LINDEN — The Linden Police Department is having a food drive for the local food banks in Linden. The LPD is asking for the community’s help by donating non-perishable foods for the following food banks: LINCS, Linden Housing Authority, Linden Presbyterian Church Mission Project, St. Andrew’s/ABC Group Home, First Baptist Church Sister’s & Brother’s Outreach and St. John’s the Apostle […]
ELIZABETH — The Benedictine Academy CSI Science Contest held at the all-female Catholic secondary school on Saturday, Oct. 5 brought together a total of eight teams from four area elementary schools. The forty-eight young student participants spent several hours investigating a staged “crime” and then attempted to solve the mystery surrounding it based upon […]
SPRINGFIELD –Mark Samuel Ross, the president of the Tri-State Region of B’nai B’rith recently announced the Gov. Chris Christie will be issuing a Special Letter Of Commendation to B’nai B’rith for its 170th birthday. B’nai Brith will also be receiving a commendatory joint resolution of the NJ Legislature, sponsored by Sen. Thomas Kean Jr. and […]
CLARK — English students in Marie Palma’s 11th Grade English III class at Arthur L. Johnson High School in Clark have been reading and analyzing one of American Literature’s most infamous writers, Edgar Allen Poe. Students first read and researched background on Poe’s life and discussed the importance and value of his mysterious and eerie […]
CLARK — Students in Denise Picciano’s eighth grade math class at Carl H. Kumpf Middle School in Clark spent the last three days learning about all different types of special angle pairs. Students completed an activity, similar to a color-by-number, which required them to answer multiple-choice questions about the different angle pairs. The answers to […]
LINDEN — On Oct. 5, at 10:53 a.m., police received several 9-1-1- calls of a serious car accident at the Hess gas station 731 E. Edgar Rd. (Routes 1&9). A preliminary investigation revealed that an Acura compact vehicle occupied by 5 persons was travelling south on Routes 1&9 when the driver apparently lost control of […]
ELIZABETH — A Somerset County man has been sentenced to 50 years in state prison for the 2009 kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault of a woman in Elizabeth, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced today. Donald Andrews, 43, whose last known address was in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards, must serve at least […]
FANWOOD — Join with the congregation as they view the documentary “I Am” on Sunday, Oct. 20 at 6:30 p.m. which will be shown on the big screen in the sanctuary of the Fanwood Presbyterian Church, located at 74 South Martine Ave. This powerful film combines beautiful footage., animation and in-depth interviews with prominent philosophers, […]
SUMMIT – The Coalition on Family Caregiving invites the public to attend their second Fall “Living Well Series” program titled “Understanding POLST (Practitioner Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment)” on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. at Springfield Public Library, 66 Mountain Ave., Springfield. Dr. Jeanne Kerwin, manager of the Ethics and Palliative Care Program at […]