UNION, NJ — A boisterous crowd gathered at Union High School’s football field for its 140th commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 25, braving the 90-degree weather to celebrate the graduating Class of 2022. Sitting on the field, seniors became alumni after listening to speeches from Principal Mark Hoyt, Board of Education President Mary Lynn Williams, […]
CLARK, NJ — A youth basketball team from West Orange was forced to pull out of a tournament that was held in Clark after wearing warm up T-shirts that protested the actions of Clark Mayor Sal Bonaccorso, who has recently come under fire for using racial slurs. The tournament was being held in the gyms […]
UNION, NJ — The biggest race that Gerard Rokosz had ever run in before Monday, April 18, had approximately 3,000 other runners. But the Union native joined 25,000 others when he ran the Boston Marathon, finishing the 26.2 miles in 3:01:38. It was the third marathon he’d ever run, and his time qualifies him to […]
KENILWORTH, NJ — Kenilworth borough clerk and administrator Laura Reinertsen resigned from her position at the Kenilworth Borough Council’s meeting on Wednesday, March 16, effective Thursday, March 31. Reinertsen worked for Kenilworth for eight years and was named Employee of the Year in 2018; she did not say at the meeting the reason for her […]
CRANFORD, NJ — In a survey asking residents for their opinions, most of Cranford’s population told the town’s planning firm that they do not want the Mayor’s Park with the gazebo, Cranford Fire Department and the North Union Avenue parking lot to be part of the North Avenue Gateway redevelopment project. Annie Hindenlang, Cranford’s township […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The New Jersey Apportionment Commission approved new state legislative maps on Friday, Feb. 18, drawing new lines for senate and assembly districts that will go into effect in 2023, after the 2022 election. Delayed because of the pandemic, the newly redrawn districts are the result of the 2020 census results. The […]
SUMMIT, NJ — Overlook Medical Center in Summit was chosen as one of the first three sites in the country and the only one in New Jersey to participate in a clinical trial that will research a vaccine that targets the protein that keeps cancer cells alive in brain tumors, Atlantic Health System announced in […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Will Fries is moving to Indiana soon, for work. The Cranford native and former Cranford High School football player was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts during the 2021 NFL draft in May and was set to head west on Friday, July 16, to begin preseason training camp. Cranford residents sent him off […]
CRANFORD, NJ — In advance of Presidents Day on Feb. 15, Robert Schott created an impressive 14-foot snow sculpture of the Lincoln Memorial. This isn’t the first time Schott has created a delightful snow sculpture in his front yard at 512 Springfield Ave. in Cranford; in the past he has created Snoopy from ‘Peanuts,’ Olaf […]
RAHWAY, NJ — The first phase of the Brownstones redevelopment project in Rahway came to a close on Monday, Dec. 21, when Mayor Raymond Giacobbe and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson cut the ribbon at the factory-turned–apartment complex. “Anyone from this city knows what this site used to look like,” Giacobbe said […]