Archive for October, 2011

TRENTON – State Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff today extended the deadline for this year’s Homestead Benefit and Senior Freeze applications by one week to Nov.7. »

CLARK -- Students in Miss Grigoli's kindergarten class at Valley Road School in Clark created Pumpkin Glyphs for Halloween. In this lesson, students learn a powerful way to display data using a glyph. »

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In 2009, state and local governments brought in nearly $2.1 trillion, a 22.1 percent ($587.5 billion) decrease from 2008, according to statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau. Most tax revenue categories saw declines except property tax, which saw a 3.7 percent increase to $424.0 billion. »

MIDDLESEX COUNTY -- Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan announced today that as much as $72,500 will be made available for the purchase of as many as 29 conducted energy devices, commonly known as Tasers, one for each municipal police department and law enforcement agency in Middlesex County. »

UNION COUNTY – At least three Union County communities have elected to postpone Halloween trick-or-treating until Friday. »

TRENTON – Governor Chris Christie held a conference call with Board of Public Utilities President Lee Solomon and executives from Public Service Electric and Gas (PSEG) and Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L) today to ensure response operations and power restoration efforts were moving forward in a speedy manner to restore power as quickly... »

OLD BRIDGE – More than 100 visitors attended the Grand Opening ceremony of the Roosevelt Care Center at Old Bridge on Oct. 26, officially extending Middlesex County’s quality long-term care services to the south county area. »

TRENTON –The New Jersey After 3 program will continue its work for New Jersey children and families through a renewed public-private partnership implementing the Department of Education’s federal No Child Left Behind waiver application that will expand and improve programs to extend learning beyond the traditional school day, Gov. Chris Christie announced today. »

PAHRUMP, Nev. – Former New Jersey resident Christopher Kinder faces 5,000 counts of child pornography. »

CRANFORD - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management (NJOEM) announced today that six Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) are closing on Wednesday, Nov. 2, including the one in Union County at the Cranford Community Center. »

STATE – New Jersey voters feel safer in Atlantic City than other New Jersey cities, according to a new statewide poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind™. »

EDISON -- Wardlaw-Hartridge School students Jack Schildge and Carlin Schildge and younger sibling Kallie Schildge of Westfield participated in the 31st annual Red Bank CROP Hunger Walk on Oct. 16. »

GALLOWAY -- When senior striker Julia Caseres (Union) scored a game-tying goal in the 71st minute off a feed from senior striker Jennifer Albuja (Union City /Hoboken), the Gothic Knights were back in contention in their women's soccer New Jersey Athletic Conference Quarterfinal game against Richard Stockton College. »

STATE – Thousands of New Jersey residents remain without power as a result of Saturday’s unusual autumn snowstorm. PSE&G advises parents to exercise extreme caution if they allow their children to go trick-or-treating today because of the number of downed wires in areas. »

FLORHAM PARK—Every Halloween, monsters, zombies and ghouls fill the streets across the United States to celebrate. And if that’s not scary enough, AAA uncovered some frightening statistics. According to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, October 31 is the deadliest night of the year for pedestrians. »

The observance of Halloween, which dates back to Celtic rituals thousands of years ago, has long been associated with images of witches, ghosts and vampires. Over the years, Halloween customs and rituals have changed dramatically. Today, Halloween is celebrated many different ways, including wearing costumes, children trick or treating, carving pumpkins, and going to... »

CRANFORD--The Cranford Public Library will launch its 19th annual “Books for Kids” campaign on Tuesday, Nov. 1. Each year thousands of disadvantaged children from all across New Jersey are given the chance to own a new book through this program. »

STATE -- Forget ghosts and goblins, they’re scary, but as Halloween has become increasingly macabre over the years, decorations featuring insect and rodent pests can be found adoring homes, often in the form of bats, spiders and their webs. Are giant bed bugs the next Halloween fixture? »

MIDDLESEX COUNTY – Raritan Bay Medical Center has announced the following support groups and community programs for November: »

NEWARK—NJIT will co-host with the New Jersey United States Marine Corps Reserve Association a daylong cyber-terrorism symposium looking at proactive approaches to counter-terrorism. The event, set for Saturday Nov. 5, from 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., in the NJIT Campus Center will feature George Johnson, the chief security officer of NC4 and the founder... »