Archive for December, 2009

RAHWAY—Students from the third grade Gifted and Talented program at Roosevelt School in Rahway recently attended the Edith Mayner Brain Bowl 2009. »

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Actress Brittany Murphy, who grew up in Edison, unexpectedly died this weekend at the age of 32. »

TRENTON – New Jersey Lottery games will not hold drawings on Christmas, officials announced Friday. »

FLORHAM PARK—AAA is projecting 87.7 million Americans will be traveling 50 miles or more away from home during the year-end holidays. »

PORT READING – The annual Christmas Friendship Dinner at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Port Reading will again serve neighbors and friends a free holiday dinner from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Christmas Day. »

ELIZABETH—Benedictine Academy and the Benedictine Academy Parents Association will host the “Dr. Rosemarie Battaglia Christmas Basketball Tournament” on Dec. 26, 27, 28 and 29. Basketball teams from Benedictine Academy and seven other New Jersey high schools will compete for the championship. »

SAYREVILLE – This Dec. 24, the less fortunate members of the community will have a place to have a warm meal. »

EDISON—Instead of waiting weeks to get a permit to put on a new roof, the township process has been redesigned to allow for over-the-counter approval. »

EDISON – The township Board of Education has selected former board member Ralph Errico to fill a vacant seat on the panel. »

CARTERET—Mayor Dan Reiman and the Children’s Charity Trust Fund joined with the READ Foundation last week to announce that clothing donations will be accepted at the Carteret Public Library, on select days for the remainder of December. »

If there is a wave of crime sweeping over Rahway, there has been precious little said about it, but I can devise a number of ways to curb fraud without encroaching on the right of the people to peaceably assemble and petition for the redress of grievances. »

CRANFORD—Calvary Lutheran Church, 108 Eastman Street, Cranford, invites the community to celebrate the joy of Christmas at services designed for all ages on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. »

MILWAUKEE, Wisc. – The holiday season doesn’t have to create havoc on your weight-loss goals, says TOPS Club, Inc. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), the nonprofit weight-loss support organization. »

UNION – Calvary Assembly of God in Union has announced this year’s holiday worship schedule. »

LINDEN – Police arrested a Linden man who allegedly broke into a vending machine at an Elizabeth Avenue car wash on Dec. 17, authorities said. »

RAHWAY – The Church of the Good Shepherd, located at 80 Elm Avenue in Rahway, has announced their Christmas services. »

If you were deep in debt, would you give away a steady source of income that requires no effort? I doubt you would! »

To get the 60 votes needed to pass their bill, Democrats scrapped the idea of health insurance reform and replaced it with a proposal for guaranteed private insurance company profits. »

TRENTON – A Somerset County contractor was sentenced Friday for submitting false payment claims on behalf of his family’s company under a contract to replace doors in four schools in Clark Township, Attorney General Anne Milgram announced. »

EDISON—JFK Medical Center has partnered with the Edison Health Department to offer H1N1 influenza vaccinations to anyone between the ages of 6 months and 64 years of age on Saturday, Dec. 19. »