Archive for July, 2011

LINDEN – Children at the Al Kalla Summer Day Camp in Linden enjoy summer activities, which include basketball games and sprinklers to keep cool. (Photos courtesy of Linden) »

EDISON -- On Tuesday, Aug. 9, the Edison Police Department will hold an open public auction of impounded vehicles. Fifty-seven vehicles will be auction: 19 resale titles and 38 junk titles. »

TRENTON – At its Annual Meeting held Tuesday, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts announced the award of $1,018,035 in grants to Middlesex County arts organizations, programs, projects and co-sponsored projects for Fiscal Year 2012. D »

DOVER -- Dover Business College Vice President of Academic Affairs Karl Soehnlein, PhD, has announced that Joyce Wleh of Sayreville has been named to the Dean’s List at Dover Business College for the Spring 2011 Quarter. Wleh attends the Clifton Campus. »

PERTH AMBOY — The Urban Land Institute of Northern New Jersey (ULI-NNJ) will hold their next “Gritty Cities Workshop” on successful urban redevelopment initiatives in Perth Amboy. The event will take place on Thursday, Aug. 18, aboard the 130-foot Cornucopia Princess docked by Riverview Drive. »

HILLSIDE – For the second year in a row, the Community Action Committee of NAIOP New Jersey conducted a food drive and volunteer day to benefit the Community Food Bank of New Jersey. »

By Rich Cordivari Violence in the home can lead to violence in the workplace. Employees are at risk for facing workplace violence where they, or their co-workers, are experiencing domestic violence situations. A violent spouse or significant other can come to the workplace to check up on, harass, threaten or act out against their... »

NEWARK – New Jersey’s Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor today charged eleven individuals, including three chiropractors, with various offenses for their alleged roles in two separate schemes which used “runners” to recruit patients to the chiropractors’ practices, Attorney General Paula Dow announced. »

NEWARK – Gov. Chris Christie joined Port officials at the Port Newark Container Terminal (PNCT) to announce a half-billion dollar investment project at the terminal to create a state-of-the-art container terminal to help the port meet the region’s shipping needs during the first half of the 21st century and create an estimated 800 new... »

TRENTON – Two out of three clients who go to New Jersey’s Legal Services agency for help are turned away because of inadequate funding from the state, according to testimony today by agency President and General Counsel Melville Miller Jr. »

TRENTON -- The Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) recovered for taxpayers more than $116 million in improperly paid Medicaid funds during the past fiscal year, State Comptroller Matthew Boxer announced today. »

NEWARK – A 51-year-old Roselle man has been charged with making a false report to law enforcement for allegedly faking a carjacking, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray said. »

TRENTON – Tonight’s Powerball drawing could be worth up to $111 million, according to lottery officials. »

WESTFIELD – Heeding President Barack Obama’s Monday night call for the public to speak out about the federal debt-limit stalemate, approximately 30 people turned out for a demonstration at Rep. Leonard Lance’s office in Westfield yesterday afternoon. »

LINDEN -- An Elizabeth teenager who was shot in Linden Monday night, died Tuesday afternoon, Union County Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow announced. »

STATE – On Tuesday, the U.S. Postal Service announced plans to consider closing more than 10 percent of its nearly 32,000 retail offices nationwide, including 50 in New Jersey. »

CRANFORD -- Union County College will be hosting orientation sessions this summer for students who are going to be starting classes at the college this fall and for those who may still be interested in enrolling for the fall semester. »

LINDEN – Children from Linden’s summer Kiddie Camp enjoy the day at the Bronx Zoo. (Photo courtesy of Linden) »

RAHWAY – Northfield Bank has signed on as the premier sponsor for the 16th annual Lehrer-Gibilisco Benefit Softball Tournament, which raises funds for the Children’s Specialized Hospital Lightning Wheels youth wheelchair athletics team. »

BRIDGEWATER – Play Ball For Miracles presents Miracle Night with the Somerset Patriots as they take on the Long Island Ducks on Friday, Aug. 5 at 7 p.m. at TD Bank Park in Bridgewater. »