SUMMIT, NJ — Summit Police Officer Keith Kwiatek and Juvenile Detective Sean Thompson participated in the Police Unity Tour, a four-day bicycle ride from New Jersey to Washington, D.C. The Police Unity Tour was formed in 1997. Its mission is to raise public awareness about law enforcement officers who have died in the line of […]
CLARK, NJ — Luca Agoglia, a fourth-grader from Valley Road Elementary School, is the winner of the Union County School Nurses Association poster contest. His poster was chosen by the county nurses as the one that best illustrated the theme “Healthy Living/Healthy Choices.” Luca created his poster during art class with art teacher Kerry Kennedy […]
LINDEN, NJ — Citizen Linden, the luxury rental community in downtown Linden, has been named a Best of 2021 award winner by the Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal. The awards are presented annually to the best real estate development projects and most significant real estate deals in the mid-Atlantic region. Citizen Linden won in the […]
PRINCETON, NJ — Princeton University will honor four outstanding New Jersey secondary school teachers at its 2022 commencement on Tuesday, May 24. This year’s recipients of the Princeton Prize for Distinguished Secondary School Teaching are Deborah Cella of Glen Rock High School, Alicia Rodriguez of Kent Place School in Summit, Devin Ryan-Pullen of Burlington City […]
WATCHUNG, NJ — Ruth Anne Munroe, director of Campus Ministry and Student Council moderator at Mount Saint Mary Academy in Watchung, reported that the Mercy Girl Effect Award has been presented to the academy’s 2021-2022 Student Council executive board. “Each year, the five-member board is challenged with a Mercy Girl Effect project that raises awareness […]
UNION, NJ — A faculty member in the Kean College of Education is laying the groundwork for children to learn chemistry by introducing the subject at a young age — in second and third grade. Kean assistant professor Dina Rosen developed an innovative curriculum called Early Chemistry, or eChem, that taps into children’s natural curiosity […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Union resident Matthew Leonelli has been elevated to the position of assistant vice president at Sheldon Gross Realty. In his new role, Leonelli works primarily with property owners to manage office and industrial property sales and leases throughout New Jersey, with an emphasis on Middlesex, Monmouth and Union counties. Leonelli joined […]
SOMERSET, NJ — Students in the Linden High School Entrepreneurial Management Achievement Program visited the Stage House restaurant in Somerset to learn about the restaurant business. Executive manager and executive chef Donald Erickson hosted the EMAP students on Tuesday, April 26, teaching them about property management, food preparation, customer service, menu item placement, physical environment, […]
ROSELLE, NJ — Soup Kitchen 411’s meal service on Friday, April 29, brought together its most prolific restaurant partner, Bayway Catering, and one of its most frequent food distribution partners, New Destiny Community Development Corp. “This partnership with Soup Kitchen 411 has allowed us to meet the needs of so many people who are experiencing […]
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — Angela Harrington, a higher education leader who spearheaded a Women’s Entrepreneurship Week initiative at Berkeley College, was recognized among the magazine City & State New York’s Above & Beyond honorees at a ceremony on Thursday, March 24, at Sony Hall in New York City. The award honors women who exhibit exemplary leadership […]