Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Three-day event offers arts and crafts, food and music as well.
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Patch is offering 50-percent off gate ticket prices to this weekend's 30th annual Festival of Ballooning. But you'll need to act quickly. The discounts are only available through this Sunday, May 20. The festival, held Friday-Sunday, May 27-29, at Solberg Airport in Readington, offers much, much more than ballooning. There are rides, an arts and crafts festival, yoga and Zumba demonstrations, and food—lots of it. Every evening, there will be a music concert and twice each day on Saturday and Sunday and once on Friday, more than 100 balloons will rise majestically into the sky. And Patch will offer all attendees a chance to leave all your troubles behind and take a free tethered balloon ride. Just find our table at the festival and sign …
Union County Freeholder chair asks all residents to commemorate Memorial Day by connecting with U.S. Military veterans.
As Memorial Day approaches, our thoughts naturally turn to the sacrifices that have been made by Union County residents while serving in the U.S. military. Each year on this day, thousands of Union County residents from all walks of life, including my colleagues on the Freeholder Board and many County employees, join in commemorative ceremonies and activities to keep the memory of the deceased alive in our hearts. One of Union County’s long-running traditions is the distribution of tens of thousands of American flags to veterans’ groups and civic organizations like the Boy Scouts. Members of these groups fan out across the cemeteries of Union County each Memorial Day to ensure that every veteran’s grave is visited, recognized and honored. …
Mayor and governor have fun with their images
Just because they're the state's two most prominent politicians doesn't mean they don't have a sense of humor. The office of Gov. Chris Christie yesterday released a lighthearted video co-starring Newark Mayor Cory Booker as a peripatetic go-to guy, riffing off his now national-scale image as a man of action following his rescue of a neighbor from a burning building several weeks ago. As the Democratic mayor of the state's largest city is depicted doing everything from coming up with a spare guitar for Bruce Springsteen to catching a falling baby, a faux-frustrated Christie hisses "Booker!" The video was produced for the New Jersey Press Association's Legislative Correspondent's Club show. Click on the video above to see the Cory and Chris…
Your interactive, daily digest for all Summit scores, schedules and standings — and a place for you to add information and images for all youth sports.
YOU CAN NOW GET MORE PATCH SPORTS COVERAGE ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER! Twitter: @UC_Patch_Sports Facebook: Union County Patch Sports Welcome to Summit's Daily Sports Digest: a place where every day you will find the schedule, scores and standings for all school sports. The Daily Sports Digest is designed for you to add your best photo and/or video to share. We are always looking for contributions of any level from parents, fans, team managers and others who follow the team. If you would like to be a contact for a particular team or if you see anything in our scores, standings, or schedules that requires updating, please e-mail rconforti.patch@gmail.com. Summit High School News and Notes Baseball Summit 7, Brearley 6: Starter James …
Residents and merchants filled the council chambers to share opinions about Summit's new paid parking plan.
Paid Shopper Parking: Although several residents spoke out against a move to abolish the free shopper parking at the lots on Deforest Avenue, the ordinance passed 6-1. Councilman Pat Hurley was the lone dissenting voice calling the move risky since downtown shoppers only would have 30 mins. of free parking versus 2 hours. "I can't support this," he said of the ordinance. Councilman Dr. Robert Rubino, who voted for the ordinance agreed that free paid parking was a topic of sensitivity. "Thirty minutes might not be enough," he said about the unpaid time shoppers would get under a new parking system. Rubino said he was glad the council was moving forward on the issue, but that flexibility was key. "We try to compromise," he said. Effect on …
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Edward S. Olcott was remembered in an obit handed out by City Administrator Chris Cotter during the Tuesday, May 16 Common Council Meeting.
Summit lost one of its giants last week — former councilman and 55-year resident, Ted Olcott passed away on May 7th, he was 86 years old. Ted's contributions to the City were extraordinary; in 1968 he served as chairman of the then newly formed Housing Authority at a time when there was still considerable substandard housing in Summit. He was a member of the Planning Board, the Mini-Bus Planning Committee, the Charter Study Commission and the Mayor's Blue Ribbon Committee on the Collins Plan, a development that was proposed for the train station. He was instrumental in the creation of the City's first Strategic Plan and served as chairman of Summit 2005, a long-range planning project for the City, later named "Shaping Summit Together." For…
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Kirkland Signature Foods is one of nine different brands recalled by the manufacturer.
Diamond Pet Foods has expanded a voluntary recall to include batches of nine brands of dry pet food formulas manufactured between Dec. 9, 2011 and April 7, 2012 due to potential Salmonella contamination. A local reader asked about the recall, so Patch is providing this information from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). You can sign up for recall alerts from the FDA online, or subscribe to an RSS feed from the administration. April 2012, Diamond Pet Foods initiated three voluntary recalls of Diamond manufactured dry dog food. Although none of the additional products being recalled have tested positive for Salmonella, the company is pulling them from store shelves as a precaution. The company stated: “We have taken corrective …
Despite the wet weather, two Summit students chat away the afternoon on Springfield Avenue.
Taking a break from a rainy day, Summit High School student Christin Martins and her pal Todd Welsh, a SHS grad who attends Curry College, sit on Springfield Avenue chatting away the afternoon. Martins has just finished her AP exam in history and government and was too shy to say whether or not she aced it. Martins was ready for Friday's prom, however. "I'm so excited," she said with a wide smile defying the gloomy day. Share your photos, Summit. Click on "Upload Photos and Videos" and yours today.
Jung-Jin Deborah Lee wins a U.S. Savings Bonds, a plaque of achievement and a pair of day passes to Six Flags Great Adventure.
Jung-Jin Deborah Lee, a student at Summit High School state's Department of Human Services (DHS) for her winning entry in the 17th annual Teen Media Contest. The contest helps promote parental responsibility in New Jersey's youth. In all, six New Jersey high school and middle school students were honored. DHS' Division of Family Development's Office of Child Support hosted the event. The contest uses the topic of parenting to engage tweens and teens in creative thinking through art. Students, who participate through their schools' art classes or faith and community-based organizations, create original artwork in their medium of choice to complement the department's ongoing advertising and outreach campaign: "Child Support. It's more than…
J. Poore
12:27 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Mr. Mirabella, How come your brother was not prosecuted, and allowed to merely resign from the Garwood Police Department, while someone like Off. Brian Thomas and Lt. Richard Tierney are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law? more ›