Archive for July, 2011

MIDDLESEX COUNTY – County residents will be able to learn about Taíno culture this weekend, through a presentation offered by the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission in collaboration with Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian George Gustav Heye Center. »

STATE -- This recent heat wave has everyone covered with sweat, but your furry friends could be at more of a risk than you are. »

SPRINGFIELD--The Summer International Film Festival continues at the Springfield Free Public Library on Thursday, July 28. The library will screen Mao's Last Dancer (2009) at noon and 6:45 p.m. »

WEST WINDSOR – New Jersey residents of all ages are invited to join in the Garden State Walk4Hearing® on Oct. 15 to call attention to the growing national problem of hearing loss to raise money for hearing loss prevention and education programs, and to support New Jersey residents with hearing loss. »

MADISON -- Does your business need strategic advice to reach the next level? Would you like a fresh perspective about potential entrepreneurial strategies that can help your organization? Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Silberman College of Business offers a solution. »

MIDDLESEX COUNTY -- Teams are being formed for the Middlesex County Parks and Recreation Department’s Fall Slo-Pitch Softball Leagues. Men’s Single and Double-Header, Women’s Sunday Morning and new Thursday night co-ed leagues all begin play in late August. »

SUMMIT -- The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey has announced its studio art classes and workshops for the fall 2011 semester beginning Sept. 12. Register today for day, evening and weekend classes. »

If you are adopting a child in 2011, the Internal Revenue Service encourages you to familiarize yourself with the adoption tax credit. The Affordable Care Act increased the amount of the credit and made it refundable, which means it can increase the amount of your refund. »

LINDEN – The Linden Public Library Adult Summer Reading Club awards prizes to its members throughout the season. »

DAM NECK, Va. -- Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Grisel Encarnacion, daughter of Maribel Velez of Elizabeth, was selected as Sailor of the Year and recently received the Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal while assigned as the Information Technician Manager, Combat Direction Systems Activity, Dam Neck, Va. »

ELIZABETH -- The major funders of the Trinitas Center of Regional Education (CORE) building - a new community and medical education facility in Elizabeth - gathered last week to celebrate the progress of the $5.3 million project. »

In a close vote, the House recently passed a provision that undercuts one of the most successful environmental programs of the decade – one that requires all bulbs -- including the incandescent -- to achieve higher efficiency levels. »

Last week, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a controversial article regarding the status of the approximately two million super-obese children in this country (“State intervention in life-threatening childhood obesity”, Murtagh & Ludwig). »

The nation’s 400 richest people have more combined wealth than the 80 million American households that comprise the heart of the middle class plus every American with less. Wealth is more concentrated in a few hands than ever before. »

Too often, we elevate the events of the American Revolution to near-mythic status and forget that the real revolutionaries were neither agitators nor hotheads, neither looking for trouble nor trying to start a fight. »

As a health insurance broker, and a member of the New Jersey Association of Health Underwriters (NJAHU), I’m often asked by my clients why health insurance premiums seem to be spiraling out of control. The reason the cost of health insurance rises, I tell them, is because the cost of health care keeps rising. »

Nine months ago, thanks to a $5.1 million federal Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP) grant, the New Jersey State Library implemented a series of steps to enable libraries throughout New Jersey to better assist our unemployed and underemployed residents and their families. »

LINDEN – A 16-year-old Elizabeth boy was in grave condition this morning after being shot in Linden Monday night, according to authorities. »

CARTERET -- Moody’s Investor Service has assigned the much-coveted A1 rating to the borough’s $4.5 million refunding bonds, as of July 18, according to Mayor Dan Reiman’s administration. »

NEWARK – Attorney General Paula T. Dow and the State Division of Consumer Affairs have filed suit against two companies offering modeling and talent services and their owner, alleging, among other things, that they engaged in deceptive practices in order to entice consumers to enter into written agreements to pay for services that would... »