UNION COUNTY, NJ — Nearly 10 years ago, Union County workers and volunteers began planting native wildflowers around the lake at Warinanco Park in Roselle. Today, the lawn has become a colorful wildflower meadow and a thriving nature habitat that provides nectar, seeds and fruits that nourish birds, butterflies, moths, bees and other valuable pollinators. […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Family Fun and Flix, a free summer entertainment and film series presented by the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders, continues Tuesday, Aug. 11 with the presentation of “Annie” at Warinanco Park, on the border of Elizabeth and Roselle. This showing of “Annie” is sponsored by Investors Bank. Free popcorn will […]
“Write on Sports” completed a second straight successful season at Roselle Catholic High School earlier this month. Eight grammar school campers, residents of Roselle, Linden, Elizabeth, Hillside and North Plainfield, completed the two-week camp session, directed by Roselle Catholic graduates Joe Skrec (’84) and Erin Sisk “’06), from July 6-10 and July 13-17. Write on […]
NEWARK — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Task Force, working with other law enforcement partners, have charged 12 individuals in connection with eight murders that occurred in Newark, Irvington, Orange and East Orange during the months of June and July. Based on the information available […]
TRENTON — New Jersey Department of Transportation officials have issued a reminder for motorists that the Pulaski Skyway will be closed in both directions on Saturday to perform general construction activities. From 2 a.m. through 5 p.m. Saturday, July 25, NJDOT’s contractor, CCA Civil Inc. is scheduled to close the Pulaski Skyway southbound at the […]
TRENTON — New Jersey Department of Transportation officials recently announced a project to replace the bridge deck of Route 22 over Burke Parkway in Union. The project will begin with a traffic shift this weekend to remove the curb and construct temporary pavement on both the left and right side of Route 22 westbound. Beginning […]
ELIZABETH — An Elizabeth man has been arrested and charged with being responsible for leading police on a vehicle pursuit that ended in a crash that took the life of an innocent motorist last weekend, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced. Surpris Ophilien Jr., 30, is charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter, second-degree death […]
ELIZABETH — A Union County grand jury has returned indictments against nine men involved with a dog fighting ring in Elizabeth, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced. Charged with two counts of dogfighting offenses, both third-degree crimes listed under New Jersey’s animal cruelty statute, are 19-year-old Shaquille Mars, 20-year-old Leon King, 20-year-old Rahman […]
LINDEN, NJ — Authorities investigating the shooting of Linden resident James Garner on Thursday, June 25, have charged Aziz Howard, 35, of Carteret, and James Gilford 20, of Elizabeth with first degree murder and weapons offenses, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced last week. According to Park, at approximately 11:20 p.m. on that […]
Starks W. Lewis, Jr., beloved brother, uncle, father, grandfather, husband, friend and neighbor, died peacefully in his sleep at home in Nutley, NJ, on Friday, July 10, 2015, at 77 years old. He was born on October 1, 1937, in Ossining, NY, son of Clarinda M. Crane and Starks W. Lewis, Sr. He went […]