Friday, May 24, 2013
Annual parade held on Monday, May 27.
This week, Nutley Mayor Alphonse Petracco and the Board of Commissioners announced plans for the Township’s Annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 27 at 11 am. Weather permitting, a brief opening ceremony will be held in the Nutley Park Oval at 10:45, with the parade route being the same as previous years: Chestnut Street to Passaic Avenue to Centre Street to Franklin Avenue, with reviewing stage in front of JHW Middle School. Monsignor Paul Bochicchio of Holy Family Church will be the clergy member to offer the prayers at the opening ceremonies, and this year’s parade’s Grand Marshall is Steven Rogers Jr. “The Memorial Day Parade serves as a wonderful tribute to our veterans who were lost at war,” Mayor Petracco said. The Mayor …
Historic tour through Nutley is on Sunday morning, rain or shine.
The following is a release from the Nutley Museum. ---------------------- Did you know that a sawmill once operated on the Yantacaw River near the Mud Hole playground? Or that generations of artists, living on the Enclosure, drew inspiration from the river’s beauty? Did you know that our Yantacaw River marked an important edge of the original 1666 English boundaries of “New Ark”? Or that Town Hall is all that remains of a complex of mill buildings that stretched across the Oval? Join Nutley Museum Director John Simko for a walk along the Yantacaw River to explore the many roles it has played in our town’s industry, recreation, and history. This rain-or-shine tour begins at 10 a.m. at the Mud Hole (inside Memorial Parkway at Vreeland and …
Local benefits also raise money for cancer research and victims of Oklahoma's recent tornado disaster.
Newarkers were among the most accomplished of the more the 1,400 students to receive diplomas Wednesday during Essex County College’s commencement ceremony. The school’s 44th annual commencement was held at the Prudential Center. Newark Mayor Cory Booker wlll kick off the annual 2013 North Jersey Pride Festival, a day-long event on Sunday, June 9 from Noon to 6 p.m. at Memorial Park in Maplewood. The festival is the culmination of a full week of events in Maplewood and South Orange for the community of LGBT residents and supportive allies. The events are designed to focus on the importance of supporting Marriage Equality and LGBT youth. In a moment that has been nearly a decade in the making -- and that some residents feared might never …
Gov. Christie appeared at Seaside Heights boardwalk Friday to promote the Jersey Shore
The Jersey Shore is officially open for summer, Gov. Chris Christie said as he spent Friday morning in Seaside Heights promoting tourism in New Jersey. Early Friday, Christie appeared on NBC's Today Show, which broadcast its morning news program live from Seaside Heights. The governor later cut a ceremonial ribbon—a Guinness World Record at over five miles long—to officially declare the shore open. "It's an incredible day for New Jersey," Christie said in remarks. "I'm so thrilled that this morning we're here with the whole country welcoming the Jersey Shore back." After being battered by Superstorm Sandy, many businesses on the boardwalk are open and welcoming customers, though others continue to make repairs. Despite some grey skies, …
From Memorial Day parades to holiday fender benders, this live map shows delays and diversions on Belleville and Nutley area roads right now.
If you're on a mobile device, click here to view the map. When you're done getting gas and packing the car, check out the live results from MapQuest above to see what's standing between you and the start of your three-day weekend. Mapquest scans for parade routes, ongoing construction, block parties and traffic jams. If your route is green, your good. If it's red, you may be headed into a line of rubbernecking fools. Good luck!
Last week, Patch shared AOL Autos list of cars 6-10 for the best May bargains. Today, we provide listings 1-5.
Last week, we listed cars 6-10 in AOL Autos May top car bargains. There was plenty of variety and lots of savings out there. Today, we close out the list so you have time to get to your local dealer and save yourself some serious money. 5). Ford F-150 - New - AOL Auto Best Deal: $19,326 - $24,890 Rugged and versatile, the F-150 is great for life on the farm or in suburbia. The latest information shows the car selling at 13% below its sticker price. Safety features include four-wheel ABS disc brakes, electronic traction and stability control, front and side airbags and the Safety Canopy side curtain airbags. The F-150 offers a 4x2 or a 4x4 drive system, three cab styles, three pickup box lengths and several useful individual options and …
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Christie Administration awards teens for creative display of parental responsibility.
The Department of Human Services honored six New Jersey high school and middle school students for their creativity and artistry in depicting parental responsibility for the Division of Family Development's Annual Teen Media Contest. Carrie Zhang, a student at Nutley's John H. Walker Middle School, was awarded first place in the middle school category of the New Jersey Department of Human Services' Annual Teen Media Contest. The event was held at the New Jersey State House, where the art will be displayed throughout May. The parenting-themed contest engages with high school and middle school students through art, the DHS said in a press statement. Students create original hand-drawn artwork to complement the Department's advertising …
Tourism commissioner says rental market is healthy.
Though immense devastation from Superstorm Sandy remains visible up and down the New Jersey coastline, beaches, boardwalks and even rental homes are ready for the annual influx of summer tourists that will begin this weekend, officials said Thursday at the annual "State of the Shore" event in Belmar. The State of the Shore report is presented by state officials and the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium every year before Memorial Day weekend kicks off, but this year it evolved to mark the unofficial reopening of the Shore area following Sandy. With emergency repairs to state and local infrastructure damaged by the storm now complete, work has started on the state's long term recovery, said Bob Martin, commissioner of the state Department of …
This will be Obama's first visit to Shore since just after Sandy.
President Obama and Gov. Christie will visit the Jersey Shore on Tuesday, according to The Record in Bergen County. This will be Obama's first visit to the area since Oct. 31, just after the storm struck. A full itinerary of the visit was not available. More information can be found here.
You can use this gas price widget to always find the lowest price of the moment. Pro tip: Gas up early this week to save money.
Click here for a full-screen view of the gas price map. If you don't see a map of our local area, click the magnifying glass in the upper right to enter your address. Nationwide, gas prices were predicted to be lower this summer compared to the last three years, but that won't translate into savings at your local pump this Memorial Day weekend, experts said. "Motorists this year are facing rising gas prices heading into the Memorial Day holiday," said Michael Green, an AAA spokesman, adding that Memorial Day 2013 would probably be the most expensive since 2011. In past years, prices have declined heading into early summer as oil refineries produced more gasoline to meet expected summer driving demand. This year, though, Midwest refineries …
Gobsmacked
2:48 am on Saturday, May 25, 2013
Good heavens, can you people read? I mean, seriously, can you comprehend the meaning of a simple sentence? You can't spell Foxconn, for instance, or see the difference between slave labor and decent hourly wages. Have we really become a people who use diatribe in place of dialog? And finally, the screen name "Gobsmacked" refers to a British term meaning "amazed". That anyone could be so … more ›