Archive for June, 2011

STATE -- Summer is a season when many activities take place outdoors, with warm temperatures and long days. As people venture outside to enjoy their favorite summer pastime, extremely high temperatures can affect the body’s ability to keep cool. »

HAZLET – While teens are not in school, many will be busy this summer coping with a variety of issues – from cyber-bullying and suicide to abuse and neglect. »

Dear EarthTalk: Isn’t spray sunscreen a health and environmental nightmare when it seems that more of the sunscreen ends up going up my nose than on the kid at the beach next to me? -- Lillian Robertson, Methuen, MA »

RAHWAY -- On June 7, at Rahway High School, students who participate in the English as a Second Language (ESL) classes in Rahway Middle School and Rahway High School joined teachers, administrators, parents and siblings to celebrate the year’s accomplishments at a Family Night Program. »

LINDEN -- AARP Linden Chapter #1894 held a luncheon at the Gran Centurions, Clark, on June 3 for the installation of their officers for the year 2011 - 2012. »

June 20 at 1:13 p.m. – Officers Frank Wietry and John Donofrio investigated a burglary at Baumann Court. »

EDISON — Five members of the Class of 2011 who were lifers at The Wardlaw-Hartridge School join Andrew Webster, Head of School, and Aurea Hernandez-Webster at Hill House for dinner on the eve of graduation. This year’s graduating lifers were Ben Stoddard of North Plainfield, Pam Yulo of Piscataway, Kelsey Hart of Edison, Tommy... »

CLARK -- Tara Lechner, and her daughter, Cassidy, first grader at Valley Road School in Clark, celebrate Mother's Day at the first grade classes' annual Mother's Day Tea this spring. »

RAHWAY -- On the evening of June 1st, parents, coaches and senior student-athletes gathered at the Rahway Senior Citizens Center for a celebration of the year’s athletic victories. »

RAHWAY -- Recently, New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse, as part of its 2011 Rising Star Awards, gave the 2011 Educational Impact Award to Rahway High School. »

EDISON -- On May 18, three groups of seniors embarked on community service projects. The Wardlaw-Hartridge School Class of 2011 helped at the American Red Cross in Somerville, Habitat for Humanity in Plainfield and Homefirst in Scotch Plains. »

SUMMIT – Determined to save lives and end breast cancer forever, the North Jersey Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® has awarded three grants totaling $138,059.50 to programs providing breast cancer services in Union County. »

As he was announcing his second increase in troops for Afghanistan in December 2009, President Obama promised that by July 2011 those troops would begin coming home. As relayed by Bob Woodward’s book, Obama’s Wars, we know the president was skeptical about the United States’ war effort in Afghanistan. »

“Back to the Future” introduced a generation of moviegoers to the art of travelling to the past to change the future. In New Jersey, our environmental protection programs are facing just such a temporal paradox – an unprecedented attempt to roll back to “the bad old days” regardless of the dire consequences for the... »

TRENTON -Established in late March to assess operations and emergency preparedness for New Jersey's nuclear power plants following Japan's nuclear tragedy, the state's Nuclear Review Task Force has issued an interim report based upon early lessons learned from that ongoing nuclear emergency. »

TRENTON -- Juveniles caught sending sexually explicit photographs via their cell phones would not face criminal prosecution but rather intense education on the ramifications under a bill advanced by a Senate Panel on Monday. »

Benida C. Tricoli (nee Corio), 89, of Berkeley Heights, died on Saturday, June 25, at the Berkeley Meadows Care Center, Berkeley Heights. »

TRENTON – A Senate committee advanced legislation that would move New Jersey’s February presidential primary election back to June, in conjunction with the regular partisan primary elections. »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a California law that prevented children from renting or purchasing violent video games. »

ELIZABETH -- The Union County Homicide Task Force is investigating the shooting death of an Elizabeth man that occurred Friday evening, according to Prosecutor Theodore Romankow. »