Archive for January, 2011

PERTH AMBOY–Xerox Corporation announced it will award a $1,000 scholarship to a graduating high school senior who has not only demonstrated high academic standards but who has embodied the core principals of the Boys and Girls Clubs-good character, compassion and a commitment to service. »

MOUNTAINSIDE — Route 22 was closed for half-an-hour Sunday morning while horses were rounded up after they escaped from the Watchung Stables at about 8:15 a.m., county police said. “The horses — all county owned — are in good condition and are all safely back at the stable,” according to a statement release by... »

If Martin Luther King, Jr. could visit our country this January, he would see a nation much changed and yet the same. »

SOUTH BRUNSWICK -- Two township men have been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting two 12-year-old girls, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan and South Brunswick Police Chief Raymond Hayducka announced today. »

It is less than two weeks into the New Year and tragedy has struck down innocent people in our country once again. This time, the culprit was one of us and not some suicide bomber from the Taliban spewing something like “Allah is good!” just before he blows up everyone in range. »

ELIZABETH -- A South Jersey congressman encouraged federal education auditors to pursue a witch hunt against the Elizabeth school board that Mayor Chris Bollwage could exploit for political purposes. »

LINDEN -- Moments after Mayor Richard Gerbounka, Council President James Moore and others were sworn into the offices to which they were elected in November with a clear mandate for change, status quo advocates effectively seized control of the city. »

CLARK -- Arthur L. Johnson Sophomore Joseph Bonaccorso was recognized by the Clark Township Board of Education for his altruistic endeavors and honors at the Board of Education’s Showcase of Success on Jan. 11. »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Leonard Lance (R-NJ-7) has been appointed to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. »

Blood Drive • Jan. 15 from 12:30 –6:30 p.m. and Jan. 16 from 11:30 a.m. –5:30 p.m. – Jersey Gardens Outlet Mall, 651 Kapkowski Rd., Elizabeth, will host a blood drive. Info: 1-800-933-2566 »

SCOTCH PLAINS -- Community members are invited to a discussion of the book, “Three Cups of Tea,” by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, at 1 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 31, at Willow Grove Church in Scotch Plains. »

RAHWAY -- Arts Guild New Jersey will present a screening of animated short films on Jan. 15, 2011, at 8 p.m. The screening will be held at 1670 Irving Street in Rahway. »

RAHWAY – City Hall will remain open until 7 p.m. on the second Monday of each month, beginning Feb. 14. »

SAYREVILLE-These memories are from former Morgan resident, Verne James: "I have to say this topic was certainly a highlight for those of us fortunate enough to have grown up in Morgan during the 1960s and early 1970s. »

NEW BRUNSWICK – For the third year in a row, the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division is asking middle and high school students to film their own Law Day video and enter it in the YLD’s Law Day 2011 YouTube Video Contest. »

UNION -- Brazilian composer Dr. João Guilherme Ripper is Kean University’s 2011-2012 Concert Artist Composer-in-Residence, program director Dr. Anthony Scelba announced. »

SCOTCH PLAINS -- New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of the New York Blood Center (NYBC) calls all negative blood types to donate at the Scotch Plains donor room at 2279 South Ave. on Monday, Jan. 17 from 2 to 8:30 p.m. All donors will receive unique positively negative T-shirts after donating. »

STATE – Two local retailers sold winning tickets in Jersey Cash 5 drawings this week. »

WESTFIELD – State Sen. Tom Kean, Assemblyman Jon Bramnick and Assemblywoman Nancy Munoz will host a discussion with local business owners on Wednesday, Jan. 19 from 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. at Rockin' Joes, 20 Prospect Street in Westfield. »

CRANBURY -- The Reverend Dr. Gordon Graham will give the first in a series of talks on “The Celtic Saints,” at St. David’s Episcopal Church, Cranbury, at 8:50 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 16. »