Roosevelt News

An environmental group serving the area has been awarded a 2009 New Jersey Governor's Environmental Excellence Award.

Al Bucchi says the date Dec. 7 should continue to remind Americans of the attack on Pearl Harbor and President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "day of infamy" speech that followed.

What options does Gov.-elect Chris Christie have for getting the state's financial disaster under control? Two: raise taxes or cut like there's no tomorrow, and he's already said he won't hike taxes.

The Saint Barnabas Ambulatory Care Center, an affiliate of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System, will hold, Take Charge of Your Life: Reducing Your Risk of Colon Cancer, a community program to learn how to reduce your risk of getting this disease.

Having a birthday drink with Eleanore Huson in 2008 is something Mayor Frederick J. Rast always will remember.

Three candidates go into a comedy club and one is running for governor ...' That's what's happening Friday, Oct.

If one thing stands out in this western Monmouth County municipality, it likely is the many flat-roofed, masonry houses.

Borough school officials are pondering their next move following the defeat of a $13.2 million bond issue Tuesday that would have paid the lion's share of the cost of an infrastructure upgrade for five schools and the district's central headquarters and Roosevelt preschool building.

Voters in three school districts - East Brunswick, Rahway and South Plainfield - passed judgment on school-funding proposals in referendums held Tuesday.

FLORHAM PARK - About 100 nuns will be partying with a Dixieland band aboard a NJ Transit train during the evening rush hour today as the the Sisters of Charity of St.

A fundraising event in memory of a 16-year-old local girl killed in a 2000 township traffic accident and benefiting a program to keep prom-goers off the street after the prom is scheduled for Sept.

One week before she was violently murdered at Gettysburg College, Emily Silverstein was preparing to participate in a weeklong campus event, "Tent City," to raise awareness of homelessness.

In an effort to keep alive a murdered woman's goal of making the world a better place, the organization her family founded in her name is kicking off a 'Do One Thing' campaign.

PHOTOS >> >> Dawn Zimmer was sworn in at noon on July 31 after former mayor, Peter Cammarano resigned earlier in the morning following his federal charges of accepting $25,000 in bribes.

Westfield Public School teachers Marc Biunno and Marni Kirschenbaum were named outstanding intermediate school teachers for 2009 by the Optimist Club of Westfield and were honored at a recent Westfield Board of Education meeting.

Robert Silverstein knows off the top of his head how many days it's been since his daughter Emily, a Gettysburg College student, was killed.

Three recent mirrors have sized us up as a society, and the image is not flattering.

Gregg Monsees is trying to change New Jersey tax law after a dispute he had in 2003.

The leading contender to replace the current township attorney was reprimanded by the state Supreme Court in 2001, according to a document obtained by The Times.

In his flyer soliciting donations, Bill Zuppa is direct in his intention: "Pedaling 300 miles from Montclair, N.J., to the summit of Whiteface Mountain, N.Y., to make a difference in the life of one needy handicapped child at the Piscataway Regional Day School." In about a week, Zuppa sets off from his hometown of Montclair for the 14th Annual ...