UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County man was arrested Thursday, Jan. 7, and charged with aiming a laser pointer at a WABC-TV helicopter, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Stiven Lopez-Bender, 26, of Elizabeth was charged by complaint with one count of aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft. Lopez-Bender was scheduled to make his […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Gateway Family YMCA branches in Elizabeth, Rahway and Union will celebrate 2016 with an open house through Sunday, Jan. 10. The Y will be hosting events that are open to the community including family group exercise programs, healthy snacks, nutrition information, fitness games, family swimming and open basketball. The Gateway […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County Freeholder Chairman Bruce H. Bergen has announced a comprehensive series of initiatives for 2016, entitled “One County, One Community” that includes new announcements for economic development, transportation, public safety, seniors, veterans, education, parks and environmental programs. Bergen, a lifelong native of Union County and a resident of Springfield, was […]
UNION —Members of the Union Police Department responded to Chase Bank at 1224 Stuyvesant Ave. at 3:03 p.m. yesterday on a report of a bank robbery. Officers on scene determined the bank had been held up by one man, who presented a threatening note. The teller gave the man some money and he fled the bank […]
UNION — The Union Police Department is currently asking the public for help to locate a missing person. The woman, Carol Saunders-Corbin, is a resident of The Pointe Condos located on Rt. 22 on the eastbound side. She is a 57-year-old woman who went out for walk about 9:30, but did not return to her […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County Department of Parks and Recreation has released details of its annual Deer Management Program, which began Monday, Jan. 4, in six county parks and one municipal park. The program will operate in the Watchung Reservation, the Summit portion of Passaic River Park, Ash Brook Reservation, Lenape Park, Nomahegan […]
Ira Weiss passed away Saturday, December 26, 2015 after a sudden illness. He was 67. Born in Newark, N.J., he lived in Hillside before moving to Springfield in 1970, where he lived for the past 45 years. He earned a Bachelor’s degree from Farleigh Dickinson University and was the owner of Weiss […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — A sensory-friendly performance of “Bubble Trouble” comes to the stage at the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway on Sunday, Jan. 10, at 2 p.m. A bubble volcano. Bubble roller coaster. A kid in a bubble? Jeff Boyer takes bubbles to the max in this one-man bubble extravaganza. Boyer juggles […]
By Rebecca Panico, Correspondent UNION COUNTY, NJ — Standing behind businesses along Broad Street in Elizabeth stands the Union County Jail, where those who are awaiting trial are held. It’s a not-so-welcoming place to be. But for recently appointed Director of the Union County Department of Corrections Ronald Charles, jail is where he’s always worked. Charles […]
By Daniel Jackovino, Staff Writer BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A Bloomfield man has been charged with the strangulation death of a Rahway woman, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office announced Wednesday, Dec. 16. According to authorities, Roberto Grillo, 36, is alleged to have murdered Yolanda Vega, 35, in her Beacon Street home. Rahway police responded to the scene […]