Bergen Community College’s Women’s Institute will hold a “Meet the Experts” Mentoring Session for women interested in pursuing non-traditional careers. The session will be held on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. in the Moses Family Meeting and Training Center on the College’s main campus in Paramus.

Panelists include:

On January 30th, 2011 at 6:50 PM, police were called to the Shop Rite on W. Passaic Street, Rochelle Park on a report of a fight. Upon arrival of P.O. Ken Stapleton and P.O. Mike Gallagher, it was determined that a shoplifter had stolen hundreds of dollars worth of meat, and proceeded to flee the store. When the suspect was approached by security, he resisted and assaulted security guards. A violent struggled ensued, however, the suspect was eventually taken into custody. The arrestee, Frank Pappas age 26 of the Bronx, NY, was charged with using force in the commission of a theft, which constitutes a robbery. He was transported to the Bergen County Jail in lieu of $20,000 bail.

Solis Partners, a leading developer and integrator of commercial solar power systems, announced that it has been awarded a turnkey contract by P&R Fasteners to install a rooftop solar power generation system on their corporate headquarters located in the Somerset section of Franklin Township, N.J.

Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Cryan (D-Union) released the following statement Monday on plans by U.S. Sens. Robert Menendez and Frank Lautenberg (both D-N.J.) and Amtrak to unveil an alternative to the Hudson River commuter rail tunnel killed by Gov. Chris Christie in October:

February 14th is a special date to express our love for our sweethearts. While humans may like to celebrate Valentine’s Day with chocolate, flowers and dinner at a fine restaurant, your dog would likely prefer a day of doggy fun. So what would your canine pal value most on the day for expressing love?

Hudson Riverkeeper Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a packed gymnasium at Bergen Community College today that countries which achieve energy independence and effective environmental protection grow the strongest economies in the world.

The Garden State Harmonica Club and Trumpets Jazz Club is offering another musical evening on Feb.17th called a “February Jazz and Blues Blast” that will feature three fantastic musicians: Randy Weinstein, the creative and versatile NYC jazz and blues harmonicist, also a well known harmonica author; Phil Caltabellotta, outstanding chromatic harmonicist who can play anything from classical to jazz and Enrico Granafei, master of the hands-free chromatic harmonica who plays a special bass/guitar at the same time and includes some great vocals, as well as his chromatic harmonica. The show will start at 8:00 P.M. in Trumpets Jazz Club and Restaurant located at 6 Depot Square in Montclair, NJ. Call 973-744-2600 to reserve a seat and make reservations or visit: www.trumpetsjazz.com   and www.gardenstateharmonicaclub.org.

Care Plus Foundation, in partnership with Bergen Community College Wellness Center, present a conference on “Emotional Intelligence in Children.” The event will feature psychologist and renowned author Dr. Dan Goleman. The interactive workshop will be held on Friday, April 15, 2011 from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm at Bergen Community College in Paramus, NJ.

DeAngelo, Stender, Milam, Wagner, Coughlin, Fuentes, Benson, Ryan, Wilson & Cryan Sponsor Six Bills to Offer Tax Credits for Purchases of Electric Cars & Charging Stations

An Assembly Democratic legislative package to promote the buying of electric vehicles by New Jersey residents and businesses was released Thursday by an Assembly panel.

Planned associates give back to community; revitalize Newark's Lafayette Street School with a thorough Eco-friendly cleaning

Planned Companies, a leader in the janitorial/maintenance, concierge/doorman and security services industry since 1898, is pleased to announce the success of its Green Cleaning initiative at the Lafayette Street School in Newark, New Jersey.