Archive for January, 2011

TRENTON – State Sen. Robert Singer (R-Ocean) introduced legislation this week that would reinstate the death penalty for those who murder a child, kill a police officer in the line of duty or commit a terrorist attack that results in fatalities. »

TRENTON – Legislation to prohibit public transportation operators from using a wireless telephone or electronic communication device while their vehicles are moving has been signed into law. »

Jan. 20 at 2:57 p.m. – Members of the police department’s Narcotics Bureau arrested Linden resident Jamarl Ratishe Anderson, 29, during a raid of a house on the 900 block of McCandless Street. »

STATE -- Results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) for New Jersey in science education indicate a 32-point achievement gap between low-income and wealthier grade four students and a 31 point achievement gap between low-income and wealthier eighth grade students. »

NEWARK – A retired federal employee was sentenced to 23 months in prison for cheating a government insurance program by making fake claims over an eight-year period, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. »

STATE -- Friday, Feb. 4, marks the eighth annual National Wear Red Day for Women, a public awareness day urging women (and men), businesses, towns, schools, buildings and landmarks to make it their mission to beat heart disease and stroke in women by “going red” or “glowing red.” »

TRENTON – A bill to require some public employees to sign up to receive Amber Alert text messages has been signed into law. »

UNION -- The Concert Artist Program of Kean University will present Duos for Violin and Cello on Thursday, March 3, at 8 p.m. in Kean Hall. Violinist Sharon Roffman and cellist Julie Albers return from their international performances to play duos by Kodály and Handel-Halveson. »

LINDEN -- The Caregivers Support Group meets at the Linden Public Library on the last Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. All caregivers are welcome to attend. »

Dear EarthTalk: Aren’t environmental issues primarily about health? Detractors like to trivialize environmentalists as “tree huggers,” but the bottom line is that pollution makes us sick, right? Wouldn’t people care more if they had a better understanding of that? -- Tim Douglas, Stowe, VT »

UNION -- The Concert Artist Program of Kean University will present an African-American History Month concert on Sunday, Feb. 27 at 3 p.m. »

NEWARK—Music Director Jacques Lacombe and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra will explore stories of adventure and tapestries of orchestral color in “Arabian Nights,” an exotic program featuring Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, Nielsen’s Aladdin Suite and Behzad Ranjbaran’s Seemorgh: Persian Trilogy for Orchestra. »

EDISON -- A total of 1,052 students from Middlesex County College were named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2010 semester. The list includes those from the following towns. »

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Ruth Saint Louis, a resident of Rahway, has earned an Associate in Science in Nursing from Excelsior College. »

RAHWAY -- Rahway Mayor Rick Proctor (right) is pictured with Rahway Savings Institution President Russ Taylor presenting Rahway Fire Department Chief WR Young Jr. with their annual donation. »

RAHWAY -- Third grader Sabreen El-Shaikh at Roosevelt School in Rahway recently became the Principal for the Day. Pictured above, El-Shaikh checks the Accelerated Reader Report. »

RAHWAY -- As Benjamin Franklin once said, “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” Students at Franklin Elementary School in Rahway took his advice, embarking on a writing journey that began on the National Day on Writing in October. »

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Springfield College has named Courtney Maulen of Clark to the dean's list for academic excellence for the fall 2010 term. Maulen is a fourth-year student whose major field of study is rehabilitation and disability studies. »

TRENTON – Gov. Chris Christie has requested $53 million from the federal government for cleanup costs related to the Dec. 26 and 27, 2010 snowstorm. »

TRENTON – Division of Highway Traffic Safety Acting Director Gary Poedubicky today reminded motorists to always remove accumulated ice and snow from their vehicles before traveling on New Jersey’s roadways. »