LINDEN — Linden School No. 4 students honored Martin Luther King Jr. at Murowski Towers recently by performing songs, poems and using an interactive timeline. School Four collaborated with resident Loretta Jones of the Murowski Towers a put on this show for residents to honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Students in […]
MAPLEWOOD — The Theater Project, an award-winning, professional theater in Maplewood, has announced the eight short plays that will take part in its first one-act competition, Think Fast, Feb. 14-16, at the Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts. The contest, open to playwrights in the New Jersey-New York area, will feature a $500 Judge’s Prize […]
UNION COUNTY — For a limited time only, the Union County Clerk’s offices in Westfield and Elizabeth are offering free passport photographs as a special incentive for residents to apply for a passport. From Tuesday, Jan. 21, through Saturday, Feb. 1, the normal $10 cost of each photograph will be waived when a resident applies […]
SCOTCH PLAINS — Sen. Cory Booker will join teen volunteers at the Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA in preparing a meal for the Plainfield Area YMCA Emergency Housing Department on Monday, Jan. 20 at 3:30 p.m. The activity is part of Fanwood-Scotch Plains’ MLK Day of Service where the community comes together to give back. The YMCA is […]
KENILWORTH — Police Chief John Zimmerman of the Kenilworth Police Department announced today that on Jan. 8, the department hired three new officers to replace a manpower shortage that had happened through attrition. The three officers, Sean Kaverick of Kenilworth, Kevin Fernandes of Kenilworth and Matt Torre of Toms River, were hired and will begin […]
ELIZABETH — A Newark man is facing a series of criminal charges after allegedly ramming an Elizabeth police cruiser with his vehicle and leading officers on a prolonged chase earlier this week, said acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park yesterday. Devin Jefferson, 36, is charged with second-degree aggravated assault on a police officer, two counts of second-degree eluding police, […]
ELIZABETH — A Newark man has been found guilty of fatally shooting an Elizabeth woman a little more than three years ago, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced today. Following a weeklong trial and about five hours of deliberation, a Union County jury convicted Eduardo Lago, formerly of Elizabeth, of murder and two weapons offenses in connection […]
CLARK — In Kelly Williamson’s fifth grade class at Valley Road Elementary in Clark, the students are learning about different ways to display data that they have collected. The students measured each other’s palm width and arm spans. The students then organized the data into a table. The students displayed the data on two-line plots. The fifth graders are also […]
CLARK — The Clark Board of Education will be honoring the impressive accomplishments and achievements of student musicians in the District at the upcoming Board Meeting’s Showcase of Success this coming Tuesday 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Arthur L. Johnson High School. The Frank K. Hehnly School Select Choir will be recognized for performing on New 12 New Jersey’s […]
NEW PROVIDENCE — Wharton Music Center kicks off its Library Concert Series on Sunday, Jan. 26 at 2 p.m. at New Providence Memorial Library located at 377 Elkwood Ave. in New Providence. Jamie Baer Peterson, soprano, and Lois Buesser, piano, present Cockeyed Optimist: The Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein. The concert is free and open to […]