CRANFORD, NJ — The superintendent of schools and the school board president issued a joint statement expressing concern that a proposed 905-unit apartment complex planned at 750 Walnut Ave. would have a “dramatic and substantial impact” on the school district. The statement by Superintendent Scott Rubin and board President Kurt Petschow come in the wake […]
UNION, NJ — A New Jersey National Guardsman recently charged with using his cell phone to take photos up a woman’s skirt at the Target store on U.S. Route 22 had also been charged with a similar act at a mall in Utah in June, police said. Stephen Grogan, 41, of Dingmans Ferry, Pa., was […]
CRANFORD, NJ — The planning board was greeted with applause from 125 or so residents at its Aug. 1 meeting when it voted to require a developer seeking to build a 905-unit apartment complex at 750 Walnut Ave. to provide an environmental impact statement. Board members wondered whether the 30.5-acre parcel of land had been […]
RAHWAY, NJ — More than half of the $82 property tax increase this year is due to the unexpectedly large number of residents participating in the state’s program to purchase homes repeatedly damaged by flooding, City Council members said Monday, July 23. The revelation came as the council voted unanimously to adopt the $37.7 million […]
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — If the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the Union County Youth Board throw a party in the woods, does it make a sound? Not if it’s a silent party. The field next to the Trailside Nature and Science Center in the Watchung Reservation will be transformed into a dance floor […]
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – There was the baker whose cheesecakes were so delicious, Frank Sinatra would order them by the case. There also was the furniture maker who used his guile and engineering skills to stay alive during the Holocaust. And even more, there was the entrepreneur who rubbed elbows with Hollywood royalty such as Liza […]
KENILWORTH, NJ — The local Board of Education accepted the resignation of Superintendent Thomas Tramaglini nearly three months after he was charged with defecating near the track and football field at Holmdel High School. The board voted unanimously to accept his resignation, effective Sunday, Sept. 30. “Based on events unrelated to his service for Kenilworth, […]
ROSELLE, NJ — The school board approved the contract of the new interim superintendent and announced it has selected a new assistant superintendent, trying to restore stability after a recent succession of resignations, suspensions, firings, investigations and a forensic audit. The board voted to hire James Baker as its interim superintendent at its July 23 […]
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — Police Chief Allan Attanasio and Detective Sgt. Andrew Huber are retiring, borough officials have announced, two and a half months after they were identified in a lawsuit against the municipality accusing them of harassment. The two were removed from the borough’s payroll July 20, according to a statement read by Mayor Paul […]
ELIZABETH — Dressing up to dance the night away at prom is a rite of passage enjoyed by a new generation of teens each spring. However, it’s an experience from which many with developmental disabilities such as Down syndrome, cerebral palsy and autism are excluded. So, Community Access Unlimited is throwing a prom and everyone […]