Archive for March, 2011

STATE -- AARP New Jersey is strongly critical of Senate Bill 2664, legislation proposed by Sen. Raymond Lesniak and Asm. Joseph Cryan that could leave state residents paying more to telephone and cable companies. »

NEWARK – An unregistered charitable organization that solicited donations to supposedly save horses from being killed and processed into pet food will cease operations and pay up to $581,000 to resolve a lawsuit filed against it by the State Division of Consumer Affairs last December. »

PERTH AMBOY – Parents can register now to send their children to the Municipal Alliance Day Camp this summer. »

CLARK -- Arthur L. Johnson High School's production of the famed Kander and Ebb musical “Cabaret” hits the stage this weekend. »

CLARK -- The Wednesday Senior Citizens Club of Clark is sponsoring a trip to enjoy the Brighton Beach Cabaret, an authentic Russian-style nightclub show, at the Royal Manor in Garfield on Wednesday, May 25. The club invites members and non-members to sign up for the trip. »

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Nintendo’s highly-anticipated 3D handheld video game system will go on sale on Sunday. »

The light at the end of the unpredictable weather tunnel is finally emerging after a long, snowy winter. People are coming out of the house after dinner these days surveying their lawns and wondering if the rose bushes survived the killer cold of January. »

ELIZABETH-There was Esso Standard Oil and Sparlelogs Bollers Bottling. The Janet Memorial Orphanage was on Murray and Cherry streets until 1996 when it was torn down. It was abandoned in 1962. »

CLARK -- Students at Valley Road School are collecting donations for Pennies for Patients to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society from March 28 until April 18. This is the fourth year that this school is participating in this fundraiser. »

It’s too bad Dr. Timothy Leary isn’t around to lend us his perspective on director Neil Burger’s “Limitless,” about a writer who experiments with the ultimate mind-expanding drug and the inevitable side effects that make for the death-defying adventure of his life. »

EDISON -- The Middlesex County College Dance Ensemble will present its 10th Anniversary Spring Dance Concert, “Celebration” on Friday and Saturday, April 15 and 16. The concerts will be held in the Performing Arts Center on the college’s Edison Campus at 7 p.m. and are free. »

Live Music • March 26 at 8 p.m. – The Hub Kings, an instrumental soul-jazz trio, will play at La Travola Cucina, 700 Old Bridge Turnpike, South River. Info: www.hubkings.comLive Music • March 26 at 8 p.m. – The Hub Kings, an instrumental soul-jazz trio, will play at La Travola Cucina, 700 Old Bridge... »

It is about time that we drop the panic mode and return to normal. In today’s era of heightened security and public panic, you’re not allowed to have uncontrolled people just milling around the Statehouse halls, meeting with their representatives and engaging in the democratic process. »

Frank L. Knies of Sarasota, Fla., formally of Clark, passed away on March 24. He was 83. »

PLAINFIELD – Authorities are asking for the public’s help in their search for a second suspect in the Sept. 28, 2010 murder of a 44-year-old Plainfield taxi driver. »

CARTERET – Mayor Daniel Reiman endorsed former Assemblyman Peter Barnes Jr. of Edison to be the next chair of the Middlesex County Democratic Party. »

CARTERET -- As part of a directive issued by Carteret Mayor Dan Reiman, the Office of Public Information, working with the town’s Construction Department, has issued an advisory to residents providing an overview of residential construction code standards. »

EDISON -- The newly-reactivated Middlesex County Commission on the Status of Women honored10 women who have made significant contributions to their chosen fields on Wednesday at a dinner at the Pines Manor in Edison. »

TRENTON – The state Assembly unanimously approved a bill to amend New Jersey’s identity theft laws to impose criminal penalties on anyone found guilty of criminal impersonation using any electronic communications or internet websites. »

CRANBURY – A 43-acre farm that produces and sells vegetables, eggs and fresh honey and a 48-acre farm that produces and sells specialty vegetables are the 66th and 67th farms preserved forever in Middlesex County through the Farmland Preservation Program. »