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First Aid Volunteers Needed in Long Hill
Capt. Michael Smith of the Long Hill First Aid Squad received a $1,000 check from Jim Hunt and Jay Marowitz of the Morris Area Freewheelers, organizers of The Revolutionary Ramble Bicycle Tour. More than 750 bicyclists registered for the Ramble on Saturday, June 12. The events goals were to promote fitness through cycling, to highlight the area’s Colonial-era history, and to raise money for the ...

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:03:19 -0700

First-Time Jobless Filings Declined Last Week
First-time claims dropped by 27,000 last week to 451,000. Still, filings remain much higher than they would be in a healthy economy.

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:50:45 -0700

Rite Aid spent $20K on lobbying gov't in 2Q
Drugstore operator Rite Aid Corp. spent $20,000 on lobbying the federal government in the second quarter of 2010. The Camp Hill, Pa., company increased its lobbying activity compared to last year, but continues to spend much less on lobbying than its biggest rivals.

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:57:13 -0700

Pakistan Aid Groups Route Around U.S. Military for Relief Web
The U.S. military's efforts to assist the 17 million victims of the Pakistan flood are still pretty tech-lite. So a group of civilian aid workers, Pakistani and international, have home-brewed a series of social media apps to help coordinate relief work — everything from crisis Wikis to crowd-sourced maps to SMS calls for help.

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:33:49 -0700

Parents urged to complete, return school aid forms
Parents are encouraged to fill out and return their children's Federal Impact Aid Program forms. The program, which has awarded local school districts more than $10 million since 1997, is designed to aid districts that educate children whose parents work on federal property, or who live on federal property or in federally-subsidized housing.

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:01:12 -0700