PLAINFIELD – Members of Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County, Plainfield Club participated in Earth Day activities on April 22. Approximately 20 youth members performed a variety of tasks around the club. Teen members cleaned the outside of the Club, enhancing their ‘curb appeal.’ They collected 10 bags of twigs, leaves and trash from the […]
MILLBURN – If you would like to travel back through time and space and land on a balmy tropical island in the early 1940s and be entertained by a musical classic with many of your favorites, then find your way to the Paper Mill Playhouse this month for the timeless Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, “South Pacific.” […]
61ST ANNUAL BASEBALL UNION COUNTY TOURNAMENT SEEDS: 1-Gov. Livingston. 2-Cranford. 3-Westfield. 4-Scotch Plains. 5-Dayton. 6-Union. 7-Union Catholic. 8-Elizabeth. 9-Summit. 10-New Providence. 11-Roselle Park. 12-Johnson. 13-Oratory Prep. 14-Plainfield 15-Rahway. 16-Roselle Catholic. 17-Linden. PRELIMINARY ROUND Wednesday, April 23 Linden 11, Roselle Catholic 5 – at RC FIRST ROUND Saturday, April 26 TOP SIDE OF […]
OBITUARIES: • ARAUJO — Aida M., nee Queiroz, of Union; April 13. Native of Portugal, was 80. • BASH — Marjorie Evelyn, nee Wolfe, formerly of Springfield; April 10. Grandmother. • BOVE — Laraine M., of Union; April 16. Managed Life Uniform Store, 78 years old. • BREZINSKI — Casimir, of Union; April 15. Upholsterer, […]
UNION COUNTY — Twenty people have been arrested and significant quantities of cash and multiple types of drugs have been seized as the result of a nearly yearlong investigation into a multi-tiered narcotics distribution ring operating throughout parts of North Jersey, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park and Linden Police Chief James Schulhafer announced. Starting […]
LINDEN — On Saturday April 12, the Linden Crisis Intervention Team hosted its third annual Easter Egg Hunt for developmentally disabled children in pre-K through fourth grade, held at Tiger Stadium. The event was attended by 40 children from Linden Schools and their parents. The children were treated to pictures with the Easter Bunny, popcorn, pictures […]
Jess Rusin, a 2010 Johnson High School graduate who led the Crusaders to the 2009 Union County Tournament title, produced an incredible senior year that capped off one of the most prolific scoring careers in Quinnipiac University history. Rusin, the 2008 Union County Field Hockey Player of the Year as chosen by The Star-Ledger, as […]
The Roselle Catholic community will be represented at the Boston Marathon. Michael Kennedy, a member of the Roselle Catholic faculty and the head coach of RC’s cross country and track teams, will run in the prestigious event that is set for April 21. “This will be a very powerful experience for me for two reasons,” […]
ELIZABETH — An Essex County man with an extensive criminal history has been sentenced to 18 years in state prison for leading police in two Union County towns on a prolonged pursuit before being caught with heroin in 2012, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced. Shareef Mayfield of Orange must serve at least 96 months of that […]
UNION COUNTY — A Monmouth County man has been convicted of stalking a Union County teenager during a period of about three and a half years, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced. A Union County jury needed less than an hour of deliberation to find 36-year-old man of West Long Branch guilty of fourth-degree stalking following […]