ELIZABETH — The dispatcher’s voice on the radio was calling for help serving a warrant and Patrolman Jonathan Parham suddenly found himself at a crossroads. Sitting in his squad car, he ran through the reasons he should let one of the veteran officers in the Linden Police Department handle the call. He was new to […]
CLARK — Thomas Balsamo was surrounded by friends and family members as he was sworn in as the township’s newest police officer. His thoughts, however, drifted back to his late grandmother. Nicolina Balsamo was a feisty and fearless member of the Chatham Police Department for 40 years, during which time she once issued a ticket […]
CRANFORD — A design concept unveiled at the local planning board meeting on Wednesday, July 18, gave residents their first glimpse of the proposed 905-unit apartment project at 750 Walnut Ave. A series of architect’s renderings depicted three, five-story buildings and two, four-story buildings on the 30.5-acre tract located on the Clark border at the […]
ELIZABETH — Former Linden police Chief Jonathan Parham was sworn in as Union County undersheriff on Friday, July 13, filling the spot vacated by state Sen. Joe Cryan. Parham, who took the oath of office from Union County Vicinage Assignment Judge Karen Cassidy, will join undersheriffs Amilcar Colon and Dennis Burke as the executive management […]
CRANFORD — John Pisano views his role as personal injury attorney as a way of sticking up for the little guy and sticking it to the big guy. And he puts his heart into each case, no matter how big or small. “The smallest and biggest case I handle with the exact same level of […]
GARWOOD — One local firefighter was hospitalized for heat-related injuries, and another was treated and released for minor injuries, from battling an early morning blaze that severely damaged an unoccupied house on Willow Avenue on Friday, July 13. “It was a vacant house,” Garwood fire Chief Allan Tweedle said. “It was under renovation, so nobody […]
ELIZABETH — Julianna Marulanda dreams of a place where poodles, terriers, collies and other dogs can run without the confines of a leash, and has begun a campaign to turn a section of Warinanco Park into a dog park. Almost 500 people have signed Marulanda’s online petition since she launched it on change.org about a […]
CRANFORD — State Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick is urging residents to continue to voice their opposition as the clock ticks toward the township’s deadline to draft a plan that will satisfy its Mount Laurel housing obligation. Bramnick delivered this message to about 60 Cranford residents Monday, July 9. It is a plea he makes […]
CRANFORD, NJ — The local zoning board has paved the way for a developer to build a 33,800-square- foot warehouse and more than 8,000 square feet of office space on a vacant parking lot in the township. The board voted unanimously to approve a series of variances and waivers for the proposed building on a […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Wedged into the corner of one bookshelf inside Carole Esposito’s home are four binders stuffed with yellowed newspaper clippings, black and white photos and faded maps. Together, they tell the history of the Sunny Acres development going back to when 172 Cape Cod and Colonial Revival-style houses were constructed by Sears, Roebuck […]