St. John Vianney School Helps Young Student

COLONIA—On Wednesday, June 4, St. John Vianney School hosted a spaghetti dinner as a fundraiser for Bethany Ciccarelli, a kindergarten student at the school. Bethany has been diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia.
Bethany is five years old, the second youngest of Mario and Lisa Ciccarelli’s five children. The Ciccarelli family has been a part [...]

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Summer Reading Programs And Events At The Clark Public Library

CLARK–The Clark Public Library is hosting a wide range of programs and special events for children, teens and adults this summer in conjunction with the Catch the Reading Bug Program summer reading program. Dr. Farnsworth’s Flea Circus will be on hand on Saturday, June 21 at 1:30 p.m. to kick-off the summer reading program and [...]

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St. John The Apostle School Graduates 50 Students

CLARK—St. John the Apostle School, Clark held 8th grade graduation on Friday, June 6. Sister Donna Marie O’Brien awarded the diplomas to 50 graduates and Reverend Father Robert McBride presented the diplomas to the graduates.
Diplomas were awarded to the following students:

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Rock Returns To Raymond Wood Bauer Promenade

LINDEN – Linden’s summer concert series continues on Tuesday, June 24, at 7:30 p.m. at the Raymond Wood Bauer Promenade at 400 North Wood Avenue. Local favorite band Jobananno and the Godsons of Soul will bring their infectious “high energy rock and soul” sound to Linden.
Recently voted as one of the top [...]

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Off To Kindergarten

Off To Kindergarten—On June 10, Madison Elementary School in Rahway held their awards program. Students received awards for perfect attendance, physical education, music, band and art. Madison’s Bully Busters and patrols were also recognized. The pre-kindergarten and kindergarten also have their promotion during the awards. Pictured is Madison School’s pre-kindergarten class performing [...]

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Local Teens Assemble Hero Packs

UNION COUNTY – Four high school students from the Union County 4-H Program, Bria Barnes and Lilia Perez of Scotch Plains, Lindsay Nichnadowicz of Cranford and Paul Szetela of Elizabeth recently assembled Hero Packs while attending the North Jersey 4-H Teen Conference.  The packs are part of a nationwide effort to support children of deployed [...]

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Choi Sends Off Troops at Farewell Salute

EDISON—While attending the recent farewell salute at Fort Dix, Mayor Jun Choi thanked some of the 3,000 New Jersey soldiers who have been deployed for “Operation Iraqi Freedom.”
Twenty-three soldiers in the one-year deployment are from Edison. They are part of the 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. More than 30 percent of the brigade members have [...]

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Corzine Should Not Count His Chickens…

By Michael M. Shapiro
With approval ratings hovering in the 30s, Jon Corzine is preparing to seek a second term as Governor of New Jersey. The lopsided defeat of Rob Andrews might give the Chief of State supreme confidence that a primary challenge will not materialize or will fail miserably. Should a challenge not materialize, Mr. [...]

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“You Don’t Mess with the Zohan” — 2 & ½ popcorns

By Michael S. Goldberger, film critic
Lest you be thought a fool, you don’t recommend “You Don’t Mess With the Zohan” without prefacing. Stuff like, ‘Maybe I’m crazy. I know it isn’t good filmmaking and it’s completely stupid, but hey, Adam Sandler makes me laugh.’ It’s pretty much what folks said decades ago about Jerry Lewis. [...]

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Remembering the Past: Woodbridge Businesses

by Diane Norek Harrison
WOODBRIDGE-I received an email from reader Todd Howell with feedback from my May 2 column on businesses around Woodbridge in 1953:
“Dear Diane, In Hopelawn, Curtis Woodwork is listed at the same address, 75 New Brunswick Ave., as Robbins-Rankin Lumber Co That’s because R-R was the dealer for Curtis. They made some of [...]

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