CNB ARCHIVES: Published Monday, September 14, 2009

 

 

 

Sister Maria (left) and Sister Jorene (right) in 2014

Dominican Sisters of Hope Maria Barbera, OP, and Jorene Cieciuch, OP, encounter each other as any two sisters would: hands entwined, kisses on the cheek, both beaming. When they meet, it’s obvious that they’ve been friends since before the Dominican Sisters of Hope was founded, since before Maria was a Dominican Sister at all, for fifty-six years, exactly. It’s not obvious, though, that Sisters Maria and Jorene have taught each other languages, revisited homelands, and become family when biological family was lost, long before becoming vowed sisters.

PRESS RELEASE JUNE 24, 2015

 CNB ARCHIVES: Published Monday, September 14, 2009

press release June 23

LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ—There aren’t any direct flights from Oxnard to Lawrenceville, but that is the route a talented infielder from California is taking to become a Bronc.

The Rider University baseball team has added sophomore Mikey Volaski of Oxnard, California to the 2016 roster, Rider head coach Barry Davis announced Tuesday.

\”Mikey will add to our infield immediately,\” said Davis, the 2015 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. \”He can play all three infield positions and shows upside to be a quality offensive player. His experience will be an asset on roster made up of primarily freshmen and sophomores.\”

 

By: Liz Silvernail, Development Director

NEW YORK, NEW YORK–A cop trying to restrain a woman on an Upper Manhattan street was walloped in the head by an attacker, an online video posted to Facebook shows.

The officers spotted Terrell Mitchell, 26, with an open bottle of Hennessy on W. 144th St. and Frederick Douglass Blvd. on Friday at 11:30 p.m. But his sister, Asia Banks, 38, intervened when the two cops approached, police said.

As the cops tried to apprehend Banks, who was punching and scratching, Mitchell repeatedly sucker punched the male officer in the head from behind.

He fled but was nabbed nearby. Both he and his sister were charged with assaulting a cop.

Police said Banks had reached for the female officer’s gun during the scuffle.

The punched officer, whose glasses were knocked off in the attack, was treated for swelling and a cut to his mouth, police said. His partner suffered scratches to her arms, police said.

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Storms leave many intersections without power or signals

 

(Trenton) – New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials today sent 25 light tower generators and two electrical crews to South Jersey in the wake of yesterday’s storms.

 

Severe storms struck South Jersey last night leaving thousands of residents and businesses in the dark and dozens of intersections without power. The generators and crews from NJDTO’s North and Central Regions will augment the Department’s Southern Region personnel in bringing the lights back on at these intersections and repairing damaged structures.

 

\”The Department divides the state into three regions,\” NJDOT Commissioner Jamie Fox said. \”When we have incidents like this we can move assets around the state to best serve those regions in need. NJDOT has gotten very good at this process and we will have those intersections up and running again as quickly as possible.\”

press release June 24, 2015

PHARR, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility seized 3,874 pounds of alleged marijuana which was discovered within a commercial produce shipment.

Marijuana concealed in coconut shipment

Unique interactive map helps meet needs of people with electricity-dependent medical equipment 

The HHS emPOWER Map, an interactive online tool, launched today to aid community health agencies and emergency management officials in disaster preparedness as they plan ahead to meet the emergency needs of community residents who rely on electrically powered medical and assistive equipment to live independently at home.