RAHWAY — Winter storm alerts got you down? Lace up your culture boots and jump into a fresh pile of original theater Feb. 2 to 8 at Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway as Fearless Productions presents the inaugural “Kicking & Swearing Festival of 1-Acts.” The festival features a total of 18 new 10-minute plays by writers from […]
MOUNTAINSIDE — The public is invited to Tuesday Night Movies in the Community Room at Mountainside Public Library in February. Weekly movies are mostly selected from recent, first-run, critically acclaimed movies selected from the library’s catalog of DVDs. This month’s selection includes on Feb. 3 the Academy Award Nominee for Best Picture, The Grand Budapest Hotel, […]
CRANFORD — Speed The Plow, written by the celebrated American playwright David Mamet, opens on Feb. 6 at CDC Theatre in Cranford. Located at 78 Winans Ave., CDC Theatre is the oldest community theater in New Jersey. A satirical dissection of the American movie business in Hollywood, Speed The Plow focuses on two high-powered Hollywood executives who have come […]
ROSELLE, NJ — Roselle Mayor Jamel Holley was officially appointed Wednesday, Jan. 21, to fill an open seat in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 20th Legislative District. He was unanimously chosen by the elected members of the Union County Democratic Committee from the 20th Legislative District municipalities of Elizabeth, Hillside, Roselle and Union. […]
ELIZABETH — A third suspect has been identified, arrested, and charged in connection with an attempted robbery that resulted in the death of a Brooklyn man in Elizabeth last fall, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced Monday. Travis M. Picou, 36, of Paterson turned himself in to members of the Union County Homicide Task Force on […]
TRENTON – A New York man admitted on Monday, Jan. 26 to participating in armed robberies of electronics stores in New Jersey, including armed robberies in Linden, Paramus, and Woodbridge, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced . Eric Williams, 34, of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Anne Thompson in Trenton federal court to a superseding information that […]
UNION COUNTY — The Board of Chosen Freeholders is reminding residents that five Union County parks are designated for sledding: Briant Park in Summit. Echo Lake Park at the “Summer Arts Hill” near Springfield Avenue in Westfield. Lenape Park in Cranford in areas that are not close to waterways. Meisel Park in Springfield, in the detention […]
NEWARK — NJ Transit operations, customer service and police personnel are taking steps to minimize delays, and ensure service reliability and safety due to the approaching winter storm. All customers are strongly advised to check njtransit.com before traveling for up-to-the-minute service information before starting their trip. To give customers additional travel options during the expected winter […]
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John Hoffman announced that the former production manager for the Music, Dance and Theater Department at New Jersey City University was sentenced to prison today for embezzling $87,587 in box office receipts from university performances. Kathleen Peet, 37, of Rochelle Park — formerly Kathleen Sarmiento — was sentenced to three years […]
ELIZABETH — A Union County jury has convicted an Elizabeth man of murdering his wife a little more than three years ago, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced today. The jury deliberated for a matter of hours over the course of two days following an approximately three-week trial before state Superior Court Judge Robert Mega, […]