I know, I know. We are all so done with winter already and by the calendar, we still have another six weeks to go. The icy roads, the potholes, the shoveling and the unending grayness of this time of the year have given even the best of us winter lovers, a bad case of the summertime blues.
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“The Mechanic” Deals in Old Parts and Bad Labor
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Tramping upon the gym treadmill, my attention shanghaied by the crazy reality show on the poor excuse of a TV station, it came to me for whom Simon West’s “The Mechanic” was intended.
EarthTalk®
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Dear EarthTalk: I understand that the use of antibiotics in raising farm animals is threatening to make bacteria overall more resistant to antibiotics, which has serious life and death implications for people. Can you enlighten and advise what is being done about this? — Robert Gelb, Raleigh, NC
Community Calendar
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Blood Drive • Feb. 5 from 12:30 –6:30 p.m. and Feb. 6 from 11:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.– Jersey Gardens Mall, 651 Kapkowski Rd., Elizabeth, will host a blood drive. Info: 1-800-933-2566
NJ Road Assistance Calls Up 21%
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HAMILTON – AAA, the leading provider of roadside assistance, responded to nearly 54,000 calls in January 2011 throughout New Jersey, a 21 percent increase compared to January 2010.
Carteret To Crack Down On Illegal Apartments
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CARTERET – Mayor Dan Reiman has launched a new initiative against unauthorized apartments and other illegal housing.
Rahway Man Charged With Robbing Clark Pharmacy
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CLARK – Police arrested a Rahway man who is accused of robbing a Raritan Road pharmacy with a box cutter last night.
Travel Company Owner Settles Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit With NJ
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NEWARK – The owner of numerous vacation travel club companies with a long history of consumer complaints in New Jersey, is barred from doing business in the state for no less than five years and cannot open or operate any such business in the future without state approval, under terms of a settlement with the Office of the Attorney General and State Division of Consumer Affairs that was announced yesterday.
Sheriff’s Officers Accused Of Emptying Wrong Home In Botched Foreclosure
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HILLSIDE – A 76-year-old Hillside woman has filed a claim for damages against Union County, alleging that officers of the county sheriff’s department illegally entered her home and removed the entire contents because they had the wrong address of a foreclosure.
Thousands Of NJ Residents Remain Without Power
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STATE — Thousands of New Jersey residents remain without power this afternoon as the result of an ice storm.