Archive for November, 2009

SPRINGFIELD – New Jersey oilheat retailers are letting consumers know that it’s not too late for them to save on winter heating costs by tuning up their heating oil systems and taking other simple, practical steps to conserve energy. »

PERTH AMBOY – Middlesex County Freeholder Blanquita Valenti, Perth Amboy Board of Education President Kenneth Gonzalez and other dignitaries raise the Puerto Rican flag at City Hall Circle in Perth Amboy on Nov. 15 during the Puerto Rican Association for Human Development’s Puerto Rico Discovery Day. »

Perth Amboy Mayor Wilda Diaz is to be commended for the tributes that she paid to our servicemen and women at Veterans Day observances during the week of November 11th. »

SCOTCH PLAINS—Union Catholic High School is proud to announce that seniors Megan Derisse of Roselle, Jaelynn Lee of Plainfield and Aaron Pinkard of Plainfield have been selected as recipients of the 2009 New Jersey Rising Scholars Student Recognition Award. »

MADISON, Wis.—Trigeminal neuralgia has been called the most painful disorder known to neurology—and those who have suffered the lightning-flash of facial nerve pain say it’s no exaggeration. »

RAHWAY—Winter came a bit early in Ms. Bechelli’s fifth grade class at Grover Cleveland School. After reading two stories about sled dogs and the annual Alaskan Iditarod race, they couldn’t help but have snow and ice on their minds. »

RAHWAY – Third grade students at Grover Cleveland School in Rahway recently visited United Water Company. »

RAHWAY – Fifth grade students at Grover Cleveland School in Rahway eagerly chose books, compliments of Reading Is Fundamental, whose highest priority is providing children with new, free books and literacy resources each year. »

ELIZABETH—Monsignor Kevin Hanbury, Ed.D. (third from left, rear), Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Newark, recently met with administrators at Benedictine Academy in North Elizabeth during his annual visitation tour of Elizabeth Catholic schools. Shown with him (rear, left to right) are Principal Kenneth Jennings; Laura Cristiano, director of school marketing for... »

DUNELLEN—Jamie Maimone, a Dunellen resident who graduated from Kean in 2009 with a B.F.A. in Visual Communication/Graphic Design, won an Honorable Mention in the 39th Creativity Annual Awards, an international design competition. »

ELIZABETH—Last weekend, the television program “America’s Most Wanted” featured a lengthy segment on Luqman Abdullah. The alleged Union County drug kingpin is wanted on racketeering, narcotics and weapons charges. »

NEWARK – A Linden resident who was arrested last month for allegedly threatening to shoot President Barack Obama pleaded guilty to lesser charges, authorities said. He is expected to be released from jail this week, authorities said. »

When I think of the term sheriff, I think of a position of integrity, that we should feel of sense of security and that laws of society will be upheld due to this integrity. I am sure each of you can only agree on this. The sheriff’s department is considered an integral part of... »

RAHWAY – The city’s health department will offer H1N1 flu vaccine at Rahway Middle School, 1138 Kline Place, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21. »

Nov. 9 at 3:15 p.m. – In the vicinity of Lexington Boulevard, Officer John Ehling arrested Tom’s River resident Ronald Stevenson, 59, on outstanding warrants from Manalapan and Wall Township for contempt of court/motor vehicle violations. He was subsequently turned over to the Manalapan Police Department. »

CRANFORD – On Sunday, Nov. 15, in Herkimer, New York, the Union County College men’s soccer team battled Richland College to claim the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III, National Championship. »

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the supposed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks who is often referred to as KSM, will stand trial in New York City, putting an end to the un-American abuses of the Bush era. »

STATE—Only 1 in 5 (18%) New Jersey voters correctly indicate that nearly half (45%), or 2.25 million acres, of New Jersey is open space, according to a recent Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll sponsored by the New Jersey Farm Bureau. »

UNION COUNTY – The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders has authorized the purchase of three parcels of land totaling approximately five acres for $1.74 million from the Open Space, Recreation and Historic Preservation Trust Fund. »

PERTH AMBOY—The Raritan Bay Area YMCA - Aquatics Facility welcomed neighboring high school swim teams this week. »