Archive for December, 2011

JERSEY CITY -- New Jersey City University recently awarded its annual Gothic Knight Academic Achievement Awards and for the second year in a row both winners came from the men's and women's volleyball programs. »

RAHWAY -- On Dec. 14, members of the Rahway High School Madrigal Choir and their director, Donald Pannell journeyed to Newark’s basilica, Sacred Heart Cathedral, to join in the annual carol sing. »

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CLINTON – Unity Bank and its employees will donate a total of $14,000 to 14 food pantries in Central Jersey and Easton, Pa. this month, one service organization for each Unity branch. The funds were donated by Unity Bank employees and matched by the bank as part of a special holiday community service project. »

NEWARK--On Tuesday, Dec. 21, Children’s Hospital of New Jersey received a visit from nine-year-old Justin Martin and his father, who delivered 50 bears from Build-A-Bear Workshop to give to children at the hospital this holiday season. »

LAKEWOOD -- Harrogate, a Life Care Continuing Care Retirement Community, is spreading holiday cheer this season across the Ocean County community by donating toys to Children's Specialized Hospital and the Providence House Domestic Violence Services (PHDVS) of Catholic Charities. »

STATE -- A new congressional district map that was drafted by Republicans and puts the hometowns of two incumbent congressmen in the same jurisdiction was adopted by the 13-member redistricting commission today. »

ELIZABETH -- Officials say it could be days before the eight-alarm fire at the former Burry Biscuits cookie factory is extinguished. »

STATE – New Jersey is one of seven states that will receive a federal grant in the latest round of Race to the Top education funding. »

ELIZABETH -- Union County Freeholders Christopher Hudak (2nd L) and Angel G. Estrada (2nd R) join Rabbi Mordechai Kanelsky (L) and Rabbi Avremy Kanelsky in lighting a Menorah in Phil Rizzuto Park in Elizabeth celebrating Chanukah. »

CLARK -- Arthur L. Johnson High School held its annual Winter Pep Rally to celebrate the holiday season and the beginning of the Winter Sports Season on Friday, Dec. 23. »

CULVER CITY, Calif. – Jason Keller, a 30-year-old tutor from Highland Park continues his winning streak – earning $127,000 over the past five episodes of “Jeopardy!” »

CENTERVILLE, Mass. -- New Jersey City University men's soccer senior forward Walter Avans (Roselle Park/Union Catholic), a three-time All-New Jersey Athletic Conference selection during his career, was named to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Metro Second Team for the 2011 season the organization announced on Thursday. »

TRENTON – Attorney General Paula T. Dow announced today a $34.25 million, multi-state settlement with GE Funding Capital Market Services, Inc. as part of an ongoing, nationwide investigation of alleged illegal conduct in the municipal bond derivatives industry. »

EDISON -- The Middlesex County College men’s basketball team beat Sussex County Community College 69-46 on Dec. 22. »

CLARK -- Clark Recreation announced the winners of this year’s Annual Holiday Home Decorating contest. There were 29 entries this year, and a record number of votes from community members. »

HILLSIDE – Shortly after 5 a.m. four masked men in a Chrysler, possibly a 200 or Sebring, robbed the Union Toll Plaza on the Garden State Parkway, according to the New Jersey State Police. »

RAHWAY – Rather than give co-workers grab bag holiday presents, the Emergency Department staff at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway pooled their money and provide holiday cheer for a local family. »

NEWARK -- NJ Nets starting guard Anthony Morrow visited Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBIMC) and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey (CHoNJ) to distribute Christmas toys to hospitalized children and children in the Pediatric Emergency Department, on Wednesday, Dec. 8. »

MIDDLESEX COUNTY -- Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan announced Thursday that police have begun setting up sobriety checkpoints to ensure motorists drive safely and soberly through the holidays. »