UNION COUNTY — Five confirmed members of the Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, street gang, including two juveniles, have been charged with engineering the gang initiation-related murder of a person purported to be a rival gang member in Elizabeth earlier this year, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced during a recent press conference. German […]
Lions best visiting Wildwood Catholic 4-1
Freshman Tyara McQueen collected a goal and two assists to send Roselle Catholic to a 4-1 triumph over Wildwood Catholic in the first round of the NJSIAA’s Non-Public B South Tournament on Tuesday at Chakey Field in Roselle. It is believed to be the first state tournament victory for an RC girls’ soccer team in […]
ELIZABETH — An Elizabeth man has admitted to being responsible for a fatal shooting that occurred in the city a little more than three years ago, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced Oct. 31. Appearing before state Superior Court Judge Joseph P. Donohue, Larry Mays, 27, pleaded guilty to a single count of […]
UNION — British and Hessian troops marched into Union last weekend as part of a re-enactment sponsored by the Union Historical Society. Fear not … The New Jersey Militia stood up to their advance. To learn more about the event, see inside. The complete gallery of photos can be viewed at: http://old.unionnewsdaily.com/gab_gallery/union-county-1780-battle-of-connecticut-farms-comes-alive-october-2014
Mrs. Carole J. Restaino of Livingston died Saturday, October 4,2014 in the Saint Barnabas Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, October 7, at 10 A.M. in the Bernheim-Apter-Kreitzman Suburban Funeral Chapel, 68 Old Short Hills Rd., Livingston with interment in Restland Memorial Park, East Hanover. Born in Newark, Mrs. Restaino […]
UNION COUNTY — The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders announced that Professor Anthony J. Broccoli, of the Rutgers Climate Institute and the Atmospheric Science Department at Rutgers University, will present a discussion about climate change on Thursday evening, Oct. 9, from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. at Trailside Nature and Science Center in Mountainside. This […]
UNION COUNTY — The shooting death of a New York City man in Elizabeth Tuesday night is under investigation, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park and Elizabeth Police Chief Patrick Shannon announced last week. The victim has been identified as Mamuka Chamiashvili, 41, of Brooklyn. Police responding to a 9-1-1 report of shots being […]
Suspect fled area during jury deliberation, on the run
UNION COUNTY — Union County jury has returned guilty verdicts against a man accused of exposing himself and touching himself in front of a then 12-year-old boy at a Hillside public pool two years ago, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced last week. The jury deliberated over the course of two days following […]
Here is the corrected new alignment of football’s Mid-State 38 Conference for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. I erroneously printed the wrong alignment over the summer and earlier in September. Mid-State 38 Conference for 2014 and 2015 seasons: Delaware Division (8): Bridgewater-Raritan, Elizabeth, Franklin, Hillsborough, Hunterdon Central, Phillipsburg, Union, Watchung Hills. Watchung Division […]