CRANFORD — Four Cranford High School students performed in the NJ All-State Women’s Chorus on Saturday, Feb. 21 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. From left to right are Cranford High School students Veronica Walton, Elyse Mackenzie, Katherine Mackenzie, and Alexandra Heyburn with All-State Women’s Chorus conductor Patricia Joyce, center. This school year, a total […]
HILLSIDE — The Hillside Community Blood Bank sponsored by the Hillside Board of Health and Hillside Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with Community Blood Services will be holding a Blood Drive on Thursday, March 12 from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Hillside Community Center Parking Lot on Hillside Avenue opposite the Hillside Municipal Building. There is […]
UNION, NJ — Although the township has been fighting to get rid of a strip club on Route 22 for 19 years, last week both the township and Union County Prosecutor’s Office lost another battle. The legal argument continues to revolve around whether Hott 22 is violating state law or not by operating a sexually […]
TRENTON — New Jersey Department of Transportation officials today announced the closure of Route 1 and 9/Tonnelle Avenue in Jersey City tonight for emergency repairs to a water main that ruptured late last night. Beginning at 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20 through 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 there will be no access to northbound Route 1 […]
Dorothy Regenye, 88, of Union passed away at Overlook Hospital on February 18, 2015. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Michael the Archangel, 1212 Kelly St. in Union on Monday, February 23rd, at 10:15am. Interment will follow at Hollywood Memorial Park. Friends are invited to visit on Sunday from […]
The basketball Union County Tournaments continue this weekend, with quarterfinal action ready to get under way. The girls’ will go Friday, Feb. 20 at Rahway and at Johnson, while the boys’ will go Saturday, Feb. 21, also at Rahway and Johnson. Here are the schedules: 40th UCT girls’ basketball quarterfinals Friday, Feb. 20 At Rahway […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders recently announced that the County Police Firearms ID Unit has been honored by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for its work in solving gun crimes. The Firearms ID Unit received the Award of Excellence in recognition of its 200th match […]
Here is the updated information for the boys’ and girls’ basketball Union County Tournaments, which continue this week: 79TH BOYS’ BASKETBALL UCT SEEDS: 1-Roselle Catholic. 2-Patrick School. 3-Linden. 4-St. Mary’s, Elizabeth. 5-Union Catholic. 6-Plainfield. 7-Westfield. 8-Union. 9-Elizabeth. 10-Hillside. 11-Gov. Livingston. 12-New Providence. 13-Summit. 14-Rahway. 15-Cranford. 16-Scotch Plains. 17-Oratory Prep. 18-Roselle. 19-Johnson. 20-Dayton. 21-Koinonia. PRELIMINARY […]
UNION — To all residents of Union, Worrall Media would like to inform you that the 2015 Town Planner Community Calendar which was mailed to your home in December contained incorrect information on the back cover listing of municipal employees. Please be advised that the Municipal Court Judges are Jonathan Rosenbluth, Cassandra Corbett and Kelly […]
TRENTON – A Newark man yesterday admitted his role in an armed carjacking and subsequent involvement in a scheme to bribe a corrections officer to smuggle contraband, including marijuana and cell phones, into the Essex County Correctional Facility, a federal pretrial detention facility, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced. Quasim Nichols, 30, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Mary Cooper to […]