Diner chic: Skylark team invents a 'new dining category' at Edison restaurant    Posted on 2009-10-25
Source: My Central Jersey
EDISON — Diner casual meets upscale bistro-style fine dining at the Skylark Diner in Edison, with a new menu created by award-winning Chef Craig Shelton. This new dining hybrid, which debuted a few days ago, includes...... Full story...

Municipal workers' unused sick, vacation time costing NJ taxpayers nearly $1 billion    Posted on 2009-10-25
Source: My Central Jersey
CENTRAL JERSEY — Call it the billion-dollar retirement bill. New Jersey's taxpayers owe almost $1 billion to municipal workers for not taking sick, vacation and comp time during their careers, budget figures show...... Full story...

New YMCA director, former teammates hope to bring volleyball back to Plainfield    Posted on 2009-10-24
Source: My Central Jersey
PLAINFIELD — In a city with a rich tradition of athletic competition, one sport always has been a bit lost in history's shuffle. But despite the fact that volleyball long has taken a back seat to football, basketball...... Full story...

Unfinished Albany Street area in New Brunswick due for completion 'by end of the month    Posted on 2009-10-24
Source: My Central Jersey
NEW BRUNSWICK — Before passing by the tree-lined sidewalks and the black lampposts adorned with scarlet "R" banners, drivers and pedestrians who enter the city from Highland Park will most likely be greeted by something...... Full story...

Central Jersey municipal leaders' goal to get each person counted in 2010 census    Posted on 2009-10-24
Source: My Central Jersey
CENTRAL JERSEY — The U.S. Census Bureau will be taking a snapshot of the country on April 1, 2010, and local officials are eager for everyone to be in the picture. The importance for local governments can be measured...... Full story...

Chatham priest slain in church rectory is mourned    Posted on 2009-10-24
Source: My Central Jersey
CHATHAM — (AP) Services will be held Saturday at St. Patrick's Church in this tiny borough, a moment of continuity for a community rocked by the slaying of the Rev. Ed Hinds in the town's first violent death...... Full story...

Janitor arrested in murder of Chatham priest    Posted on 2009-10-24
Source: My Central Jersey
CHATHAM — A janitor employed by St. Patrick’s school for 17 years was charged with the stabbing death of a Chatham priest who was found dead in the church rectory on Friday morning, authorities said tonight. Jose Feliciano...... Full story...

Online video tip leads to Middletown man's arrest for child porn    Posted on 2009-10-23
Source: My Central Jersey
MIDDLETOWN — A Middletown man who bragged about being a pedophile in a video posted to the popular YouTube.com Web site was arrested Thursday on a charge of child endangerment. The arrest of Gary Wolchesky of Ironwood...... Full story...

UPDATE: More testimony sought by zoning board on Muslim center plan in Piscataway    Posted on 2009-10-23
Source: My Central Jersey
PISCATAWAY — Neighbors of the Muslim Center of Middlesex County only can hope their streets don't become as crammed with vehicles as the hallway outside the Township Council chambers was filled with people Thursday...... Full story...

Montgomery, Princeton authorities probe report of man attempting to lure boy into car    Posted on 2009-10-23
Source: My Central Jersey
MONTGOMERY — Police are urging motorists to be watchful of an alleged suspect who attempted to lure a child this week into a vehicle in Princeton Township, authorities said. Montgomery police received a report from Princeton...... Full story...

Nursing student saves 78-year-old neighbor from fire in Belmar    Posted on 2009-10-22
Source: My Central Jersey
BELMAR — A nursing student who didn't think twice about the thick black smoke that billowed from her neighbor's front door Wednesday rescued a 78-year-old woman from the burning bungalow. Victoria "Vicki'...... Full story...

Airport guard accused of Obama threat due in court    Posted on 2009-10-22
Source: My Central Jersey
NEWARK (AP) — A Linden man who works as security guard at Newark Liberty International Airport and is charged with threatening President Barack Obama is due in court. John Brek is expected to hear a judge in Newark review...... Full story...

