Greater Union Township Chamber of Commerce welcomes Hillside Chamber of Commerce

Greater Union Township Chamber of Commerce welcomes Hillside Chamber of Commerce

UNION, NJ — In November, the Hillside Chamber of Commerce was formally welcomed into the Greater Union Township Chamber of Commerce. “They are now an official part of our chamber,” said James Masterson, CEO of the Greater Union Township Chamber of Commerce. It all began late last year when Masterson received a call from the […]

Blood drive hosted at Hillside’s Knights of Columbus

Blood drive hosted at Hillside’s Knights of Columbus

HILLSIDE, NJ — On Tuesday, Aug. 15, the Rev. Thomas F. Canty Council 3197 hosted a blood drive at its Council Hall on Liberty Avenue in Hillside. The drive, co-sponsored by the Hillside Township Health Department, was conducted in collaboration with Vitalant Blood Services. Seventeen registrants participated and their donations contributed toward alleviating the critical […]

Hillside resident receives appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy

Hillside resident receives appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy

NEWARK, NJ — William Register of Hillside, a senior at St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark, received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2027. Register was nominated to the U.S.N.A. by U.S. Representative Donald M. Payne Jr., the congressman representing New Jersey’s 10th District. Register is the senior group leader of the Boys […]

Note to our newspaper subscribers

Problems at the printing plant where our newspapers are printed have caused a delay in their distribution. Subscribers to the News-Record of Maplewood and South Orange, The Glen Ridge Paper, West Orange Chronicle, Irvington Herald, The Independent Press of Bloomfield, Record-Transcript and Union County LocalSource should receive their newspapers in Friday’s mail. We apologize for […]

Two new shows added to Kean Stage spring lineup

Two new shows added to Kean Stage spring lineup

HILLSIDE, NJ — Two new shows have been added to Kean Stage’s spring 2023 season at Kean University’s Enlow Recital Hall in Hillside. Cherish the Ladies, the long-running, Grammy-nominated, Irish-American supergroup, will perform on Friday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m. Formed in New York City in 1985 to celebrate the rise of extraordinary women in […]

Hillside production company tackles black families and addiction in first movie release

Hillside production company tackles black families and addiction in first movie release

NEWARK, NJ — Lions Vision Productions Studios, a black-owned production company located in Hillside, held a private screening on Dec. 8 at CityPlex 12 Newark of its first feature film, “The Lions Vision Productions Addiction Trilogy: Conflicted. Addicted. Convicted.” The film was written, directed and produced by LaTia McNeely-Sandiford, author of the memoir, “Burdens in […]

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