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By Joseph F. Kovar , ChannelWeb 2:03 PM EST Mon. Nov. 02, 2009 Custom-system builder Maingear Monday unveiled its Shift line of high-end tower PCs targeting both power gamers and power users with several enhancements to keep the systems running cool regardless of the load.

At polling stations visited in Union and Elizabeth, the turnout mid-morning on Election Day was barely a trickle.

We'll be straight with ya -- we're betting these " personal supercomputer " claims are just a bit out of line with reality , but even still, there's no denying that Maingear has shoved an insane amount of horsepower beneath the hood of its newest rig.

Union County to Join Statewide Effort to Collect Unwanted and Unused Medications, November 14th By County of Union 11/2/2009 The Union County Police Department, along with law enforcement agencies statewide, will participate in a day of amnesty for citizens who want to dispose of unwanted, unused or expired medications in their home.

Union County Municipalities to Share $1.3 Million for Children's Recreation By County of Union 10/31/2009 The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders has allocated $1.3 million to provide municipalities with matching grants for children's recreation scholarships, safety equipment, and facility improvements through the county's Kids Recreation ...

The 2009 annual conference of the English-Speaking Union, to be held at the Windsor Court Hotel Nov.5-8, celebrating "The Art of Biography," will feature a world class roster of writers, speaking on a range of subjects.

NJ Weight Loss Surgeon Performs Sleeve Gastrectomy For Severe Obesity Summit, New Jersey, October 29, 2009 a ' New Jersey Bariatric Center surgeon Ajay Goyal, MD, FACS now performs Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy, along with wide range of bariatric procedures including gastric bypass, LAP-BAND and REALIZEa Band, for the treatment of morbid obesity.

The 13th Annual Business After Hours Networking Expo will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov.

Evangel University theatre students will present Shakespeare's Macbeth at 7:30 p.m. Nov.

Workshop at Liberty Hall Museum Will Explain How to Care for Historical Documents, November 4th By County of Union 10/27/2009 The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders will present a technical assistance workshop, "Practical Tips for the Care of Historical Documents: Photographs & Artifacts," at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 4, at the Liberty ...

Union County Freeholder Chairman Alexander Mirabella and Freeholder Chester Holmes present a resolution to Community Access Unlimited Executive Director Sidney Blanchard congratulating him on the human services agency's 30th anniversary.

Union County Freeholders Deborah Scanlon and Bette Jane Kowalski join David J. Socolow, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, in cutting the ribbon officially opening the new headquarters of the Union County One-Stop Career Center in Elizabeth.

"Vote By Mail" Response Prompts Union County Clerk to Extend Office Hours Before November 3 Election By County of Union 10/22/2009 With the November 3 General Election just around the corner, Union County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi reminds voters that her office at 2 Broad Street in Elizabeth will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. during the week of ...

A pair of armed robberies took place on two of the state's largest highways Thursday night when toll attendants along the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway were held up at gunpoint just after 10 p.m., authorities said.

Ocean and Union counties each have been awarded $150,000 in state homeland security funds to link all of the municipal law enforcement agencies to a central hub housed at each county prosecutor's office, according to a statement by Richard L. Canas, director of the state Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness.

The Union County Resource Recovery Facility, located off routes 1 and 9 in Rahway, is up for sale.

Rowdy union workers today upstaged a campaign kick-off by New Jersey environmental groups opposing a unique, coal-fueled electric plant proposed for the City of Linden that will capture its own carbon dioxide output and pipe it under the Atlantic Ocean.

Twenty-three students at Union Catholic High School in Scotch Plains have earned AP Scholars Awards in recognition of their on AP Exams during the 2008-2009 school year.

Share + Oct 13, 2009 6:20 pm US/Eastern Reporting Christine Sloan UNION, N.J. Dozens of people are dodging cars and running across Route 22 in Union.

In preparation for the 2010 tax-filing season, the Internal Revenue Service in partnership with the NJ Association of Public Accountants, the NJ Division of Taxation and cooperating colleges has scheduled a series of one-day tax seminars at Central Jersey colleges during October and November.