NEW BRUNSWICK - “Diversity impacts each and every one of us,” said American Conference on Diversity President and CEO Elizabeth Williams-Riley during the “Reflections on Diversity: Defining Moments” forum held on June 6 at L’Oréal USA headquarters in New Jersey.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY -- Penny Grande, the Mental Health Administrator for Middlesex County, is among the recipients of the 2013 Golden Bell Leadership Award, presented by the Mental Health Association in New Jersey. Grande was recognized for quick action and dedicated oversight in time of crisis during Superstorm Sandy and for the leadership role she plays…
NEW BRUNSWICK – Feedback from New Brunswick’s food pantry recipients could be shaping the future for a few Hub City pantries.
EDISON -- With the end of the school year, students at the Wardlaw-Hartridge School in Edison are making the transition to new experiences and challenges that lie ahead.
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FORDS -- The students in Lisa Kelly's PreK-4 Class at Our Lady of Peace School in Fords recently completed a name project where they had to find and paste or draw things that begin with each letter.
PERTH AMBOY -- The city's Police Department welcomes five new officers who graduated from the Union County Police Academy this week, Police Chief Benjamin Ruiz announced.
NEWARK – A father and son who ran a mortgage loan fraud scheme that succeeded in obtaining $4.4 million in mortgage loans while masquerading as a foreclosure rescue operation were both sentenced to prison Thurday, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced through a press release.
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HIGHLAND PARK -- Professor Paul Clemens will lecture on the famous 1924 Leopold and Loeb case that captivated a nation at a JCC lecture in Highland Park at 30 South Adelaide Avenue on Wednesday, June 26 at 1 p.m.
METUCHEN -- A cat tested positive for rabies in the Borough of Metuchen It was found in the vicinity of Amboy Avenue and Voorhees Place. This is the seventh rabid animal reported within Middlesex County for 2013 and the first reported in Metuchen.
