Archive for October, 2010

Ed Potosnak, Democratic nominee for New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District, performed with the Rutgers Glee Club and alumni on Saturday October 25. »

The Wagner College Marketing Club invites children of all ages to its fifth annual Halloween House, on Sunday, Oct. 31 from 1 to 4 p.m. in Main Hall, 631 Howard Ave., Grymes Hill, Staten Island. »

CLARK -- Clark Public School District educators Gus Kalikas and Phil Scardilli recently made presentations to an audience of school superintendents, administrators, and school board members at the New Jersey School Boards Association Workshop in Somerset. »

CRANFORD--On Oct. 20, the Union County College celebrated its 77th Annual Founders’ Day on the Cranford campus. »

If you’re like me, this election doesn’t feel anything like 2008. The excitement and hope of that historic election have been replaced by worry and disappointment. The 2008 campaigns at least occasionally addressed our country's serious problems. »

By nearly all accounts, Republicans are poised for a big win, even by historical midterm standards, in the November 2 congressional elections. Many candidates backed by the Tea Party should have a big day. »

The great horror and science fiction monsters are considerably more than the sum of their mutilated body parts. Most of all, monsters represent societal repression, generally of the sexual and moral kind. In short, the horror film is a sign that the moral sources of human behavior have been either repressed or forgotten or... »

LINDEN -- Democratic Councilman Derek Armstead and James Moore -- who lost a 1993 re-election bid to the current mayor -- are waging a grassroots campaign based on a new vision for the city's future. »

MIDDLESEX COUNTY -- Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan and Anthony A. Caputo, retired director of the New Brunswick Police Department, announced the formation of Crime Stoppers of Middlesex County Inc., a non-profit organization that will offer rewards to the public for information leading to the arrests of suspects for a variety of crimes.... »

MIDDLESEX COUNTY – Taking a page from recent announcements of public-private partnerships formed to improve education and job opportunities and building on a federal program that supports returning college students, Middlesex County Freeholder Deputy Director Ronald G. Rios unveiled plans last night for the Middlesex County Education Stimulus Plan. »

CARTERET--On Saturday, Oct. 30, Mayor Dan Reiman and the Carteret Business Partnership, Inc. will join with some of Carteret’s newest businesses to host the borough’s third annual Halloween Parade and Fall Festival. »

STATE -- New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of the New York Blood Center (NYBC), serving more than 20 million people in the metropolitan area, is calling upon its communities to participate in scheduled group blood drives, in light of the very tight inventories of blood – at or below the two-day... »

ELIZABETH – A 21-year-old woman was murdered inside her apartment Sunday and four people were injured in two separate shooting incidents this week. »

LINDEN -- Mayor Richard Gerbounka's back-to-back endorsements of top Republicans -- John McCain in 2008 and Chris Christie in 2009 -- is being repaid with a strong endorsement from local GOP activists. »

NEW BRUNSWICK – Conservative Republican Congressional candidate Anna Little will be endorsed by the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) at an event sponsored by the Republican Indian Committee tonight. »

TRENTON – A bill that would provide funding to help local governments clean up contaminated properties has been unanimously approved by the General Assembly. »

TRENTON - The Department of Environmental Protection is soliciting preliminary comments on rules the department has drafted for development of a statewide system of recycling of computers and TVs generated as waste by consumers. »

CLARK – Sixteen-year-old violin prodigy Ania Filochowska will perform in concert at the Polish Cultural Foundation on Friday, Nov. 12, at 8 p.m. »

NEW BRUNSWICK—State Theatre and AM Productions present music star Benise and his Emmy® Award-winning PBS Special Nights of Fire cast in the new music and dance spectacular, The Spanish Guitar on Saturday, Nov. 13 at 8 p.m. »

HIGHLAND PARK – As Almetra Lundy, the owner of Inspire Me Fit exercise and dance studio, reflects on her first year of business ownership, she appreciates the alliances she’s created over the last 12 months. »