DES PLAINES, Ill. — With hurricane season beginning, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and its 32,000 occupational safety, health and environmental professional members, urge companies and communities to take steps now to prepare to handle emergencies in an effort to minimize injury and disruption to operations.
Flea Market • June 5 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. – Third Westminster Presbyterian Church, 780 Salem Ave. (corner of North Ave.), Elizabeth will host a flea market with 45 vendors, a bake table and lunch items available for purchase. Rain Date: June 12.
EDISON -- A writers’ workshop open to the public will be held at Middlesex County College on Friday, August 6. The program mixes sessions on writing skills with practical tips on selling what you have written.
“Sex and the City 2” is a confounding kettle of contradictions. Every ounce of your being knows full well its glamorized pap.
RAHWAY -- The Democratic candidates for mayor have even odds in Tuesday’s primary. It’s a rough-and-tumble contest that pits a 32-year political insider against a longtime volunteer who never before sought election but appears to hold the lead.
ROSELLE -- Four borough residents have filed an ethics complaint against Councilman Jamel Holley, citing his admission to charges that he violated the absentee voting law by illegally influencing voters in the 2006 primary election.
UNION COUNTY – New details have emerged concerning the political deal that allowed Union County Sheriff Ralph Froehlich to collect a pension without retiring from his elected office.
CRANFORD – A Roselle school board member who allegedly led police on a car and foot chase Monday was arrested and charged with burglary, theft and resisting arrest. Michael Boyd, 39, was arrested following reports of vehicle burglary in progress on Munsee Drive in Cranford. A witness described the suspect and a black Volkswagon at…
LINDEN -- Once considered a shoe-in as the mayoral nominee, Council President Robert Bunk, 77, slipped to third place as underdog challenger John Fine, 48, has emerged in a neck-in-neck race with Councilman Derek Armstead, 46, whose advantage is less than the margin of error.
CLARK – By the power of modern technology, third graders in Barbara Jean Delnero’s class at F.K. Hehnly School in Clark were able to chat with soldiers in a ‘far away land’ known to us as Kuwait.
