Archive for December, 2010

TRENTON – Legislation to expand New Jersey’s film and digital media production tax credit once it’s restored in 2011 was released Thursday 7-0-4 by an Assembly panel. »

MONROE – On Dec. 13, the New Jersey Apartment Association (NJAA) hosted approximately 1,000 underprivileged children at its 13th annual children’s holiday party. The event was held at Pegasus at the Meadowlands Race Track. »

Today the newspaper is often filled with stories about how difficult times are and how people are not doing what they should for others. »

The last thing any driver needs is a vehicle that breaks down in cold, harsh winter weather. Winterizing your vehicle should be a top priority, saving you from the inconvenience of being stranded out in the cold. »

CARTERET -- Mayor Dan Reiman is appealing to the Middlesex County Executive Superintendent of schools to block a recently renegotiated contract extension and salary increase for the Carteret School Superintendent. »

Republicans played President Obama in the tax deal like mortgage hustlers played homeowners. Focus on the teaser rates, borrow more than you need and trust us to work with you to refinance later when rates jump. »

STATE – More than three quarters of New Jersey residents like the communities where they live, even though more than half think that the state has gotten worse in recent years. These results come from a new Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. »

FLORHAM PARK -- AAA projects 92.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the year-end holidays, an increase of 3.1 percent from the 89.5 who traveled a year ago. The year-end holidays travel period is defined as Thursday, Dec. 23, to Sunday, Jan. 2. »

CARTERET – The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders has hired a firm to begin remediation and redevelopment of the County’s Joseph Medwick Park in Carteret. »

ELIZABETH -- Elizabeth experienced a steady rain of airplane crashes in the winter of 1951-52, when three planes came down, killing passengers, crewmembers and people on the ground. »

CLARK -- The Arthur L. Johnson 2010 Central Jersey Group II Sectional State Championship Girls Soccer Team was honored at the Board of Education Meeting on Dec. 14. »

PERTH AMBOY— Mayor Wilda Diaz will swear in Captain Benjamin Ruiz as Deputy Chief of the Perth Amboy Police Department in a ceremony at William C. McGinnis School on Friday, Dec. 17 at 4 p.m. »

ELIZABETH – At tonight’s meeting of the Elizabeth Board of Education, board members will honor Felipe Gómez for over 50 years of tireless dedication to the cause of democracy in his native Cuba and civic service to the community. »

TRENTON – A measure to bolster the rights of domestic violence victims unanimously cleared the full Assembly on Monday by a vote of 75-0. »

TRENTON – A bill to help widen the quick dissemination of Amber Alerts in the event of a missing child received final legislative approval on Monday. The Assembly passed it Monday by a 73-0-1 vote. »

LINDEN – The Linden Police Department will join law enforcement agencies across the country that will be looking out for impaired drivers during the holiday "Over the Limit, Under Arrest" crackdown. »

SUMMIT – Dr. Raynard Riley is organizing a Toy Drive this Christmas Season to put smiles on the faces of some needy children. »

EDISON -- Looking for gift ideas for the chef in your life? Middlesex County College is offering 30 different cooking classes starting in January. »

Dear EarthTalk: Are the world’s amphibians still in decline and what’s being done to help them? -- Chris W., Stamford, CT »

BRANCHBURG – This holiday season many families and individuals will un-wrap their gifts to find interactive video games, like Nintendo’s Wii System waiting for them. The Association of New Jersey Chiropractors (ANJC) advises all potential users of these games to be conscious of the fact that just like engaging in real competition and exercise... »