Archive for July, 2010

SOUTH BRUNSWICK -- A South Brunswick High School English teacher has been placed on probation for three years and was fined $1,000 for taking credit cards from two co-workers and running up a bill of more than $600, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan announced Tuesday. »

HOBART, N.Y. – From the White House to your neighbor’s backyard, it seems like everyone is planting a traditional kitchen garden these days. »

LIVINGSTON – Saint Barnabas Medical Center has released a calendar of community programs, support groups and education classes for August. »

LINDEN -- Recently Linden Mayor Richard Gerbounka (left) welcomed Basia Jamroz to Linden’s shopping district at the Grand Opening of Basia’s Pastry Shop, 217 N. Wood Avenue. »

MIDDLESEX COUNTY -- Middlesex County youngsters who spent time in the Family Court Children’s Waiting Room this summer also have enjoyed a special experience – an introduction to the world of Urban Birds. »

RAHWAY – Residents suffering from a stroke or other neurological emergencies now have 24/7 access to board-certified, fellowship trained neurologists thanks to a partnership between Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway and the telemedicine company Specialists on Call (SOC). »

RAHWAY – The Rahway Library Board of Trustees are reducing the library’s hours of service to allow better use of a smaller staff. »

SOUTH BRUNSWICK -- A new season of Master Gardener Environmental & Community Stewardship classes will be starting soon at the Middlesex County EARTH Center. Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will offer both daytime and evening programs. »

UNION--The Union Public Library will present a program on Lyme disease, including a film screening of Under Our Skin: There’s No Medicine For Someone Like You on Thursday, July 29. »

Golf is a strange game, particularly, to those who don’t understand it. One must ask why so many people want so desperately to play the game as often as possible. »

LANCASTER, Pa. - The Lancaster Barnstormers defeated the Newark Bears 12-11 on Tuesday night at Clipper Magazine Stadium in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. »

GREAT LAKES, Ill. -- Navy Seaman Sabrina M. Lynn, daughter of Donna M. Perry of Colonia and Ed J. Lynn, Jr of Brooklyn, N.Y., recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. »

CHICAGO, Ill. - DePaul University student Laryssa Borkowsky of Westfield has been named to the Dean's List for the 2010 spring quarter. »

SALISBURY, Md - Trevor May made history Tuesday night, as the BlueClaws crushed Delmarva 9-0 to take four of five on the road trip and improve to a season-best 24 games over .500. »

NEW BRUNSWICK – A former eighth grade English teacher has been sentenced to serve 364 days at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center in North Brunswick for improperly touching and kissing a 14-year-old female student nearly four years ago. »

ELIZABETH -- Authorities have upgraded charges against three teenagers accused in the beating death of a Summit man, Union County Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow announced today. »

SUMMIT -- A registered nurse at Overlook Hospital was charged with one count of third degree theft on Monday, after he allegedly stole several hundred dollars from an unconscious man who was brought into the hospital’s emergency room on July 17. »

If you've got teenagers heading off to college soon, I hope you've done a good job educating them about the importance of personal financial responsibility and how to build a strong credit history. If not, better do it now. »

EDISON -- A new program at Middlesex County College, the Center for Adults Returning to Education (CARE), will ease the way for those 21 years old and older as they return to school to complete their Associate’s Degree. »

July 22 at 8:53 a.m. – Officer Keith Meehan investigated a report of criminal mischief to a motor vehicle, which was parked at a Florence Drive residence. »