No major injuries in school bus accident
Two West New York school buses were in an accident on June 7 en route to Turtleback Zoo for a field trip. According to local officials, a car cut off one of the buses, causing the bus to hit the car and a second bus to hit the first bus.
However, all children were buckled into seat belts, and no one suffered any severe injuries, school and town officials said.
The children were attended to by paramedics and police, and then checked out at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey hospital in Newark, Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, and East Orange Hospital.
Free nicotine replacement program for New Jersey residents
The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services is offering free nicotine replacement gum and quit smoking patches while supplies last to New Jersey Resident 18 years of age or older. This free nicotine replacement therapy program was just recently expanded and extended. Enrollment into the program is required by calling 1-866-NJSTOPS.
Enrollees receive an eight week supply of nicotine replacement treatment and up to five free counseling sessions with a quit smoking coach. For more information contact Cathy Butler at cbutler@ snjpc.org or call 856-675-5289.
1-866-NJSTOPS is free NJ Quitline with multilingual and confidential service for smokers ready to quit smoking.
Public night sky viewing through a 20-inch telescope
A rea residents can view the night sky through a 20-inch telescope for free at the William D. McDowell Observatory Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 to 10:30 p.m. Due to capacity limits, only the first 25 people will be allowed to enter for a one-hour viewing.
The scope is available at the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission Campus on Two De Korte Park plaza in Lyndhurst. Registration is required. For information, contact 201-460-8300 or visit http://www.rst2.edu/meadowlands/marshaccess/Observatory2.html.