Bollwage Appointee Indicted

ELIZABETH — A federal grand jury has indicted a construction contractor who was appointed by Mayor J. Christian Bollwage to the city parking authority.
Raymond Vella, 32, of Elizabeth, was charged with five counts of mail fraud, one count of providing corrupt payments and one count of obtaining property by fraud.
Observers speculate that Vella has been [...]

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Proposed Bill Would Help Homeowners Facing Foreclosure

TRENTON – Legislation Assembly members Neil M. Cohen, Gary S. Schaer, Bonnie Watson Coleman, L. Grace Spencer, and L. Harvey Smith sponsored to extend foreclosure protection to thousands of New Jersey families caught-up in the recent mortgage market upheaval was released last week by an Assembly panel.
The bill (A-2780), entitled the “Save New Jersey Homes [...]

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Offshore Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal Proposed

STATE – A joint venture between a New York company and a Canadian energy firm could bring a $550 million liquefied natural gas terminal 15 miles off the Jersey shore, with a pipeline running to an on-shore facility in Linden.
The Liberty Natural Gas Transmission project would consist of an underwater facility that would receive natural [...]

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Carteret Signs $100 Million Redevelopment Agreement with P.C. Richard

CARTERET—On Tuesday, Mayor Daniel J. Reiman and the Borough Council announced that the borough had agreed to a $100 million redevelopment deal with A.J Richard & Sons, Inc. (parent company of the P.C. Richard’s Home Electronic Super Center) for Phase I of the West Carteret Minue Street Retail Redevelopment Area.
As part of [...]

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Construction Started On Public Safety Center Project

EDISON—Mayor Jun Choi, along with public safety officials and members of the business community, dug shovels into the ground last week to break ground for a new public safety center.
Construction has officially started on the Edison Public Safety Center in Raritan Center, a 17,045 square-foot facility that will house members from Edison’s police, fire [...]

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Rahway PAL Celebrates Memorial Day

RAHWAY—On Saturday, May 24, Rahway PAL hosted its annual Memorial Day picnic for players, and their families and friends. The day was filled with good food and lots of fun and activities. Our guests were treated to a 65-foot obstacle coarse, bungee basketball, a batting station, and other traditional picnic games.
This year attendance was again [...]

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Soehl Science Stars

Soehl Science Stars—Linden Soehl Middle School students Adedayo Kolawole and Shira NesSmith were chosen to attend the Douglas Science Institute for a summer program. There are only 50 young women through out the state of New Jersey that are afforded this opportunity. Photo by Christine Hudak, Linden Public Schools

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Street Named In Honor Of Fallen Soldier

CLARK – On Memorial Day, township officials named a street in honor of a soldier killed in the Iraq conflict.
Army Pfc. Stephen C. Benish was killed near Ramadi, Iraq, in November 2004 after he was hit by insurgent gunfire while on foot patrol. The 20-year-old soldier grew up in Clark and graduated from Arthur [...]

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Family Longs For Missing Teen

ELIZABETH—A missing 14-year-old girl’s aunt made an impassioned plea for the runaway to return home, saying she is loved and her family longs for her to come back safely.
”We love her and we just want her to come home,” said Charmaynne Gregory, the legal guardian of Quaniece Gregory, who uses the nickname, “Quaddy.”

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St. John Teacher Celebrates 25th Anniversary

CLARK – On May 2, St. John the Apostle School honored Patricia Lettini for her 25 years of teaching at St. John the Apostle School.
Lettini’s special day began with a Mass attended by her family, friends, former students and the present student body. At the end of Mass Sister Donna Marie, [...]

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NJ Residents Driving Less As Fuel Prices Rise

STATE – In the wake of record pump prices, more than eight in 10 New Jersey motorists are driving fewer miles, according to results from an online poll at AAAmidatlantic.com.
Results from the poll, which drew nearly 2,900 responses from members in AAA Mid-Atlantic’s territory, include 810 responses from New Jersey drivers. [...]

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Mayor To Host Celebration Dinner

RAHWAY – Mayor James Kennedy will host a dinner to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the City of Rahway on Friday, June 20 at 7 p.m. The dinner will be held in the Hall of St. Thomas the Apostle Church, located at 1415 St. Georges Avenue.

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Congratulations Class of 2008!

Congratulations Class of 2008!—Middlesex County College held its 41st commencement ceremony May 22, as 1,071 graduates received their degrees or certificates. The graduates and approximately 3,500 family and friends heard from Middlesex County Freeholder Director David Crabiel, Freeholder Ronald Rios, College President Joann La Perla-Morales, Thomas Tighe, vice chairman of the College Board of [...]

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“Redbelt” Holds Up Well — 3 popcorns

By Michael S. Goldberger, film critic
Whether “Redbelt” is an intellectual look at martial arts or a martial arts film written and directed by an intellectual, leave it to Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet to be the brains behind this engaging lesson in philosophy and brawn. Constructed in the auteur’s savvy, wisecracking style, it further defines [...]

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Remembering the Past: More Morgan History

by Diane Norek Harrison
SAYREVILLE-In 2007 I received an email from Morgan resident Frances Drake asking me if I had any past information on the Morgan section of Sayreville. She was writing a paper for a class at Rutgers University. She has since sent me a copy of her paper with permission to share her [...]

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