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By National Stop on Red Week
7/26/2010
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New Jersey drivers and residents are urged to take a stand against red-light running and promote safe driving habits during National Stop on Red Week 2010, which runs August 1-7. Sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, National Stop on Red Week is dedicated to educating Americans about the dangers of running red lights and aims to reduce the number and severity of traffic citations and crashes.
Red-light running is the cause of more than 180,000 vehicle crashes each year, resulting in more than 1,000 deaths and 90,000 injuries. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that motorists are more likely to be injured in urban crashes involving red light running than in other types of urban crashes. Half of crash deaths attributed to red light running involve pedestrians and occupants in vehicles struck by red light runners. Surprisingly, the United States Department of Transportation discovered that one in three Americans know someone who has been injured or even killed in a red-light running crash.
Many communities in New Jersey have already implemented a road safety program to improve traffic safety in the community.
As the program vendor for many of the communities in New Jersey that have implemented intersection safety cameras, American Traffic Solutions (ATS) would like to remind drivers how to safely approach an intersection.
Drivers should always slow down and prepare to make a complete stop when a light turns yellow. Yellow lights provide drivers instruction to prepare for a change in traffic flow. Always yield to pedestrians as they have the right of way and always come to a full and complete stop before turning right on red. It’s the law. Make sure the roadway is clear before proceeding and work with us to improve traffic safety in our community.
Safety is the responsibility of every driver, not just during Stop on Red Week, but every day and every time someone gets behind the wheel of a vehicle. Intersection safety is an important aspect of safety in our community for all motorists.
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9/9/2010
JFS Currently Accepting Registrations for A Journey Through Grief
Jewish Family Service of MetroWest is currently accepting registrations for A Journey through Grief, a support group for men and women who have lost a spouse or significant other, and are struggling with their loss and so....
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9/9/2010
NJ Women Invited to Attend NJSFWC State Fall Conference
Join 350 New Jersey Clubwomen who will be attending the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs of GFWC (NJSFWC) State Fall Conference which is being held on Monday, October 18th at the Bridgewater Marriott, 70 Commo....
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9/9/2010
Lend Us Your Ears! Exciting New Play Reading Series
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey has announced a new Fall play reading series – titled Lend Us Your Ears – featuring readings of three plays under consideration for future production. The readings will take place on ....
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9/9/2010
Sustainable Jersey Awards Chatham Township $25k for Revolutionary Rocket Power; New Composter Technology at Chatham High School Will Lead in Learning
CHATHAM TOWNSHIP, NJ - On Wednesday the Chatham Township Municipal Building hosted the official announcement of $220,000 Sustainable Jersey Grants to 34 New Jersey towns, with one of the biggest prizes going to the host l....
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9/8/2010
Central Park Jogger, Trisha Meili, will be Keynote Speaker at Neuroscience Nursing Symposium
Trisha Meili, better known as the Central Park Jogger, will talk about the special role that nursing care played in her recovery when she delivers the keynote speech at the 11th Annual Atlantic Neuroscience Institute Nurs....
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9/8/2010
DEP Institutes Statewide Drought Watch
Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin today issued an expanded, statewide drought watch, asking all state residents to voluntarily conserve water due to continued hot and dry conditions that have persisted all summe....
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9/7/2010
Second Annual Summit Wine and Food Festival Kicks Off September 24th; Iron Chef Jose Garces and Food Network Star Aaron Sanchez Among Host of Celebrity Chefs Participating in Culinary Delight
SUMMIT, NJ – The Second Annual Summit Wine and Food Festival kicks off on September 24th with a six-course dinner prepared by six world-renowned chefs including Iron Chef Jose Garces to honor Master Chef ....
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9/7/2010
Cirque-Tacular Offers Dance Club a New Lure
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - Providence nightclub in The Quarter at Tropicana hosted a Cirque-Tacular event Labor Day weekend, featuring aerialists, jugglers, dancers, a stilt walker and some high-flying aerobatics. The troupe was....
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9/7/2010
"The Jersey Shore" Fans Come to Atlantic City for Reunion Show
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - They came from Brooklyn, Queens, Newark, Union County, and Philadelphia. All are fans of MTV’s very successful series, The Jersey Shore.
What makes them fans of the tel....
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9/5/2010
Support Children’s Lung Disease Research
When Wyatt Glasser, of Roxbury Township, (Morris County), NJ, was just five months old, he was hospitalized for pneumonia. That would ultimately save his life. That illness masked something far worse, which took every dia....
