LINDEN, NJ — If you noticed more traffic congestion than usual heading into New York City last week, you weren’t mistaken. The 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on Tuesday, Sept. 13, with high-level debate running from Tuesday, Sept. 22, through Monday, Sept. 26. With hundreds of heads of state and diplomats […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Sunday turned out to be a good day for a race. Schmitts’ Quest for the Cure hosted its ninth annual Cranford Cure T1 Diabetes 5K Walk/Run on Sunday, Sept. 18, in Nomahegan Park, at 1033 Springfield Ave. The 5K takes place annually to rally support to find a cure for Type 1 […]
UNION, NJ — The township of Union is hosting its seventh annual Hispanic Heritage Month celebration on Friday, Sept. 16, from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., at Biertuempfel Park, 1300 Winslow Ave., Union. “This is an annual event, so every year, we start planning it after the last one occurs,” said William Reyes Jr., Union’s assistant […]
CLARK, NJ — A lot has happened to Paul Wojtowicz in the past two months. Wojtowicz, who lived in Clark for more than 20 years before moving to Toms River a year and a half ago, had decided to get involved in Ukraine. His experiences as a contractor quality control systems manager had shown him […]
LINDEN, NJ — When the Linden Police Department’s Youth Academy visited the Linden Airport on Thursday, July 21, participants had a behind-the-scenes experience that few people get to have. “This is our way of helping this whole police department youth camp out, because it gives them a chance to get into places like the Linden […]
CLARK, NJ — For Paul Wojtowicz, this was a problem he said he simply couldn’t close his eyes to anymore. Wojtowicz, who lived in Clark for more than 20 years before moving to Toms River a year and a half ago, is responding to the war in Ukraine personally by offering to help in any […]
SUMMIT, NJ — For Dominique Simmons, of East Orange, March 25 is a night she will never forget. “I brought my daughter to the hospital. I wanted to make sure she could breathe. Something was blocking her throat,” Simmons said in an interview with Union County LocalSource on Friday, May 13. “I brought her to […]
HILLSIDE, NJ — Hillside Police Officer Fernando J. Noblecilla, 31, of South Plainfield, was suspended for allegedly attempting to warn a member of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation that a law enforcement operation was about to be executed at his home. Noblecilla was charged Friday, May 20, with second-degree conspiracy to commit official […]
UNION, NJ — Ray Liotta, who grew up in Union and graduated in Union High School’s Class of 1973 before finding success in Hollywood as an actor in movies as varied as “Field of Dreams,” “Goodfellas” and “Identity,” has died at the age of 67. According to early reports, Liotta went to bed on Wednesday, […]
UNION, NJ — Since April, when Union businessman Samuel Casternovia and his daughter, Samantha, took to heart the reports of Ukrainian refugees fleeing to Poland with nothing but the clothes on their backs and decided to do something about it, the response from the community has been overwhelming. “We are about 60 percent toward our […]