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  • Raritan Valley Community College holds shoe and prom dress collection

    Raritan Valley Community College holds shoe and prom dress collection

    BRANCHBURG – Raritan Valley Community College’s SGA Campus Shoe Drive is supporting Soles for Souls. Donate your gently worn or new shoes. Support micro-enterprise, prevent soil transmissible disease and reduce waste in landfills. Drop-off locations at RVCC, west building lounge 2nd floor. RVCC Somerset Hall 1st Floor. RVCC Student Life Office on Bateman Center 1st…

  • Registration underway for annual Polio Network conference April 17th

    Registration underway for annual Polio Network conference April 17th

    BRIDGEWATER- The Polio Network of New Jersey (PNNJ) will hold its 26th annual conference on Sunday, April 17, at the Marriott Hotel in Bridgewater, N.J. The initial impact of polio on individuals and the later effects of post-polio syndrome (PPS) on the lives of most attendees in the years since the epidemics of the 20th…

  • Highland Park holds Spring Fling Street Fair and 5K run

    Highland Park holds Spring Fling Street Fair and 5K run

    Join Highland Park for a day of fun starting with the 8th annual Run in the Park 5k on Sunday, May 1, at 9 a.m., right before the annual Spring Fling Street Fair on Main Street.  As in the past, the 5k supports a number of great local causes including the Highland Park police department, fire department,…

  • 24 hours of Booty benefits cancer programs

    24 hours of Booty benefits cancer programs

    COLUMBIA, Md. – The annual non-competitive bicycling event “24 hours of Booty,” for people of all ages and abilities from all parts of the country, including New Jersey, will take place at Columbia Gateway Business Park from Saturday, Aug. 20, at 2 p.m. to Sunday, Aug. 21, at 2 p.m. Funds raised from the event will benefit…

  • Metuchen seminar offers new business tips

    Metuchen seminar offers new business tips

    The Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce will present a panel of local business owners, financial advisors and borough zoning officials an overview of the preparation needed to open a new business in Metuchen, N.J. All, too often, an excellent restaurant or novelty food shop fails because it was unable to reach its true target audience.…

  • Help from Trenton for those with permanent physical disabilities

    Help from Trenton for those with permanent physical disabilities

    TRENTON—Department of Human Services Acting Commissioner Elizabeth Connolly welcomed approximately 35 guests to the 30th anniversary celebration of the Personal Assistance Services Program (PASP). PASP provides personal assistants for routine, non-medical assistance to New Jersey residents with permanent physical disabilities, ages 18 to 70, who need support to maintain their independence while working, going to…

  • Arnone Report  for March

    Arnone Report for March

    The past two weekends have been filled with fun festivities throughout the county and the list of activities throughout the rest of March includes parades, plays and performances. March is the month to celebrate the end of winter by getting outside and with two holidays happening this month, there are plenty of great events to…

  • Menendez, Booker, Pascrell, Bennet lead opioid addiction summit

    Menendez, Booker, Pascrell, Bennet lead opioid addiction summit

    PATERSON, N.J. – U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) recently convened a statewide summit to explore solutions to the heroin and opioid addiction epidemic gripping New Jersey and the nation. Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-Bergen, Passaic, Hudson), Acting State Health Commissioner Cathleen Bennett, representatives from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health…

  • Congressman Lance a Healthcare Champion

    Congressman Lance a Healthcare Champion

    FLEMINGTON, N.J. — Congressman Leonard Lance (R-Hunterdon) has been named a Champion of Health Innovation by the Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC).  Members of HLC visited Lance’s Westfield District Office to discuss the state of the country’s health care system and Lance’s work in Congress to spur medical innovation, make health care more affordable and keep care patient-centered.…