NEWARK – A former attendance liaison officer for the Elizabeth Board of Education today admitted obtaining by fraud more than $5,000 by working a second job during hours when he was supposed to be tracking down truant students, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced. Scott J. Farley, 45, of Cranford, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge […]
OBITUARIES: • BIHLER — Therese Ann, formerly of Elizabeth; April 16. Retired bookkeeper, 86. • BODINE — Shane W., of Clark; April 21. ALJ and Rowan University graduate, 26. • BORYS — Michael T. Jr., of Hillside; April 24. Boy Scout leader, Air Force veteran. • BUCZEK — Samuel Francis, of Summit; April 18. UCC […]
Lions improve to 3-8, while Indians move to 5-5
The Roselle Catholic baseball team scored three times in the bottom of the seventh inning on Monday to register a 7-6 victory against Rahway at Warinanco Park in Roselle. Senior Matt Rembish ripped a two-run double and sophomore Alex Beato plated classmate Kenny Matta with a sacrifice fly to end the game. Sophomore Tom Kelly, RC’s starting […]
While defending champion and top-seeded Westfield will have to wait until Monday to play its first-round game – at home vs. 16th-seeded and 7-1 Roselle Catholic – Roselle Park, Union, Johnson, Cranford and Governor Livingston all advanced to Friday night’s quarterfinals at Linden with first-round wins on Saturday. Three of the eight first-round games were […]
Defending champion Cranford, top-seeded Governor Livingston and lower-seeded Roselle Park – sparked by standout senior Luis Amaro – advanced to the baseball Union County Tournament quarterfinals with first-round wins on Saturday. The quarterfinals are scheduled to be played at the higher seeds Wednesday, with Thursday as the rain date. Cranford, which has won the UCT […]
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 […]