Archive for April, 2010

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. - With runners on first and second and nobody out for the Intimidators in the bottom of the eighth inning, Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium was evacuated and the game was delayed 40 minutes because of a gas leak. »

TRENTON – Permit and Probationary License holders under the age of 21, and their parents or guardians, are reminded that Kyleigh’s Law, which requires the use of license plate decals, will take effect Saturday, May 1. »

JAMESBURG – A grassy island in a parking lot at Middlesex County’s Thompson Park was transformed today into a Rain Garden—complete with coneflowers, black eyed susans, joe pye weed, and other assorted native plants designed to treat polluted stormwater runoff before it flows into the park’s Manalapan Lake. »

NEW BRUNSWICK – A toll-free legal aid line is now available for victims of recent flooding and storms who need help navigating issues like insurance claims, housing concerns and aid with repair contracts. »

SOMERSET—State and federal disaster assistance payments are bringing needed financial help to homeowners, renters and business owners who suffered damages in the severe storms and flooding of mid-March. »

WOODBRIDGE –Woodbridge Town Hall will host a one-day ‘Passport Satellite Office’ on Thursday, May 6, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Middlesex County Clerk’s Office, along with the Woodbridge Township Municipal Clerk’s Office, will be accepting applications for U.S. Passports in the Council Meeting Room (First Floor), Woodbridge Municipal Building, located at... »

MADISON, Wis. -- Think about hearing protection like sunblock – don’t go out for your noisy summer activities without it. »

ROSELLE—The Roselle Varsity Girls Basketball Team was honored for its run to the Union County Finals at the Roselle Board of Education meeting on April 26. »

RAHWAY—This spring, eleventh grade advanced placement students at Rahway High School experienced what it means to be part of a community of readers. Students studied Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried,” which explores the lives of soldiers in Vietnam. »

SAN ANTONIO, Texas—Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Nicholas M. Watson graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. »

SAN ANTONIO, Texas—Air Force Airman Ryan J. Chiari graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. »

RAHWAY—On Wednesday, April 28, Roosevelt Elementary School in Rahway hosted the GT District Battle of the Books. Third and fourth grade gifted and talented students form the four elementary schools competed. »

RAHWAY—Third grade students at Franklin School in Rahway are in the process of studying all about the solar system. Students learned interesting facts the planets, the sun and even observed the moon. »

SCOTCH PLAINS – Union Catholic High School freshman Arnold Majano of Rahway has been selected as this year’s recipients of the Sandra Stagg Memorial Scholarship. »

An hour and a half. That’s how long it took for word to reach Betty and Victor Dubinin that their only child – Sara – had been critically injured in a serious car accident and had been admitted to the Emergency Room at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick. »

Americans are once again hearing of the perils of extremism. But the definition of this offense is slipperier than a politician’s campaign promise. The definition of extremism has continually been amended to permit government policies that few sober people previously advocated. »

STATE—Attorney General Paula T. Dow today announced a revised AMBER Alert plan designed to provide law enforcement officials with clear criteria to determine when they should activate the emergency broadcast system to seek public assistance in locating a child who was recently abducted and is believed to be in danger, including family abductions. »

NEW BRUNSWICK—An eighth grade English teacher pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of improperly touching and kissing a 14-year-old female student nearly four years ago, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan. »

LINDEN—Hundreds of progressive voters rallied Saturday around candidates running on the Column B Democrats for Change slate, as Councilman Derek Armstead kicked off his campaign for Mayor with former Councilman James Moore running for Council President. »

RAHWAY—Freeholder Richard ‘Rick’ Proctor is running to succeed Mayor James Kennedy in the hope that he may continue moving the city in the direction started 20 years ago in response to economic conditions that developed in the 1970s and continued through the following decade. »