Archive for January, 2011

STATE – The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for most of the state, which will remain in effect until 4 a.m. tomorrow morning. Snow is falling and creating slippery road conditions. »

RAHWAY – After 20 years as Mayor of Rahway, James Kennedy, has been named executive director of the Union County Performing Arts Center. »

PERTH AMBOY — The Middlesex County Sustainable Economic Growth Improvement Fund will provide $100,000 to support the renovation of the Perth Amboy Public Library, Mayor Wilda Diaz and the Library Board of Trustees announced. »

TRENTON – The Assembly Appropriations Committee recently released legislation that would offer incentives for families to save for college. »

Jan. 19 at 10:25 a.m. – At Headquarters, Det. Alex Yanes arrested Newark resident Yisel Castillo, 19, and charged him with theft. He was subsequently released on his own recognizance pending a court date. »

TRENTON - The Department of Environmental Protection has secured a landmark agreement that will open up a large stretch of the Raritan River for fish spawning as compensation to the public for harm to natural resources caused by past pollution at a refinery and three polymer plants that were operated by or affiliated with... »

MIDDLESEX COUNTY -- Applications are now being accepted for the Middlesex County Youth Conservation Corps, whose mission is to protect and preserve natural areas from misuse, polluters and the forces of nature at the more than 7,000 acres of open space owned and maintained by Middlesex County. »

UNION COUNTY -- Three Union County school business administrators (BAs) were among eleven volunteers who traveled to New Orleans to join the Operation Helping Hands (OHH) relief effort for Hurricane Katrina victims. »

MADISON, Wis.—Families facing the death of a loved one also face an unnecessary additional obstacle: many of the written materials hospices give to families to prepare them for the death are too complicated for most families to understand »

ELIZABETH – Elizabeth Public Schools’ highest achieving eleventh and twelfth graders were rewarded with vouchers for two tickets to a New Jersey Devils’ home game. »

SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- Jenifer Llontop, a senior from Elizabeth majoring in accounting at Bryant University was named to the fall semester Dean's List. »

Most of us may not think we know someone who is hungry. But more than 10 percent of New Jersey households are food insecure. Many of these families are forced to choose between paying for food and paying the rent. »

When a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on January 12, 2010 the world community came to its aid. Millions of private citizens in this country and around the world reached into their household budgets and gave generously to the Haitian people who were grappling with the devastation. »

NEW BRUNSWICK – A city police sergeant was charged today with performing extra-duty security jobs with private companies during hours he was supposed to be working for the city as a police officer, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan and New Brunswick Police Director Peter Mangarella announced. »

STATE – New Jersey residents are facing another winter storm on Wednesday, which is expected to bring a mix of rain, sleet and snow to the area. »

NEWARK – A former advisor of convicted Perth Amboy politician Joseph Vas was sentenced to two years of probation for participating in a scheme to illegally funnel contributions into Vas’ 2006 Congressional primary campaign, United States Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. »

STATE – Two-thirds of New Jersey residents are not confident that life for their children’s generation will be better than it has been for them, according to the results of a new poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind™. »

TRENTON – Legislation that would expand requirements for businesses to provide advance notice of mass layoffs was released Monday by an Assembly panel. »

TRENTON -- Legislation to create a statewide mobile farmers’ market network and fresh produce voucher program to increase produce access for resident’s of New Jersey’s so-called urban “food deserts” was released Monday by the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Monday, the Internal Revenue Service unveiled IRS2Go, its first smartphone application that lets taxpayers check on their status of their tax refund and obtain helpful tax information. »