By ROB SEMAN
Three of Atlantic Health System’s hospitals – Overlook, Morristown and Chilton medical centers – recently received the Gold Award in the first New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) Antimicrobial Stewardship Recognition Program (ASRP).
The Gold Award is the highest level of recognition in the program, which acknowledges local health care facilities’ efforts to enhance ...
By JOHN & JACK
The period of time between Election Day in early November, and when a new Governor or new legislators take the oath of office in January is often fraught with many twists and turns. In the middle of lots of holiday festivities, there's a rush to try to get stuff done.
Congress in 1933, passed the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, as President Hoover was leaving the White House, and newly ...
By UNION CATHOLIC STAFF REPORT
December 13, 2019SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Union Catholic volleyball star Alexandra Kwasnik received an award on Thursday for being the 2019 Readers' Choice for the Courier News Fall Sports Athlete of the Year.
One of the best volleyball players in the state and in school history, Kwasnik, whose greatest strengths are her court awareness, exceptional leaping ability, and her powerful hitting, ...
By ROMAN CHIARELLO
December 9, 2019UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County freeholder board has taken action against New York City’s Special One-Time Assistance (SOTA) policy, which has relocated several homeless families from the city to several Union County municipalities.
At their meeting Thursday night, the freeholders passed the following resolution:
“A Resolution urging New Jersey State Attorney General ...
The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders today announced that it is investigating all options, including legal action, to put an end to New York City’s practice of relocating homeless families from the city into Union County communities without notice and without support services.
More than 50 families are known to have been relocated from New York City to seven municipalities in ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The county’s freeholder board Thursday night approved funding for an organization that works to combat opioid abuse, new equipment and training for firefighters, and healthcare and anger management training services for incarcerated adults.
Prevention Links Receives Additional Funding
Prevention Links, an organization that partners with the county’s ...
By TAPINTO NEWARK STAFF
December 10, 2019NEWARK, NJ — New York City has agreed to temporarily stop sending homeless families to Newark through the Special One-Time Assistance program pending the court’s ruling on an injunction over the issue.
Through SOTA an estimated 1,200 of New York City's homeless were relocated to Newark apartments, regardless of the spaces' living conditions, with no ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – Phase Three of the post-Thanksgiving storm is well underway. Models came together and are showing the storm to be a bit colder aloft than originally forecast. This means higher snow totals than first predicted, and a later conclusion to the storm, now forecast to end near sunrise Tuesday morning.
Final accumulation totals are looking as follows:
South ...
Winter storms, bad weather and sloppy road conditions are a factor in nearly half a million crashes and more than 2,000 road deaths every winter, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. In fact, about 46 percent of all crashes involving bad weather take place in the winter.
AAA analyzed bad weather and crashes over a five-year period. The study found that the highest proportion of ...
By NANCY RAYMOND
December 13, 2019The Clark Health Department Give and Share Program in conjunction with St. John The Apostle Food Pantry would like to extend a huge thank you to all those who donated food for the "Bag of Sides" program.
The Bag of Sides program provides Thanksgiving and due to an overwhelming response, Christmas trimmings to accompany a family's holiday meal.
Special thanks to all the ...
By DAVID DE LA FUENTE
CLARK, NJ - Thanksgiving is in the rearview mirror and the rest of the holidays are coming right down the road. In order to keep up a healthy lifestyle, it is important to keep up your regular fitness routine.
Be sure your regular workouts have 5 key elements, aerobic fitness, muscular fitness, stretching, balance training and core stability.
- Aerobic Fitness will help ...
By ARIAS & PARTNERS WEALTH ADVISORS
With the new year upon us, those who collect Social Security or pay into the public retirement program through payroll deduction will see some changes. The Social Security Administration makes cost-of-living adjustments on an annual basis. Here’s how the changes may impact you, via Arias & Partners Wealth Advisors:
For those receiving retirement benefits
If you collect Social ...
By ARIAS & PARTNERS WEALTH ADVISORS
The gift-giving season is fast approaching. So, if you are like a lot of people, this means you are spending time trying to brainstorm gifts to give your loved ones – something that they will use and appreciate. For those disillusioned with giving gifts that are quickly used up or forgotten the moment the wrapping paper comes off, consider a financial gift designed to make an impact. Here ...
