Archive for January, 2010

LITTLE FALLS—Radio Spirits’ new release of “The Green Hornet: The Biggest Game,” will let fans of the popular character listen to classic radio adventures that haven’t been heard since their original broadcast in 1939. »

SCRANTON, Pa.—Three local students have been named to the Dean’s List for the fall semester at the University of Scranton. A student must have a grade point average of 3.5 or better with a minimum number of credit hours to make the Dean’s List. »

RAHWAY—Third grade students at Roosevelt School in Rahway made a dream quilt after discussing Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech. »

RAHWAY—Students in Renee Jeringan’s fifth grade class at Franklin School in Rahway used the school’s new Dell laptops to complete a scavenger hunt about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. »

RAHWAY—Fifth grade students in Deborah Prakapas’s fifth grade class at Roosevelt School proudly display their book report dioramas. »

RAHWAY – Fourth grade art students at Roosevelt School recently designed creatures. »

SAN ANTONIO, Texas—Air Force Airman 1st Class Carlos X. Rosado Garcia graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. »

LINDEN – Pre-kindergarten students at Linden School No. 10 are getting ready for Groundhog Day. »

PERTH AMBOY—A Perth Amboy man has been charged with killing his wife, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan and Deputy Chief E. J. McDonald of the Perth Amboy Police Department. »

UNION COUNTY—A report by a taxpayer watchdog group says the county payroll has increased by nearly $2 million in just three months and it looks like top county employees got unannounced pay hikes and bonuses. »

LINDEN—A lawsuit filed against the city by Dawn E. Kologi, the wife of Linden City Attorney Edward Kologi, has been settled by the City Council for $142,000. »

ROSELLE—The county political machine will battle it out this year with independent Democrats in Roselle, where control of the governing body could depend on the outcome of Rev. James Moore’s challenge to Council President Jamel Holley. »

APPOMATTOX, Va.—Christopher Bryan Speight, a 39-year-old security guard, marked General Robert E. Lee’s birthday with a deadly shooting rampage in the tiny community of Appomattox, Va., best known as the place where Lee surrendered during the Civil War. »

PERTH AMBOY – Police arrested a Perth Amboy man and charged him with murdering a woman whose body was dumped in Virginia, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan announced. »

EDISON – Next week, Edison voters will decide whether to approve an ambitious school renovation and construction plan that would cost $166.8 million. »

Lessons of Biblical proportion are harsh: plague, locusts, whatever it takes to get a decadent citizenry to stand up and take notice. In “The Book of Eli,” no less than full scale Armageddon has made the planet barely recognizable. »

MONROE—If you frequently forget where you put your keys and are constantly misplacing things, it could mean you have a lot on your mind. It also could be an early sign of memory loss. »

HILLSIDE—Seniors and low to moderate-income residents of Hillside and nearby communities can get free help filing their federal and state income taxes at the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, 31 Evans Terminal in Hillside. »

CLARK–Cub Scouts from Clark Cub Scout Pack 145 recently learned what it is like to be a police officer. »

AVENEL – The Avenel Golden Circle Seniors run monthly trips to Atlantic City on the first Thursday of each month. The trips leave from the First Presbyterian Church parking lot, 631 East Woodbridge Avenue in Avenel, at 8:30 a.m. The cost is $20 per person. »