UNION, NJ — Kean University will commemorate the anniversary of 9/11 with the New Jersey premiere of “Are We Safer Today?” — a documentary that tells the story of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, known as the 9/11 Commission. The commission investigated the deadly terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. […]
SUMMIT, NJ — Mary Early-Zald will be ordained as a Unitarian Universalist minister on Saturday, Sept. 10, at 4 p.m., in a ceremony at Beacon Unitarian Universalist Congregation. The ordination will be celebrated by the Beacon Unitarian Universalist congregation and the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville. The public is welcome to attend in person, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County residents can safely dispose of unwanted household chemicals, old fire extinguishers, propane tanks and other potentially hazardous items at Union County’s next free Household Hazardous Waste event on Saturday, Sept. 10, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Union College, formerly known as Union County College, 1033 Springfield Ave., […]
ROSELLE, NJ — Roselle Mayor Donald Shaw was awoken in the early-morning hours of Wednesday, Aug. 31, by the yells of “Fire, fire!” and “Help, help!” from a woman walking her dog who was alerting the slumbering neighborhood. Rushing out of his condominium at 5:03 a.m. in pajamas, he saw smoke rising from the building […]
UNION, NJ — Premiere Stages at Kean University will present the New Jersey premiere of Gino Diiorio’s “Scab” from Thursday, Sept. 8, through Sunday, Sept. 25, in the university’s Bauer Boucher Theatre Center, Vaughn-Eames Hall, 1000 Morris Ave., Union. Selected as a finalist from the 2020-21 Premiere Play Festival, “Scab” will feature actors John Anthony […]
LINDEN, NJ — Najir Paige, 27, of East Orange, is under arrest following a three-week investigation into a shooting that occurred at a Linden bar in early August, according to an Aug. 29 press release from the Linden Police Department. Just after 2 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6, Linden police responded to Menga Lounge on […]
UNION, NJ — Kean University’s Supera Spanish-Speaking Program has been named a national finalist for 2022 Examples of Excelencia by Excelencia in Education, an organization based in Washington, D.C., that is dedicated to accelerating Latino student success in higher education. The Kean program, which allows students to advance in their university careers while acquiring knowledge […]
RAHWAY, NJ — Celebrating her 100th birthday among family, friends and staff members at the Adroit Care Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 1777 Lawrence St., a member facility of the Excelsior Care Group, Zulmira Goncaleves Lopes received a proclamation from the city of Rahway’s mayor, Raymond Giacobbe, on behalf of the city council and the citizens […]
ROSELLE, NJ — Harry Jones, a member of the leadership team at Inroads to Opportunities, was recently promoted to director of employment services. Inroads to Opportunities is a Union County–based nonprofit human services agency that provides programs and services to individuals with disabilities ranging in age from 16 to retirement. A strong advocate for employment […]
TRENTON, NJ — Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced Aug. 24 the filing of seven new environmental enforcement actions across the state. Six of the environmental justice lawsuits center on a broad array of chemical pollutants that have tainted separate, unrelated sites in Newark, Linden, […]