Lautenberg: “Duty” To Party?

STATE – New Jersey Republicans found little humor in a comment Sen. Frank Lautenberg apparently intended as a joke while being interviewed at the Democratic National Convention this week.
During an ABC World News segment about parties hosted by lobbyists, Lautenberg told ABC News’ Brian Ross that is it his “duty” to attend the parties.
“Of course, [...]

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City Mourns Fallen Police Officer

PERTH AMBOY – The city mourned a fallen police officer Monday. Officer Thomas Raji was killed in an early Friday morning car accident while he was transporting a prisoner.
Raji’s body was carried to Holy Spirit Church on a horse-drawn caisson followed by a rider-less horse with two boots turned backwards in the stirrups. Hundreds of [...]

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AAA Urges Motorists To Drive Carefully As Kids Head Back To School

STATE—As the end of summer rapidly approaches and millions of children are preparing to return to school next week, the AAA New Jersey Automobile Club is urging motorists stay alert and drive carefully in neighborhoods and school zones, through its 75th annual “School’s Open-Drive Carefully” campaign.
“Children can get caught up in the excitement of the [...]

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Edison Switches School Bond Referendum Date

EDISON – After drawing extensive criticism from the township’s Jewish community, Edison school board officials agreed to change the date of next month’s school bond referendum to Dec. 9. The election was originally scheduled to fall on Rosh Hashanah, one of the holiest days of the year on the Jewish calendar.
Acting Superintendent John DiMuzio said [...]

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Lesniak Calls For Turnpike, Parkway Toll Increase

STATE—Sen. Ray Lesniak is calling for a 50 percent increase in tolls on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway, but he says nothing will be done to reduce the state’s debt, now estimated to exceed $42 billion.
“Any toll increase or gasoline tax will only be for transportation,” Lesniak said. “I don’t [...]

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Thieves Target Truck Fuel Tanks

UNION COUNTY – The high price of diesel fuel is making the contents of tucks’ fuel tanks an attractive target for area thieves.
Last week, thieves siphoned off 160 gallons of diesel fuel from the tanks of three trucks parked overnight in Linden. Earlier this month, a Rahway business had 450 gallons of diesel fuel stolen [...]

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Linden Church Dedicates New Addition

LINDEN – The congregation of the Reformed Church of Linden recently celebrated the dedication of the new handicapped-accessible addition to the church during a worship service of praise and thanksgiving.
The new elevator with a street level entrance on North Wood Avenue allows all individuals with wheelchairs, walkers and canes, and those with weakness [...]

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Clark Plans CERT Training Program

CLARK—The Township of Clark is planning on holding another Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) Program in the fall, if there is sufficient interested. The township has previously conducted four classes for the general public and one class for various teachers and administrators in the Clark Public School System with good attendance in all the classes.

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America’s 9/11 Ride

America’s 9/11 Ride—Over 900 motorcycles participated in the America’s 9/11 Ride that traveled from Washington D.C. to the site of the World Trade Center Towers in New York City on Saturday, Aug. 16. Bikers were welcomed to Linden for a refreshment stop at Aviation Plaza prior to heading through the Holland Tunnel into New [...]

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Seven To Seven

Seven To Seven—Gerald Hairfton, 9, Germain Cruz, 9, and Joshua Alvarez, 9, play a basketball shooting game at the Roselle Seven to Seven summer camp carnival on Aug. 15, as counselor Ronald Bennett looks on. The six-week summer camp and the carnival were sponsored by the Borough of Roselle and the Roselle Board of Education.

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Summer Fun

Summer Fun—The Middlesex County College Child Care Center ended the summer with a special day of fun in August. The children enjoyed face painting, crafts, ice cream, pony rides and a petting zoo. Brianna Walters of Edison (right) demonstrates her skill in the limbo contest. Alexey Yarmulik, also of Edison, (left) makes friends with an [...]

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“Vicky Cristina Barcelona” — From Spain with Love — 4 popcorns

By Michael S. Goldberger, film critic
Woody Allen’s “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” a romantic tale with a pungent twist, is the sort of film that reminds you why it was you fell in love with going to the movies in the first place. Lampooning genre clichés nonetheless dear to him, the master craftsman reworks great old mechanisms [...]

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New Jersey’s District 3: A Democratic Pick-Up?

By Michael M. Shapiro
Much of the talk in New Jersey regarding contested Congressional seats this Fall has centered around District 7, where Democratic Assemblywoman Linda Stender is running against Republican State Senator Leonard Lance to fill the House seat vacated by retiring Republican Congressman Michael Ferguson (R-7).

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Preserving Open Space In Woodbridge

By Mayor John McCormac
I am pleased to report that the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders recently approved the purchase of two tracts of undeveloped land in Woodbridge Township as part of Middlesex County’s and Woodbridge Township’s open space land preservation program.

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Past Perth Amboy Around The Raritan Bay

By Diane Norek Harrison
PERTH AMBOY—This is from my own material dated 1920: The Perth Amboy Dry Dock Company, with W. Parker Runyan, president and Charles D. Snedeker, secretary and treasurer, was incorporated in 1887, and developed from a marine railroad established in 1860. Since the incorporation, four dry docks have been installed, with a capacity [...]

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