FLORHAM PARK–With the national average price for a gallon of regular gas nearly $3 a gallon, many drivers are saying “bah humbug” at the gas pump this holiday season.
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Holiday Bazaar • Dec. 18 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. – The Linden/Roselle Community Center, 1238 St. Georges Ave., Linden will host a holiday bazaar. Raffles, food & door prizes.
Reiman Calls For Rejection Of New Superintendent Contract
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CARTERET — Mayor Dan Reiman is appealing to the Middlesex County Executive Superintendent of schools to block a recently renegotiated contract extension and salary increase for the Carteret School Superintendent.
NJ Residents Have Mixed Views About Where They Live
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STATE – More than three quarters of New Jersey residents like the communities where they live, even though more than half think that the state has gotten worse in recent years. These results come from a new Rutgers-Eagleton Poll.
AAA Forecasts a 3.1% Increase in Year-End Holiday Travel
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FLORHAM PARK — AAA projects 92.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the year-end holidays, an increase of 3.1 percent from the 89.5 who traveled a year ago. The year-end holidays travel period is defined as Thursday, Dec. 23, to Sunday, Jan. 2.
County Hires Firm To Begin Environmental Cleanup Of Park
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CARTERET – The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders has hired a firm to begin remediation and redevelopment of the County’s Joseph Medwick Park in Carteret.
Crash From The Past
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ELIZABETH — Elizabeth experienced a steady rain of airplane crashes in the winter of 1951-52, when three planes came down, killing passengers, crewmembers and people on the ground.
Cuban Patriot To Be Honored At Elizabeth Board Of Education Meeting
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ELIZABETH – At tonight’s meeting of the Elizabeth Board of Education, board members will honor Felipe Gómez for over 50 years of tireless dedication to the cause of democracy in his native Cuba and civic service to the community.
EarthTalk®
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Dear EarthTalk: Are the world’s amphibians still in decline and what’s being done to help them?
– Chris W., Stamford, CT
Association of NJ Chiropractors Warns Holiday Video Game Gifts Can Lead to Health Problems
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BRANCHBURG – This holiday season many families and individuals will un-wrap their gifts to find interactive video games, like Nintendo’s Wii System waiting for them. The Association of New Jersey Chiropractors (ANJC) advises all potential users of these games to be conscious of the fact that just like engaging in real competition and exercise programs, they can suffer health problems from using these games.
