Giving Back
By JAKE NEMCEK
May 14, 2022WARREN, NJ — Jane Asch was honored with a proclamation from the Warren Township Committee at its last meeting and thanked for her “selfless leadership and dedication to the community.”
Asch, Warren Township’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) coordinator, is retiring on June 15, after some 33 years of service to the Warren community.
Deputy Mayor Gary DiNardo ...
WARREN, NJ — Warren Lions helped to break a Guinness Book of World Record - "Longest Chain of Spectacles (Eyeglasses)” on May 1 at Liberty State Park. The record was originally established in Fukui, Japan on May 5, 2011, using 16,530 pairs of eyeglasses measuring 6,597 feet.
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43,000 feet of eyeglasses were displayed on on 2,000 pieces of carboard.
SOMERVILLE, NJ – Borough police officer Vito Spadea slowed his bicycle and stopped along East Main Street mid-afternoon Monday to greet his wife, two daughters and other supporters as several hundred police officers from New Jersey towns passed through the borough on their way to Washington, DC where they will join with police from across the country to honor their brothers ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - On Saturday, May 7, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, Faith Lutheran Church, 524 South Street in New Providence, will again be collecting second-hand bikes for use by adults and children in Third World countries. The collection is being conducted on behalf of Pedals for Progress (P4P), an organization which annually recycles 6,000 bicycles for persons in ...
MANVILLE, NJ - Make your vote count! Nominate your favorite charity or non-profit to win Valairco Care's next giveaway of $500. Voting deadline April 30, 2022. Click here to nominate your charity or nonprofit.
The most recent winner was Visions and Pathways. Bridgewater based Visions and Pathways has been helping abused, neglected, homeless, missing and at risk youth ...
BERNARDS TWP., The Junior Women's club of Somerset Hill is sponsoring an Arbor Day poster contest about, what else, trees. The theme this year is "Trees are Terrific." One of the reasons "Trees are Terrific" is that by strategically planting trees, a household can save up to 25 percent on its energy bills.
The Junior Women's Club of Somerset ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Berkeley Heights will return to The Grove in Connell Park this year. It was postponed because of COVID-19 in 2020, then was held "in person" last year at The Grove, when 26 teams and individuals from Berkeley Heights and surrounding towns came together to make a difference in the fight to end ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Members of the Rotary Club of Hillsborough and Operation Shoebox New Jersey staff were joined by volunteers Saturday to assemble care packages containing personal care items, toiletries, snacks and food items at the Hillsborough YMCA.
The packages will be shipped to members of the US military stateside and those deployed overseas.
The care packages also contained ...
By DR. DAWN GIAKAS
May 11, 2022John Paxos, Owner operator of Paxos Electric treated the staff of the NJ Eastern Star Home with lunch in celebration of National Skilled Nursing Week. This week is set aside each year to honor the dedicated staff working in long term care. Paxos electric, established in 2004, is an owner-operated company, run by brother John and Mike Paxos. They have generously supported ...
