NASA this month successfully launched the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2), its first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in Earth’s climate. OCO-2 will be collecting space-based global measurements of atmospheric CO2 with…
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Route 22 Auto Sales fined $1.8 million plus restitution
STATE – The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs obtained a $1.8 million settlement plus consumer restitution from eight auto dealerships and their owners, Carmelo Giuffre, of Brooklyn, New York, and Ignazio Guiffre, of Colts Neck. The settlement resolves a state…
Union members demand contract
STATE — Union members at Regency Grande Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Dover, made a showing of strength and unity at an energetic picket in front of their place of employment earlier this month as caregivers chanted, drummed, and drew honks of solidarity…
Jersey City police officer killed in ambush
JERSEY CITY — Patrolman Melvin Santiago was ambushed by a gunman as he responded to a report of an armed robbery at a Walgreens store around 4 a.m. on Sunday morning. Jersey City Mayor Steven M. Fulop said at a…
Pentagon Report Finds Litany of Problems with Effort to Recover MIAs
A draft inspector general report found that the mission lacks basic metrics for how to do the job – and when to end it. by Megan McCloskey The Defense Department’s inspector general has drafted a stinging rebuke of the Pentagon’s struggling…
Summer of Super Moons
by Dr. Tony Phillips In June of last year, a full Moon made headlines. The news media called it a “supermoon” because it was 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full Moons of 2013. Around the world, people went…
Dispatcher Training Made Available to Job Seekers
UNION COUNTY — The John H. Stamler Police Academy is pleased to announce a special alternate route course option for individuals with no prior experience who are interested in becoming trained as 9-1-1 dispatchers. The required nine days of training,…
RAHWAY — Twenty-eight children between the ages of 11 and 15 graduated from the city’s 13th annual Youth Police Academy organized by the juvenile bureau. The academy is designed to provide young adults with a better understanding of the role of…
Rahway Councilman Bresenhan & Rolando B. Ceniza make marriage ‘legal’
Rahway City Councilman Robert ‘Bob’ Bresenhan, Jr. and his partner Rolando B. Ceniza fought for decades to win marriage equality for members of the LGBT community, and their efforts were rewarded on June 28 in a wedding ceremony attended by 100 friends and loved…
Red Cross: How We Spent Sandy Money Is a Trade Secret
by Justin Elliott ProPublica, June 26, 2014, 11:38 a.m. The Red Cross is continuing to fight our public records request for information on Sandy spending. The charity’s law firm has appealed the attorney general’s ruling on its request that some…