Archive for April, 2011

SUSSEX – Space Farms Zoo and Museum, located in rural Sussex, is now open for the 2011 season. The zoo is now now home to coati, a mammal of the raccoon family native to Central and South America, and African servals, medium-sized wild cats. »

SOUTH AMBOY -- The South Amboy Branch YMCA is taking a field trip to Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson on Saturday May 21. The trip is $30 per person for teens aged 13+, which includes admission to the park and transportation »

SOUTH AMBOY -- The South Amboy Branch YMCA will be hosting a Lock-In for Y members aged 13-16, geared towards keeping kids off drugs and alcohol. »

Our nation’s water infrastructure is aging badly: U.S. cities currently lose one-fifth of their water to leaks and suffer 1.2 trillion gallons of sewage spills annually, according to the U.S. General Accounting Office. »

EDISON – The Wardlaw-Hartridge School announces a schoolwide fundraising effort to benefit the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. »

CLARK -- Children from the Clark Preschool sign a banner demonstrating their commitment to environmental protection on Earth Day. »

CLARK -- The children at the Clark preschool practice being Easter Bunnies and delivered many colored eggs before their spring break. »

EDISON -- Four Wardlaw-Hartridge students have earned All-State Chorus Recognition. Aneesa Sonawalla '12 was named to the NJ Women's Chorus and Milika Griffiths '12, Billy Buchbinder '12 and Alex Barbet '14 were selected to the NJ Mixed Chorus. »

EDISON -- Wardlaw-Hartridge School juniors Ernest Afflu of Edison, Abigail Rogers of Plainfield and Aneesa Sonawalla of Edison were named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists. »

EDISON -- The Wardlaw-Hartridge School gold medalists on the National Latin Exam join their teacher, Macada Brandl of Fanwood, in the courtyard. »

EDISON -- Mikayla Cole of Plainfield and Nadia Valcourt of South Plainfield, second grade students at The Wardlaw-Hartridge School, look at the salamander which is being held by a guide at the Kateri Science Center. »

GREAT LAKES, Ill. -- Navy Seaman Recruit Kala S. Dixon, daughter of Sandra W. and Robert L. Dixon of Colonia, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. »

EDISON -- Julia Linger of Cranford as Juliet and Uditi Nichani of Scotch Plains as Lady Capulet were among the actors in the Wardlaw-Hartridge Middle School performance of Romeo and Juliet on the morning of April 21 in Corinna Crafton's classroom. »

A look at some interesting numbers comparing the United States to other nations around the world. »

CARTERET – Middlesex County and Carteret officials put the first shovels in the ground today for a project to reconstruct the County’s 83-acre Joseph Medwick Park in Carteret. »

TRENTON – Attorney General Paula T. Dow, joined by members of the New Jersey traffic safety, law enforcement and substance abuse prevention communities, today honored those individuals who have lost their lives as a result of an impaired driver. »

Users of the PlayStation Network, an online game and music service utilized by approximately 77 million owners worldwide of the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable video game devices, may be at risk for identity theft. »

LINDEN - An alert city man helped police apprehend a suspect in an Easter Sunday liquor store robbery, authorities said. »

FORT BRAGG, N.C. – A Fort Bragg paratrooper assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division was found dead at his home last week. Investigators were still awaiting autopsy results, but believe that he died of a natural cause. »

EDISON – Singer Phoebe Snow, best known for her 1975 hit “Poetry Man” died Tuesday at a hospital in Edison. »