Old Bridge man charged with trying to trick 3 women into prostitution    Posted on 2009-10-22
Source: My Central Jersey
EAST BRUNSWICK — An Old Bridge man has been charged with threatening to kill three women who he allegedly tricked into coming to a township hotel and working as prostitutes, authorities said. Anthony V. Lucciola, 29,...... Full story...

Perth Amboy students tour C-SPAN bus, get ready for mock gubernatorial election    Posted on 2009-10-22
Source: My Central Jersey
PERTH AMBOY — Keanu Llerena, a freshman at Perth Amboy High School East Campus, has watched C-SPAN, the Cable - Satellite Public Affairs Network, because the network doesn't take a point of view. "I have an interest...... Full story...

UPDATE: U.S. Marshals put Madoff items up for auction on display in East Brunswick    Posted on 2009-10-22
Source: My Central Jersey
EAST BRUNSWICK — Come one, come all, enthusiasts of financial swindler memorabilia. For at least Friday, local residents can stay close to home and bid on a black Mercedes station wagon once owned by convicted Ponzi schemer...... Full story...

Kansas-based anti-Semitic and anti-gay church to picket at Rutgers    Posted on 2009-10-21
Source: My Central Jersey
NEW BRUNSWICK — A Kansas-based church, whose members are known for carrying signs that read "God Hates Fags" and "God Hates Israel" at funerals of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan and people who died from...... Full story...

Bridgewater man charged with assault and bias intimidation now facing forgery indictment    Posted on 2009-10-21
Source: My Central Jersey
BRIDGEWATER — A township man, already indicted on charges of aggravated assault and bias intimidation, was indicted Wednesday on a forgery charge. John Bossany, 43, was indicted by a Somerset County grand jury on a charge...... Full story...

UPDATE: Authorities ID man killed in South Amboy who witnesses say jumped in front of train    Posted on 2009-10-21
Source: My Central Jersey
SOUTH AMBOY — Authorities have identified a 54-year-old Parlin man as the pedestrian who was struck by a passenger train and killed Wednesday afternoon at street-level crossing in the city. Witnesses told NJ Transit police...... Full story...

Cops: Man in South Brunswick dropped marijuana while trying to show pockets were empty    Posted on 2009-10-21
Source: My Central Jersey
SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A man who pulled out his pants pockets to show police they were empty was arrested after a bag of marijuana fell out and landed at an officer's feet, police said. Police were called at 10:30 p.m...... Full story...

Probe into Plainfield school staffers' certifications intensifies    Posted on 2009-10-21
Source: My Central Jersey
PLAINFIELD — The city school board is conducting its own investigation into the alleged noncertification of two high-ranking Plainfield Public Schools employees, according to Board President Bridget B. Rivers - who made...... Full story...

Corzine, unions again getting cozy    Posted on 2009-10-20
Source: Daily Record
To watch a video replay of Joe Biden's campaign stop for Gov. Jon Corzine in Edison on Monday, visit Gov. Jon S. Corzine has rekindled his romance with the state's unions. Despite off-and-on bickering through his...... Full story...

Neighbors    Posted on 2009-10-20
Source: The Daily Journal
M'ville woman wins senior pageantDEPTFORD -- Mill-villeresident Dorcas Muñoz took home the crown Oct. 3 in this year's Ms. Senior Care Pageant, held at Auletto'sCaterers. Muñoz, 65, represented her adult day...... Full story...

Local Business Report: Agriculture secretary visits research center    Posted on 2009-10-20
Source: The Daily Journal
BRIDGETON -- For peach farmer Santo John Maccherone, the Rutgers Food Innovation Center made the difference in developing his peach cider. State Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher last week met with the Salem County...... Full story...

Vineland teachers frustrated with new electronic grades    Posted on 2009-10-20
Source: The Daily Journal
VINELAND -- In theory, the new K-12 Systems Inc. software was supposed to consolidate teachers' grade books and lesson plans into a single efficient program. Seven weeks into the school year, many elementary school teachers...... Full story...

Poll shows Corzine, Christie in dead heat    Posted on 2009-10-20
Source: The Daily Journal
Two weeks before Election Day, Democratic Gov. Jon S. Corzine and GOP challenger Christopher S. Christie each have the support of 39 percent of likely voters in New Jersey, according to the latest Monmouth University/Gannett...... Full story...