Earthquake centered in Virginia, felt all the way to Massachusetts.
The Associated Press is reporting a 5.8-magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia was also felt in the New York City Area around 1:53 p.m. today. The United States Geological Survey is saying the earthquake registered 5.9-magnitude. The Star-Ledger is reporting that Newark City Hall was evacuated shortly after the quake. In northern New Jersey, the earthquake measured 2.2 on the Richter Scale, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Locally, residents reported shaking buildings and cars. Four-year-old Georgia Floyd was in the Strawberry Fields Frozen Yogurt in Maplewood Village and asked her mother Linda Floyd, "Why did we just move?" But Mrs. Floyd said she herself did not feel it. Maplewood's Rod Hernandez tweeted under "Luke's Kitchen…
Art auction to raise funds for Haiti tonight at 7:30 at GAS gallery and studio.
Geralyn Robinson was moved when she saw the images of the earthquake in Haiti. "I knew I had to do something." Geralyn, who owns Geralyn's Art Studio in Maplewood, called on her friends and fellow artists to help. Along with Rick Hauser, owner of The Framing Mill, they came up with the idea of an auction. Rick offered up his new space, GAS gallery and studio, in Maplewood. Geralyn asked for donations of art work to be auctioned off with the proceeds going to the charity Concern Worldwide. They are hoping to raise over $3,000 by silent auction. The event starts tonight at 7:30 p.m. and bid sheets will be out until 9:15 p.m. Concern Worldwide was founded in Ireland in 1968 in response to the famine in Biafra. The non-governmental …
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11:23 am on Thursday, August 25, 2011
Well, My staff and I were sitting doing customer supports remotely, all suddently the chair were moving. This must be Earthquake so i asked everybody to get out the building at once and some neightbor were out too. more ›