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9/4/2010
Watershed Association FEST Celebrates 35th Annual FEST Fundraiser; Features Food, Music & Environmental Message
The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, central New Jersey’s first environmental group, announces Water Works: The 35th Annual Watershed FEST. This year’s FEST fundraiser combines fine food, music and fun with a ....
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9/3/2010
College of Saint Elizabeth Opens Fourth Season of Exhibitions With a Look at Robes as Art
The Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery at the College of Saint Elizabeth begins its fourth year of exhibitions with Robes, which reveals how artists use cloaks, robes, enveloping dresses and costumes to investigate the concep....
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8/31/2010
Tamara Tunie Featured in The Shakespeare Theatre’s All’s Well That Ends Well
William Shakespeare’s comedy All’s Well That Ends Well kicks-off the fall portion of The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s 2010 Season beginning with performances on Se....
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8/31/2010
Commissioner Martin Signs New Rules on Sulfur in Fuel Oil to Protect Public Health and Environment
The Department of Environmental Protection has taken an important step toward improving air quality and protecting public health in New Jersey by adopting rules requiring significant reductions in sulfur content for home heating oil and oth....
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8/28/2010
Investors Savings Bank Adds Rutgers Athletics
To List of Sports Programs it Assists in New Jersey
Investors Savings Bank has formed an alliance with Rutgers University Athletics, the latest in a long line of sports programs that the Bank supports throughout New Jersey.
Investors’ partn....
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8/27/2010
Preserved Farm in Warren County to Become Home to Water Buffalo
Brian and Courtney Foley are a new breed of dairy farmer, staking their future on a new breed of bovine - at least to New Jersey.
The Foleys are raising water buffalo, whose high-butterfat ....
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8/27/2010
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Launches Fall Season With Shakespeare’s ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
William Shakespeare’s comedy All’s Well That Ends Well kicks-off the fall portion of The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s 2010 Season beginning with performances on September 15 and continuing through October 10 at the....
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8/27/2010
Big Hair and Even Bigger Voices, ’Hairspray’ Comes to Paper Mill Playhouse
Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Producing Artistic Director, Todd Schmidt-Managing Director) is proud to announce casting for Hairspray. Directed by Matt Lenz, with choreography by Michele Lynch, Hairspray will run at the Millburn thea....
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8/26/2010
Good Grief Volunteer Facilitators Complete August Training
Good Grief, Inc., a Summit-based non-profit is happy to announce that local residents recently completed a 30-hour volunteer training program. Good Grief is northern New Jersey’s primary grief support cen....
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8/25/2010
Two Operas at the Opposite Ends of the Baroque Spectrum Conclude Orchestra’s Summer Music Festival
Henry Purcell’s final opera, "The Indian Queen," presented by The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey, in conjunction with the newly-formed Williamsburg Opera Workshop, of Brooklyn, New York, and Claudio Monteverdi’s operatic....
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8/25/2010
Commissioner Martin Names Assistant Commissioner for Site Remediation
Commissioner Bob Martin today announced that David E. Sweeney will serve as the Department of Environmental Protection’s new Assistant Commissioner for Site Remediation.
"There are more than 20,000 known con....
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8/24/2010
Cyril Neville Warms Up Wet Atlantic City Monday Crowd
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - Monday night, August 23rd, brought Cyril Neville, of the Neville Brothers, to the Kennedy Plaza stage for another New Orleans night produced by Carmen Marotta.
When Neville heard the anno....
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8/24/2010
Eight Finalists Chosen for Paper Mill Playhouse’s
Hairspray’s Dance Invention Contest
Public Voting Now Open
Paper Mill Playhouse’s (Mark S. Hoebee- Producing Artistic Director) online video contest, Hairspray’s Dance Invention has narrowed its entries down to eight finalists. The eight videos were selected through a panel of Paper Mill Playhouse ....
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8/24/2010
AMBER Alert: Terry Dusseault, Jr. from Burlington County
The NJ ROIC has activated an AMBER Alert in reference to an 8-year-old Burlington County boy who was taken by his father, a registered sex offender.
As per the NJSP Missing Persons Unit, 38-year-old Terry Du....
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8/23/2010
Women Reading Aloud Begins Fall Schedule September 15th
Women Reading Aloud, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting women writers, begins its fall schedule on September 15th. An eight week writing workshop series will be offered on Wednesday Mornings and Thursday Evenings in Randolph. ....
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