TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John Hoffman announced that Marie Munn, the former president of the Elizabeth School Board, was convicted at trial yesterday of stealing from the Elizabeth School District’s free lunch program by filing false applications for her own children. The federally funded program offers free and reduced-price lunches for students who otherwise […]
OBITUARIES: • ARNOLD — Jeffrey, of Mountainside, formerly of Union; March 19. He was 65. • ASTALOS — Matthew J., of Linden; March 18. Lifelong resident, 29 years old. • BAIRD — Darrow Howell, of Scotch Plains; March 18. Master bridge player. • BARNETT — Kenneth, of Linden; March 8. Owned Apache Air Conditioning. • […]
ELIZABETH— Armando DaSilva, former President of the Elizabeth Board of Education, was awarded the ‘Patriot Award’ at a ceremony at Maguire Air Force Base recently. The prestigious award is given to outstanding employers ‘for contributing to the national security and protecting freedom by supporting employee participation in America’s National Guard and Reserve force.’ The award […]
UNION COUNTY — A Berkeley Heights man is accused of stealing more than $6 million from his employer during the course of nearly a decade, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced. Albert Thomson, 48, was charged with second-degree theft by deception. He turned himself in to authorities late on Thursday, when he was being held on $250,000 […]
UNION COUNTY — An Essex County man has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison for his role in a robbery and burglary that led to a prolonged high-speed car chase through three towns, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced. Under the terms of New Jersey’s No Early Release Act, Kendell Grimsley, 42, of Newark must […]
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John Hoffman announced that the former Transportation Manager/Supervisor for the Hazlet and Piscataway School Districts was sentenced to prison today for stealing $565,772 from the two districts by authorizing payments to fictitious bus companies for transportation services that were never provided to the districts. Michelle Pumilia, 40, of Union Beach, […]
ROSELLE PARK — Yesterday at 3:13 p.m., three 13-year-old juvenile males from Roselle Park were walking home from school when they were approached from behind by two older juvenile males from Roselle. The suspects were described as black males, one shorter than the other wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and the other was described as taller, wearing a green […]
ELIZABETH — An Elizabeth woman who had been missing for three weeks has been found dead, and her husband has been charged with killing her, announced acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park. The body of 32-year-old Karla Jose Villagra Garzon was found by police late Tuesday night in a vacant home on Southern Boulevard in Chatham Township, Morris […]
UNION COUNTY — A group of young girls donning festive garb sit on a hill and wait for the start of the Union County St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The parade featured many organizations, including bagpipers, marching bands and much more.
UNION COUNTY — The 18th annual Union County St. Patrick’s Day Parade stepped off on Saturday, March 15, to the beats of many different drums and the tunes of many different bagpipes. Robert E. Jeans Sr. of Kenilworth, a decorated Vietnam veteran and retired Kenilworth Police Department lieutenant served as the 2014 grand marshal.
