Matt Rainey

Images from 2010

Photographs made during calendar year 2010.

NJ Governor Chris Christie is interviewed for a story on his first 100 days in office.
   
Keycha Bauer (age 6) stands with her dad Stephen Bauer of Paterson, NJ on the Morristown Green. A Tax Day Tea Party is held with an estimated one thousand in attendence during the 2 hour long rally.
  
Army Specialist Pedro Antonio Millet IV, 20, of Elizabeth passed away on Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010, during a combat operation in Afghanistan. His funeral is held in Elizabeth, NJ
     
  
Newark, NJ Emergency services personnel remove the victim of a gunshot wound to the head at 145 Mapes Ave. in Newark, NJ
  
Enduring the grueling Mill St. hill in pouring rains, cyclists compete in the 2010 Tour of High Bridge.
   
Betty Liu, a TV anchor for Bloomberg spends time at home in Millburn, NJ .
     
  
Jayson Williams is handcuffed by Somerset County Sheriffs Officers as he is taken into custody Tuesday, eight years and 10 days after he fatally shot his 55-year-old limousine driver Costas Christofi at his former Hunterdon County estate.Williams, 42 is sentenced to at least 18 months in prison Tuesday as he appears before Superior Court Judge Edward Coleman.Mr. Williams appears with his attorneys Joseph Hayden and Billy Martin.Williams pleaded guilty Jan. 11 to a downgraded charge of aggravated assault under the terms of a plea agreement reached Dec. 24 with the State Attorney General's Office, which took over the case from the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office.Williams, who was awaiting retrial on a reckless manslaughter charge, also waived his right for post-conviction relief, a legal motion to set aside a conviction before filing an appeal.
  
A NJ Transit Conductor checks his watch as the 7:10am train readies to leave High Bridge station.
   
The 6th Annual NJ Triathalon is held at Mercer County Park where thousands test their skill and spirits.
     
  
A Bound Brook Police Officer rides down Main St. in Bound Brook, NJ looking for residents to be evacuated. Residents evacuate and are rescued by Bound Brook Police and Rescue Squad and Somerset County Dive Team in Bound Brook as the Raritan River rises from heavy rains.
  
Maria Del Carmen Cruz (age 1) of Bound Brook, NJ sleeps on a Red Cross cot inside Bound Brook High School after being evacuated due to flooding.
   
Gary Joseph of Hackettstown tosses his son Ethan (age 18 months) into the air at Budd Lake Monday afternoon while enjoying the lake on a hot day.
     
  
Garth Kravits, of West Orange, NJ a singer, musician and actor is starring as Sam Posner the pickle man and would-be lothario in "Crossing Delancey" at Bickford Theater at Morris Museum.
   
"Fluffy", Laverne Fox (left) and "Silly Willy" Bob Krisby, both of Florida wave to onlookers from atop the Skyride along the Seaside Heights Boardwalk as they approach the starting point for their 1st year at Clownfest. Approximately 90 Red-nosed, colorful clowns parade down the Seaside Heights boardwalk Sunday as part of the 29th annual Clownfest. Clowns from Ringling Brothers and the Big Apple Circus will being among some of the performers hosting games involving hoola-hoops and beach balls. Kids can get their faces painted to fit in with the theme of the weekend.
  
Fallen service member, U.S. Navy Special Warfare Operator 3rd Class (Petty Officer 3rd Class) Denis Miranda (age 24) of Toms River, NJ arrives at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to travel to his final resting place Monday afternoon. Miranda was one of nine service members killed when the helicopter in which they were traveling crashed in Zabul Province in Southern Afghanistan, September, 21, 2010.
     
  
Samia Duckery (age 6) of Somerset, NJ parades up Broad St. in Newark, NJ with the People's Organization for Progress. Newark hosts the 44th Annual African-American Heritage Parade. The annual parade, the state's largest celebration of African-American heritage and culture, is marking its 44th year and is themed "Ujamaa.Cooperative Economics. We Need Each Other." The parade and festival will focus on uniting families and communities to cooperate to build prosperity and economic development.
   
A Roseland Fire Dept. firefighter races up a ladder as Fire and Emergency services from multiple municipalities battle a large fire in an apartment building at 399 Lincoln Ave. in Orange, NJ. Many residents of the building were sheltered in the Gymnasium at Orange High School nearby.
   
Gerard Stefanelli (age 9) scrubs his dad's boat in the driveway of his parent's home. The Cosenza and Stefanelli families work to clean their new boat Wednesday in the Stefanelli family's Washington Twp. home's driveway in the warm weather. The 1986 26 foot boat doesn't have a name yet and the two families plan to launch the boat this summer off Normandy Beach.
     
  
Twin brothers Mike (left) and Billy Merz (right) of Carteret High School's Varsity Baseball Team.
  
Blair Academy Varsity Skiier Julia Brackup competes on her 1st run, finishing with a 43.47 Sunday during the New Jersey Skiing Finals held at Hidden Valley Club in Vernon, NJ. 14 High Schools participate in the girl's slalom and 11 High Schools participate in the boy's slalom.
   
Marie Loude hangs laundry on the fence surrounding the destroyed Cathedral in Port-au-Prince Sunday afternoon, 5 days after the horrific earthquake which devestated the region.
     
  
Orphans Ricardo Olman (age 9) is flanked by Noelanda Noel (age 6) (left) and Nuncia Delphine Jean-Baptiste Friday morning on the grounds of their destroyed church.Rev. Jean J. Paul run a Church and Orphanage in LaPlaiene, Haiti with 56 children in the orphanage. Their churcn building was flattened during the earthquake which struck Haiti. Calling it a miracle, none of the children were injured in the quake. Dinner was late, causing the children to be in the yard and not inside the church when it collapsed. Rev. Paul is former NY/NJ taxi driver who moved back to Haiti 7 years when he was "called by God" back to start the "Soles Winning Ministries Presbyterian Church" and "Reformation Hope Orphanage".
  
The GLTBI Parade is held in Asbury Park, NJ. Participants marched through downtown Asbury Park and up Grand Ave. to Sunset Lake Park.
  
Emergency Services personnel hold sheets up as they remove the victim of a fatal MVA on Rt. 78 in Pohatcong Twp., NJ.