STATE – The traditions of parades, cookouts, and fireworks help us celebrate the summer season, especially our nation’s birthday on the Fourth of July. However, a joyful celebration can turn into a painful memory when children and adults are injured while using fireworks. Each year emergency rooms are full of patients who are injured by illegal fireworks.
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Celebrate The 4th With Fireworks & Fun
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AREA – Some traditional New Jersey Independence Day events have fallen victim to budget cutbacks, but there are still plenty of opportunities to celebrate the 4th of July.
NJ Launches Effort To Combat Underage Drinking At The Shore
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WILDWOOD – On Thursday, Attorney General Paula T. Dow announced a comprehensive law enforcement and public awareness effort by the Divisions of Alcoholic Beverage Control and Highway Traffic Safety to combat underage drinking in Jersey Shore resort areas this summer.
Carteret To Kick Off Summer Concert Series With Annual Independence Day Festival
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CARTERET — This Saturday, July 3, the borough will host its annual Independence Day Celebration, welcoming thousands of residents and visitors to Waterfront Park and officially beginning the town’s summer “Concerts by the Bay” series.
Officials Urge Public To Avoid Consumer Fireworks
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QUINCY, Mass.—Stressing the message that there is no safe way to use consumer fireworks, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) released a new online video in advance of the Fourth of July holiday.
Community Calendar
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Blood Drive • July 3 from 1-7 p.m. – Menlo Park Mall, 100 Menlo Park Drive, Edison, will host a blood drive. For info, call 1-800-933-2566.
“Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work” — Oh, Please…See It
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“Can we talk!?” Thus has comedienne and show biz icon Joan Rivers asked for most of her storied career. It’s an invitation to dish the dirt, solely entre nous, as if you were both sitting at the kitchen table.
11 Ways to Be a Better American
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HOBART, N.Y. – July 4th certainly is the most patriotic of our national holidays. American Flags, parades on Main Street, and bursting fireworks provide us with a spirit of pride and celebration.
Twilight Blood Drive A Success
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NORTH BRUNSWICK — NJ Blood Services recently asked Twilight Saga movie fans to donate blood before attending the premier of the latest addition to the series, Eclipse, and 70 fans registered to help save lives.
Prison Employee Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Inmates
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AVENEL — An employee at East Jersey State Prison has been arrested and charged with having sex with five inmates and supplying drugs to two of them, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan and Gary M. Lanigan, commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Corrections announced today.
