Carteret News

In 1971, H. Oppenheim and Son, that used to be on Broadway, had an ad "Let Us Help You Celebrate Memorial Day-all picnic supplies, paper and plastic, cups, plates, forks, spoon, etc.

There are heavy downpours right now in Woodbridge, Edison and Carteret. The sky looks pitch black in Elizabeth, too.

Nasdaq announced the launch of Express Connect, a low latency, point-to-point network solution offering connectivity from the NASDAQ OMX Data Center in Carteret, N.J., to financial trading and co-location venues in New York, New Jersey, Chicago and Canada.

On May 5, I joined hundreds of New Jersey residents, some like me from Bloomfield , in an international day of action called "Connect the Dots" or "Broken Earth Day." This occasion drew attention to extreme weather events, the dangers associated with burning oil, coal and gas for energy, and their connection to climate change.

Environmentalists, faith-based groups and others are pressing the Legislature to ban the treatment, disposal and storage in New Jersey of any waste generated by fracking, a controversial process used to extract natural gas from deep bedrock.

Five students from the Woodbridge area made the grade when they were recently inducted into Middlesex County College's honor society.

Members of the 12 Lodges of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in Central Jersey will participate in the Walk Out on Drugs, an annual Elks event aimed at raising student awareness of the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse.