Lautenberg Tops Andrews

STATE – Four-term Sen. Frank Lautenberg easily defeated Rep. Rob Andrews to win the Democratic Party nomination to run for one of the state’s seats in the U.S. Senate. Lautenberg will face former Republican Congressman Dick Zimmer in the November general election.
Lautenberg, 84, is heavily favored in the general election. New Jersey has [...]

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County Budget Calls For Tax Increase

UNION COUNTY – The Freeholder Board introduced a $437.7 million budget last week which calls for an average $68 increase per household in county taxes.
Mandated costs, such as salaries, health insurance and pensions had largely contributed to a $26 million deficit, which was subsequently cut in half to $13.074 million through the Budget Committee and [...]

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Elizabeth Voters Re-Elect Incumbents

ELIZABETH – Four-term Mayor Chris Bollwage easily defeated political newcomer Edward Bryant Koon in Elizabeth’s Democratic primary.
Bollwage won by more than 3,000 votes, 4,896 to 1,815 according to unofficial totals.
Koon, a senior officer at the Union County Juvenile Detention Center in Elizabeth, made crime and property taxes the top issues of his campaign.

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South Amboy Selects Developer For Waterfront Site

SOUTH AMBOY—An Ocean Township-based real estate development company was recently named redeveloper for 50 acres of the South Amboy waterfront.
The site, which is currently owned by Reliant Energy, has significant soil and water contamination. While four outdated oil fired power generators continue to operate on site, the Werner power plant has been decommissioned for about [...]

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County Acquires Hungarian Club Property Through Open Space Program

CLARK—Freeholder Chairman Angel G. Estrada, Freeholder Nancy Ward, and Clark Mayor Sal Bonaccorso announced Monday that Union County has reached an agreement to purchase the American-Hungarian Citizens Club and its grounds, totaling .77 acres, for $625,000 through the Union County Open Space, Historic Preservation, and Recreation Trust Fund.
The Hungarian Club was built in 1935, and [...]

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Carteret To Receive State Funds For Waterfront Redevelopment

CARTERET—Last week, Mayor Dan Reiman, representatives from the state Department of Environmental Protection and local stakeholders formally signed Carteret’s Waterfront Brownfields Development Agreement. The agreement will allow for up to $5 million annually in state funds in brownfields remediation along Carteret’s Waterfront Park and Redevelopment Area.
“This B.D.A. designation is a milestone in the [...]

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Linden Workers Walk To Save Lives

LINDEN—On May 17, Infineum USA L.P. employees, family members and Linden neighbors walked to save lives at the 2008 American Heart Walk. Infineum employees joined other walkers from the area to raise funds which will help support American Heart Association’s research and education, community programs and advocacy.
Infineum’s U.S. operations and employees have steadily committed their [...]

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Rahway Hosts Special Olympic Day

RAHWAY—It may not have been in downtown Beijing, but on Friday, May 16, downtown Rahway was its own Olympic Village. The Rahway Recreation Center hosted the sixth annual Olympic Day for Special Needs Children.
Over 70 athletes from Rahway’s elementary schools and 50 Rahway High School volunteers filled the Rec Center [...]

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Kudos To Clark Squad

Kudos To Clark Squad—Recently, the Clark Volunteer Emergency Squad was recognized by NJ Blood Services (NJBS) for its exceptional dedication to saving lives. By hosting blood drives over the past 25 years, the squad is responsible for collecting over 4,200 pints of blood and saving as many 12,000 lives. Here executive director of NJBS, Chuck [...]

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Elizabeth Resident Receives Nursing Excellence Award

Elizabeth Resident Receives Nursing Excellence Award—At a reception during the annual observance of National Nurses Week, Trinitas Hospital presented its Excellence in Nursing Practice Award for Nursing Assistants to Patricia “Tiny” Alicea, of the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU). Alicea is shown, center, with Jackie Thorn, Nurse Manager of Endoscopy and the Post Anesthesia [...]

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Edison Resident Receives Jefferson Award

EDISON—Township resident Walter Stochel, an environmentalist and historical preservationist, has been named a New Jersey Jefferson Award winner.
“Walt Stochel has always made Edison proud and he has done so again in receiving this award. Citizens who give of themselves like Walt Stochel help make our community a great community,” said Mayor Jun Choi.

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Drug-Free Is The Way To Be

Drug-Free Is The Way To Be—On the morning of May 21, fifth graders at The Wardlaw-Hartridge School in Edison were awarded certificates and t-shirts from Edison Police Officer Michael Gurovich and their teachers Nicole Nolan and Debbie Kendall, marking their graduation from the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Program). As part of their training, students were [...]

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Thoughts On The VP Search

By Michael M. Shapiro
During the past few weeks, both John McCain and Barack Obama have begun speaking with possible candidates for the vice presidency. They are presumably looking at a variety of factors as well as a background dossier on each individual to ensure to the greatest degree that there are no skeletons in the [...]

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Remembering the Past: Railroad Past

by Diane Norek Harrison
PERTH AMBOY-This is taken from “Historical Highlights of the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey and its Veterans Employees Association” which was given to me by reader Jerry Celecki:
NEW YORK & LONG BRANCH RAILROAD- The Central Railroad Company of New Jersey served almost every NJ seaside resort area north of [...]

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