Archive for December, 2010

RAHWAY -- Madison Elementary School in Rahway recently held their annual winter concert under the direction of the music teacher, W. Thomas-Hinton, band director, Jason Miklowcic, and Sofya Kitenberg, strings orchestra director. »

TRENTON – New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher urged consumers to ask for locally-grown poinsettias when purchasing the plant for the holidays this year. »

LINDEN – Linden School No. 9 recently held its annual holiday concert. »

PERTH AMBOY -- Having completed the collection phase of material for the Perth Amboy Jewish history book, best-selling author Robert Spector is now organizing and writing the book. »

UNION – The Kean University men's basketball team nearly rallied from a 17-point second-half deficit, however University of Scranton held on for a 94-90 win over the host Cougars in non-conference action on Monday evening. »

The holiday season is usually full of peace, love and joy. The post-holiday season, however, is always full of trashcans overflowing with torn wrapping paper, cardboard boxes and plastic packaging. »

In light of the recent events surrounding the layoffs of seven firemen, I feel compelled to point out a few details that seem to be omitted from most publications regarding this heated issue in our community. »

TRENTON – Legislation sponsored by state Sen. Ray Lesniak (D-Elizabeth) to abolish the state Council on Affordable Housing was approved 43-32 Monday by the Assembly. »

STATE – The Geminid meteor shower peaks early tomorrow morning, between midnight and sunrise. Although the weather forecast calls for cloudy skies tonight, if they clear New Jersey residents could see between 50 and 120 meteors per hour. »

ELIZABETH –A Union Township man pleaded guilty today to stealing a company’s Internet domain name and selling it over eBay for more than $110,000 to an unsuspecting buyer. »

STATE -- The New Jersey State Police and the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management are conducting an emergency drill this week in areas throughout Bergen, Hudson, Essex, Passaic, Morris, Union and Middlesex counties. »

TRENTON—Voters in eight New Jersey school districts – including two in Middlesex County – will act on $194 million in proposed school construction Tuesday, according to the New Jersey School Boards Association. »

TRENTON – Legislation Assemblymen John S. Wisniewski and Craig J. Coughlin sponsored to help combat the flooding of the South River in Sayreville was released Thursday by an Assembly committee. »

TRENTON – Legislation sponsored by Senators Joseph F. Vitale and Nicholas P. Scutari which would eliminate the statute of limitations for victims of sexual abuse to sue their abusers, and would allow for the revival of cases which were dismissed because the state of limitations had lapsed, was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee... »

LINDEN -- Santa made an early stop to Linden’s Eighth Ward. Councilwoman Michele Yamakaitis hosted the annual visit at the Eighth Ward Community Center on Saturday, Dec. 4. »

SOUTH AMBOY – The city will welcome the holiday season with its annual tree lighting and fire truck parade on Tuesday, Dec. 14 at 6 p.m. a the Transit Plaza on Broadway. »

ELIZABETH – The Postal Service expects to handle 15.8 billion mail pieces during the holiday season from Friday, Nov. 26 through Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010 - Christmas Day. Elizabeth Postmaster Dennis Allocco wants to remind last-minute mailers of the recommended mail-by dates to get their cards and gifts delivered by Christmas Day. »

EDISON - Milika Griffiths of Edison, a junior at The Wardlaw-Hartridge School in North Edison, was overcome with elation when she found out that she was selected to perform at the 2011 Chicago ACDA (American Choral Directors Association) National Conference entitled, "Voices in the Wind" in Chicago from March 9 to 12. »

ELIZABETH--Benedictine Academy students participated in a novel classroom experience this month, when a “webinar” was set-up between the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, Massachusetts and one of the Academy’s religion classes. The “webinar” was a first for the museum in conjunction with a school. »

NEW BRUNSWICK—To celebrate Elvis Presley’s 76th birthday, the State Theatre will present the national tour of the Broadway musical “All Shook Up” on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. »