LINDEN, NJ — On May 25, at 1:35 p.m., police responded to a residence on the 10 block of West Edgar Road on a report of an unconscious female who possibly overdosed. Officers say they found a 27-year-old Linden woman who was unresponsive and barely breathing. Linden Officers Dan Turon and John Vasquez administered Narcan […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders has announced the schedule for the county’s 2015 Road Resurfacing program. The project will resurface 13 County roads in 12 towns. The program is scheduled to begin in late June and run through September. Work is scheduled for nighttime in all but one instance. […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — In cooperation with The Smithsonian, Columbia University and the University of Maryland, Union County Parks has designed a new signage system that connects to a virtual field guide so that it is possible to learn about a tree, from how it propagates to the region it inhabits, with a click of […]
NEWARK — A Union County man who allegedly robbed one bank and attempted to rob another at gunpoint has been charged federally, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced. Marlon Peek, 39, of Plainfield, has been charged by complaint with one count of bank robbery, one count of attempted bank robbery, and one count of using and brandishing a firearm […]
UNION — One in six Americans struggle with hunger and nearly 400,000 children in New Jersey live in food insecure homes. Beginning Saturday, May 9, The Mavins Group will launch a week-long Move For Hunger food drive in partnership with The National Association of Senior Move Managers to help mothers feed their families. The drive […]
RAHWAY, NJ — The Blue and Gold Club at Franklin Elementary School in Rahway recently made a special visit to the temperary Linden Animal Shelter on Range Road in Linden. Volunteers from the club made dog biscuits and then went to the shelter to visit and spend some time with the animals. They were able to […]
HILLSIDE, NJ — Sharon Greenblatt, a kindergarten teacher at A.P. Morris Early Childhood Center in Hillside, has been awarded a classroom grant by the Association of American Educators Foundation to purchase supplies for her gardening program. “While many areas of the world and members within our own community struggle to put food on their tables […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — For over twenty years, the Paper Mill Playhouse has been honoring excellence in high school theater throughout the state of New Jersey. The Union High School Performing Arts Company has remained at the top of the list as one of the best musical theater training programs for high school students in […]
LINDEN — Tiffany Alicia Concepcion, the woman suspected of causing an arson earlier today at an apartment building in Linden, has been charged with the following: aggravated arson (3 counts), aggravated assault (domestic violence), unlawful possession of a knife (domestic violence) and possession of a knife for unlawful purpose (domestic violence). The domestic violence charges stem […]
SUMMIT — Summit’s Annual Memorial Day Parade and Commemoration Ceremony will honor the brave men and women who gave their lives for this great nation on Monday, May 25. All are welcome to march in or observe the parade as well as attend the Commemoration Ceremony on Summit’s Village Green. The 2015 parade will begin […]