UNION – 4th Annual Hispanic Heritage Fiesta (Sept. 2019)
Not a vacation
WESTFIELD, N.J. — Twenty-eight youth and adult representatives from the First Congregational Church of Westfield experienced a different side of Miami during its week-long Summer Mission Trip in July. The volunteers served with Discovering Opportunities for Outreach and Reflection, a faith-based organization that stresses local immersion while working with inner-city communities. Under the guidance of […]
‘Yasmina’s Necklace’ morphs from comedy to tragedy
By Daniel Jackovino Staff Writer UNION, N.J. — “Yasmina’s Necklace,” the current Premiere Stages production at Kean University, begins as a situation comedy about an arranged marriage but develops into a nightmare. Written by Rohina Malik and directed by Kareen Fahmy, the story is set in Chicago, sometime following the 2003 war between America and […]
Union County LocalSource Photos – Sept. 12th Edition
UNION – St. Demetrios 42nd Annual Greek Festival (Sept. 2019)
Union County LocalSource Photos – Sept. 5th Edition
UNION COUNTY – HBO miniseries in Cranford (August 2019)
Farahi announces 2020 will be his last year as Kean University president
UNION, N.J. — Dawood Farahi will step down as president of Kean University in 2020, completing 17 years as head of the school, the university announced in an Aug. 29 release. The resignation appears to coincide with the end of the three-year contract extension awarded to Farahi by the school’s board of trustees in 2017. […]
Kean computer science program awarded $1.68 million federal grant
UNION, N.J. — The National Science Foundation has awarded Kean University nearly $1.7 million in research funding to develop a model designed to increase the number of students studying computer science and information technology. According to a recent press release from Kean, Professor Patricia Morreale, executive director of Kean’s School of Computer Science, said the […]
Photos from Westfield at Cranford and Summit at Union Aug. 30 FB scrimmages
Union opens Week Zero vs. Curtis, Staten Island at Rutgers on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 3:30 p.m. Westfield, Cranford and Summit open Week One. Cranford will host Montgomery, Friday, Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. Westfield will host Linden and Summit will play at Roselle – both on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 2 p.m. – JR […]