MENENDEZ THRILLED OVER RELEASE OF SOLECKI, THE U.N. OFFICIAL AND NEW JERSEY NATIVE HELD CAPTIVE IN PAKISTAN
Menendez, member of Senate Foreign Relations Committee, worked with family, pressed Pakistani ambassador
Monday, April 6, 2009
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WASHINGTON – The United Nations has confirmed the release of John Solecki, the head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and native of Demarest, New Jersey who was being held captive by an extremist group in Pakistan.
US Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, worked with the Solecki family during this ordeal and was in touch with the Pakistani ambassador through his position on the committee. Today, he released the following statement:
“First and foremost, this is a beautiful day for John Solecki and his family in New Jersey, and I am thrilled for them. In working on behalf of the Solecki family, it was evident that John has a strong and loving family back here at home, and it is absolutely wonderful that they will be reunited.
â€This harrowing episode is another reminder that there are militant groups in our world who seek to destroy freedom. John is doing terrific work for some of the most helpless people on Earth, and to target him is a sign of an extreme and disturbed group. Organizations like the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees are helping make this a freer, more peaceful world – the type of work that can one day help make militant organizations like the one that detained John obsolete.â€
NUNSENSE Musical Directed by David Zimmerman
Choreographed by
Robert Gonzales, Jr.
April 24-May 3, 2009
Winner of four Outer Critics Circle Awards including Best Off-Broadway Musical in its original New York production, the show is a fund raiser put on by the Little Sisters of Hoboken to raise money to bury sisters accidently poisoned by the convent cook, Sister Julia (Child of God). Full of laughs and songs and singing nuns, this zany musical is a sure-hit for audiences of all denominations!
“A hail of fun and frolic! Wacky and outrageous with a hysterical anything goes sense of fun!” -The New York Times
Rosalia Scotman, program coordinator at the hospital’s Behavioral Service Department, gives blood during the Community Blood Services drive at Jersey City Medical Center. As the surgical volume increases at the hospital, there is an increased need for blood donations.
New Location in Secaucus Opened Doors on April 4th
Sports Authority
SECAUCUS, NJ – Continuing to expand its presence throughout the country, Sports Authority will formally open a new store in Secaucus on April 4th, it was announced today by Greg Waters, chief operating officer of Sports Authority.
The full-line sporting goods store, located at Hartz Mountain’s Mill Creek in Harmon Meadow, 31 Mill Creek Dr, will mark the company’s 21st New Jersey store.
As part of the Grand Opening festivities, on April 4th former New York Yankee outfielder Roy White was on hand to make an in-store appearance, and former New York Giants linebacker Carl Banks also made an appearance. Continue reading SPORTS AUTHORITY TEAMS WITH FORMER GIANT CARL BANKS AND FORMER YANKEE ROY WHITE FOR GRAND OPENING OF 21st NEW JERSEY STORE→
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