PERTH AMBOY-Back in the day, when Tarloski's Pharmacy was on the corner of State St. and Fayette St., Rose Tarloski Celecki would decorate the store's window. There would be a Christmas tree, gift-wrapped boxes and the gift sets they were selling for Christmas gifts. »
ELIZABETH – Mayor Chris Bollwage advised residents in the North Elizabeth area to keep their windows closed due to the smoke from the large fire on Newark Avenue. »
Essex County legal cases have not been suspended indefinitely because of a hot political dispute between Gov. Chris Christie and state Sen. Ronald Rice, as reported in Alexi Friedman's front page story on Sunday. »
First, I’d like to thank everyone who supported our holiday fundraising efforts this year - donors and volunteers alike. As well, many thanks to our generous friends who continue to support our work in New Jersey. It is only with our supporter’s help that we can even attempt to meet the rising need and... »
PATERSON – Patients at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, an acute care specialized state designated children’s hospital at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, received a special pre-Christmas visit from New Jersey Devils hockey players, Eric Boulton and Kurtis Foster. »
When I was a child in the 1950s, Christmas glowed. My parents didn’t have much money to spend at Christmastime, but being poor didn't really matter all that much because there was magic in the air. »
NEWARK --Children with cancer, sickle cell disease and other blood disorders are not just their diagnoses; they are, first and foremost, kids. To recognize and celebrate that fact, The Valerie Fund Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s Hospital of New Jersey has, for twenty years, thrown a lively and kid-friendly holiday... »
CLARK – Clark Public Schools Director of Curriculum and Instruction Vince Caputo takes his last walk though at Valley Road School accompanied by Principal Joseph Beltramba. Caputo is leaving the district to become superintendent of the Metuchen School District. »
NEWARK – U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg and Robert Menendez announced today that the Clark Volunteer Fire Department will receive a $136,040 federal grant for operations and safety. »
NEWARK – A principal of Mid-Atlantic Trustees and Administrators (MATA) and two of the company’s employees were sentenced to prison terms or home detention on Wednesday for conspiracy to defraud the United States through the marketing of two fraudulent products designed to conceal assets from the IRS and fraudulently discharge debt, U.S. Attorney Paul... »
TRENTON – A pharmacy owner from Edison was arrested Wednesday morning for his alleged role in a conspiracy to defraud Medicaid through a prescription medication buyback scheme, Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Acting Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Ronald Chillemi announced. »
CARTERET -- On Wednesday, Dec. 7, Mayor Daniel J. Reiman joined with the Carteret Office of Economic Development, the Carteret Redevelopment Agency, and representatives from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA), to host a small business forum at the Robert Wood Johnson Fitness and Wellness Center at Carteret. »
CLARK -- Students in Jackie Grigoli's kindergarten class at Valley Road School in Clark made holiday cards for patients in the Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation Wards at RWJ University Medical Center in Rahway. These patients will be spending the holidays in the hospital while on the road to recovery. »
I'm sitting by the hospital bed of a grateful Medicare beneficiary —-my mother. She seems to be making progress in her battle against pneumonia, and she doesn't have the worry that many other patients here have about how they are going to pay their medical bills. »
In the case of the salesman who wouldn’t sell, the two sides have starkly different tales to tell. »
Bank of America will pay $335 million to settle allegations of discrimination at Countrywide Financial Corp., the troubled lender it bought in 2008. »
The health insurance industry is still weighing the benefits of a new federal requirement that prevents doctors from billing patients or charging a co-pay for recommended preventive care. »
STATE -- New Jersey Blood Services, which supplies blood products and services to 60 hospitals throughout the state, is in need of CPR-certified, registered nurses to volunteer at its donor rooms. Volunteer RNs would assist the collection staff at donor centers in Scotch Plains and/or New Brunswick. »
RAHWAY -- On Friday, Dec. 16, Daisy Troop 41401 from Rahway left their Daisy days behind and crossed the bridge into the world of Brownies. »
EDISON -- Mayor Antonia Ricigliano, the Edison Municipal Council, and the Edison Recreation Department will be joined by community, family and friends at Edison’s Annual Festival of Lights Celebration on Thursday, Dec. 22 at 7 p.m. »
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