecedented need for emergency food among the poor and low-income, the Community FoodBank of New Jersey has purchased a refrigerated mobile food pantry. »

RAHWAY—Students at Franklin School in Rahway recently celebrated American Education Week. During this week, parents and community members are invited to come in and participate in educational lessons and activities. »

RAHWAY—Mrs. Thorn’s Kindergarten at Grover Cleveland school in Rahway celebrated American Education Week by inviting parents in to the classroom. »

ELIZABETH—Sister Marion Scranton, Director of Community Initiatives, and Gary S. Horan, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer of Trinitas Regional Medical Center, stand in the midst of only some of the baskets that Trinitas employees collected in the medical center’s fifth Thanksgiving Basket Drive to benefit the needy in the hospital’s service area. »

EDISON—Multi , an exhibition of fine artwork, was held at Middlesex County in November through Dec. 10. The work explored the physical and graphic attributes of paper. »

RAHWAY—Students at Franklin School in Rahway recently invited their grandparents in for a celebratory breakfast. The school’s librarian, Margaret Cilia, organizes this event. »

LINDEN – The recreation department will hold a holiday ceramics class for Linden students in kindergarten through eighth grade at the Gregorio Recreation Center, 330 Helen Street, Linden on Thursday, Dec. 17 from 6-7:30 p.m. »

CLARK—CONTACT We Care, the award-winning 24-hour caring and crisis hotline will conduct its unique interactive, two-day suicide intervention training for members of the general public on Jan. 30 and 31 at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Clark. »

UNION – Historian Terry Golway, director of the John Kean Center for American History at Kean University, recently published “Together We Cannot Fail: How F.D.R. Led the Nation from Darkness to Victory Through Hope, Courage, and an Unwavering Trust in the American People.” »

STATE – AAA Mid-Atlantic projections indicate that fewer than 800,000 New Jersey residents will travel 50 miles or more for Thanksgiving this year, the smallest Garden State travel total in six years and a nearly five percent decrease compared to 2008. »

TRENTON—In a vote split along party lines, the Senate Judiciary Committee gave its approval for Middlesex County Democratic Chairman Joseph Spicuzzo to replace former state Sen. Raymond Bateman on the Sports and Exposition Authority. »

TRENTON—Assemblywoman Sheila Oliver was chosen as the next General Assembly Speaker on Monday. »

ELIZABETH—Protesters plan to demonstrate against what they call unjust US policies by walking from Ellis Island, once a gateway to America for millions of newcomers from all over the world, to the immigration detention center in Elizabeth where at least one person has died awaiting judicial action and deportation. »

The State Treasury Department has not explained why New Jersey office supply firms were not given an opportunity to bid on a contract the state awarded to Staples Advantage, a Massachusetts-based firm. »

RAHWAY—A Rahway man was sentenced to 10½ years in federal prison on Nov. 20, for committing 12 bank robberies throughout New Jersey. »

CLARK—The St. John the Apostle Kindergarten class hosted their annual Applefest. Through their efforts, more than 300 cans of food were collected for the St. John’s food pantry. »

TRENTON – Today, Assembly committees will consider legislation to help adults with autism, combat recidivism and revise a state commission to encourage more local governments to share services and consolidate. »