Posted in Elizabeth on August 13, 2008 |
ELIZABETH – One man is dead and three others are injured – one critically – after a pair of apparently unrelated shootings in the city last week.
A 33-year-old man was shot and killed as he sat outside his Flora Street home early last Thursday morning. Two other men were wounded in a double shooting last Tuesday night at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Trinity Place.
Posted in Linden, New Jersey, tagged John McCain, Richard Gerbounka on August 13, 2008 |
LINDEN – Mayor Richard Gerbounka, a one-time Democrat who turned independent in 2006, and four of the city’s councilmen endorsed Republican John McCain for president Monday. The move came on the eve of a McCain fundraising visit to the state.
“This election is not about Democrats or Republicans. It’s about electing the best man to lead us forward the next four years as the president of the United States. And the best man for that position is Senator John McCain,” said Gerbounka at a Monday press conference. “And I know from personal experience that the Linden voters are intelligent and sophisticated. Because in 2006, I ran for the mayor of this great city as an independent against a 30-year Democratic incumbent, and the voters chose the man, not the party.”
Posted in Carteret, Middlesex County, New Jersey, tagged Daniel Reiman, Pete J. Sica on August 13, 2008 |
CARTERET—Last Friday, against a backdrop of outgoing traffic, Mayor Daniel Reiman welcomed state and county dignitaries, residents, and friends and family of the late Mayor Pete J. Sica, for a rededication ceremony honoring the local hero that has become immortalized in Carteret’s history, and the highway that is his namesake.
Mayor Daniel Reiman presents a plaque to Barbara Sica, Peter Sica’s wife
Posted in New Jersey on August 13, 2008 |
TRENTON–Last week, Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed into law a multi-bill legislative package aimed at stabilizing the long-term financial health of the state’s hospital industry to stave-off future hospital closings.
Four acute-care hospitals have closed already this year. A fifth, Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center in Plainfield, planned to stop admitting new patients Wednesday in preparation for closure.
Posted in Elizabeth, tagged Old First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth on August 13, 2008 |
ELIZABETH – Last week, the Old First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth turned a page in history when two giant cranes hoisted a brand new steeple, weighing roughly 27 tons, to the building’s summit. Local leaders attended a public ceremony marking the occasion.
Posted in Woodbridge, tagged Iselin, Iselin Branch Library on August 13, 2008 |
ISELIN—The Iselin Branch Library has re-opened its doors after the completion of interior renovations and the installation of new lighting. As a result of the two-month renovation project, the Iselin Branch Library is more “reader-friendly” and easier to navigate than ever before.
Posted in New Jersey, Rahway on August 13, 2008 |
TRENTON – A Rahway associate of the so-called “Route 35 Crew,” which was responsible for a series of bank robberies and other robberies from August 2006 through November 2007, pleaded guilty Monday to committing a home invasion robbery in Allentown, Pa., U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced.
Posted in South Amboy, tagged Charles Reilly, Claire Reilly, Pine Avenue Park on August 13, 2008 |
SOUTH AMBOY – Last month, the city named Pine Avenue Park in honor of two dedicated South Amboy residents, Charles and Claire Reilly.
Posted in Linden, tagged Linden Recreation on August 13, 2008 |
Craft Show Prize Winner—The Linden recreation day camps held their annual craft show on Tuesday, Aug. 5, at the Gregorio Recreation Center. The day camp first place winner was Al Kalla Park. Olivia Cornwell shows off Simba from their park project “The Lion King.”
Posted in Elizabeth, tagged National Night Out on August 13, 2008 |
Elizabeth’s Night Out Against Crime—Elizabeth Idol Contest winner Giulianna Vierra sang the National Anthem to open Elizabeth’s 25th National Night Out Against Crime event on Aug. 2. Photo by Tom Gallagher.
Posted in Linden, sports, tagged Linden Recreation on August 13, 2008 |
One on One Champs—Linden Recreation recently sponsored a one on one basketball competition. Pictured above are winners Billy Bourgoin, Ondya Morgan and T.J. Santiago.
Posted in Clark, tagged Clark Recreation, watermelon on August 13, 2008 |
Summer Fun – Campers compete in a watermelon-eating contest at Clark Recreation’s summer camp last month.
Posted in New Jersey, opinion, tagged Leonard Lance, Linda Stender, Michael Hsing, Michael Shapiro on August 13, 2008 |
By Michael M. Shapiro
The Seventh Congressional District in New Jersey is one of the most hotly-contested races in the state and throughout the country this year. This is due, in part, because Assemblywoman Linda Stender narrowly lost to Congressman Mike Ferguson in 2006, and Ferguson announced he would not seek another term. Stender now faces Republican State Senator Leonard Lance in the upcoming general election, and Michael Hsing.
Posted in Sayreville, tagged Diane Harrison, Diane Norek Harrison, Remembering the Past on August 13, 2008 |
By Diane Norek Harrison
SAYREVILLE-The following is some of my research from the year 1882: It is probable that settlement began in Sayreville as early as 1770, and it is possible some one may have located there prior to that time. After it had begun it was slow, and until the brick and clay industries brought numerous laboring men within its borders the township was sparsely inhabited. There was no town of any size near it that was not isolated by water. The land was low and sandy, and not well adapted to agriculture. Surely there was little to attract pioneers.
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