Avenel News

Photo provided by the office of state Sen. Joseph Vitale. Pictured: Linda Burkett, Mark Crawford, Romesh Sukhdeo, Acting Attorney General John Jay Hoffman, Barbara Carter, Kathy Friess, Elie Honig.

With "A Aoeoff-season"A A tax time looming, the state'A A s small businesses and self-employed workers face a slew of deadlines and obligations.

An Essex County Assistant Prosecutor and a Middlesex County sexual abuse survivor who became a victim advocate will be honored at a statewide Crime Victims' Rights Week event this week for their dedication to providing outstanding services to victims of crime.

Woodbine Avenue Elementary School first grader Jocelyn Banko will represent New Jersey at the USA National Miss Scholarship Pageant in Daytona Beach, Fla.

In entering the Ultimate Filmmaker Competition last November, a bold NJIT film crew took up a challenge that would test both their ingenuity and their stamina: to write, direct, and produce a short film in seven days based on three specifications provided the first day of the contest.

Ivan Quiles of Avenel, fourth from right, and Joseph Fontan Jr. of Jersey City, third from right, are the two ShopRite of Metro Plaza associates who are featured in this year's special-edition Cheerios box.

There will be no school Monday for the nearly 500 James Monroe Elementary School, following a Saturday night fire that leveled parts of the one-story Sharp Road building, Board of Education President Gene Maeroff said Sunday morning.