Archive for March, 2010

CLARK – The Clark Board of Education will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2010-11 school budget before Friday’s regular meeting. The hearing will begin at 5 p.m. on March 26 at in council chambers at 315 Westfield Avenue. »

TRENTON – Legislation to require police accident reports to include whether drivers were distracted at the time of an accident was approved 56-16-4 Monday by the Assembly. »

TRENTON – A Senate Committee substitute for bills sponsored by Senators Joseph F. Vitale and Loretta Weinberg, which would give adoptees in New Jersey access to medical history and birth records, was approved by the Senate Monday by a vote of 27-10. »

EDISON—There will be an interfaith Holocaust memorial program on Monday, April 12, sponsored by the Metuchen-Edison Area Interfaith Clergy Association and the JCC of Middlesex County, at 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison at 7:30 p.m. »

EDISON—As part of the Sundays at the “J” series, the Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County in Edison will host a performance by a string quartet featuring four musicians of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, April 18 at 2:30 p.m. »

STATE – Taxpayer Assistance Centers in several New Jersey locations will be open on Saturday, March 27, from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. »

RAHWAY—The Paper Mill Rising Star award-winning Rahway High School musical theater department will be performing “The Music Man” on Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, March 28 at 2 p.m. »

NEWARK—Artists who have always dreamed of performing for a crowd of up to 3,000 have the opportunity to do so at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) this summer. »

CRANFORD—The Friends of the Cranford Public Library invite the public to enjoy a dramatic portrayal of Andrew and Eliza Johnson by Presidents and Their First Ladies, Dramatically Speaking, a two-person troupe comprised of William and Sue Wills. »

CRANFORD – The Next Step in Fitness Dance Studio and Kick-It-Up Training in Cranford are holding a ZUMBATHON® Dance Party at the Cerebral Palsy League (CPL) Sunday, April 11, to benefit the CPL, the students of the Jardine Academy and the League’s programs and services. »

UNION – The Tom Petty Tribute band Damn The Torpedoes will be performing rock classics in an “unplugged” style with a host of “non-Petty” material at the unique Salem Roadhouse Cafe on Saturday, April 10 at 8 p.m. »

CRANFORD—The solemn season of Lent draws to a close this week and the joyous celebration of Easter begins in worship services at Calvary Lutheran Church, 108 Eastman Street, Cranford. »

EDISON – The township will host a family fishing derby, on Saturday, May 1, from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., at Lake Papaianni in Papaianni Park, Edison. »

BETHPAGE, N.Y. –– MSG Varsity and The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NY NATAS) have teamed up to present the first-ever MSG Varsity V Awards. »

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – Senior Dave Zavistoski (Edison) had two extra base hits with four RBI to lead the #6/7 Kean University baseball team to an 11-2 win over Farmingdale State College Wednesday afternoon. »

UNION—Francis Kendall of Clark, a mathematics major at Kean University, will present his research, SPF-Net: A Scalable Protocol for Flexible Sensor Networks, at the 33rd IEEE Sarnoff Symposium in Princeton from April 12 - 14. »

UNION – Sophomore Nick Angrisani (Belle Mead) scored a game-high four goals to lead the Kean University men’s lacrosse team to a 20-3 win over visiting Centenary College on Wednesday evening. »

ELIZABETH—In my March 3 column with memories from William Frolich, I announced it would be my last column with Union County material unless I heard from readers. »

UNION– Ramapo College scored seven straight goals in the second half to erase a 9-6 halftime deficit and defeat Kean University, 13-11, Wednesday afternoon in both Skyline and NJAC action for both. »

CLARK—Investors Savings Bank is honoring the volunteer firefighters in the Clark Fire Department by placing a circa 1938 photograph of the fire company’s members on the community wall of the new Investors’ branch at 77 Central Avenue. »