SUMMIT, NJ — Warmer weather has again heralded in an adaptation to the pandemic lockdown that shut Summit restaurants two years ago. From now until late November, Maple Street, between Union Place and Springfield Avenue and then jumping across Springfield Avenue for a short distance, will be closed to traffic and will become an alfresco […]
CRANFORD, NJ — The Diamondettes, a baton-twirling team of four girls new to the sport, took first-place honors at a United States Twirling Association novice competition at the Rahway Recreation Center on Sunday, May 1. The quartet, who just began twirling in September, are Leyla Akin, Liana Torres, Natalyn Molina and Megan Charlton. Scoring at […]
ROSELLE, NJ — Happy birthday, Celia Reid Ringer, of Roselle, 100 years young on April 9. A century of life is a long time. To gain a little perspective on that, just ponder what history records about April 9, 1922, the day she was born. According to an internet search, that was the day that […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — In response to the dire humanitarian situation caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office and the Union Police Department are collecting items needed by a refugee population pouring into Europe by the millions. This local charitable drive, begun about three weeks ago and directed by UCPO […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — For many of us, a bicycle is good for a spin around the block or coasting down a hill. But for Girls in Gear, a youth program for girls ages 6 to 16, biking is a path to personal growth. Founded in Montclair by Gabrielle Rossi in 2020, the program has […]
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — The Springfield Public Library, closed for much of the last two and a half years, has reopened. From March 2019 to May 2021, the building was closed to the public because of the pandemic. It reopened in May 2021, until Tropical Storm Ida’s deluge four months later, Sept. 1-3, 2021, closed it […]