ELIZABETH — Staff Members of the Trinitas Comprehensive Sleep Disorders Center observed Sleep Technologists Appreciation Week — Oct. 6 to 12 — by sharing information about sleep disorders with more than 75 visitors and employees on the Williamson Street campus. Passersby learned about the importance of healthy sleep for adults as well as children. For […]
ELIZABETH — Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company Corporate Counsel, Georgia Flamporis, recently passed a purple purse to Assemblywoman Annette Quijano, D-Union, in an effort to raise awareness about domestic violence – an epidemic that on average kills three American women each day. The Purple Purse is The Allstate Foundation’s campaign against domestic violence. Thousands of […]
UNION COUNTY — The owner of a Rahway chimney service company has been charged with accepting a large deposit from a client but then failing to perform any work, marking at least his third such offense in the last three years, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced Friday. Rodney MacQuirk, 47, of Rahway, […]
TRENTON – The state announced yesterday that the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs has launched a new season of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program for residents across the state. Eligible New Jersey households are encouraged to apply. “LIHEAP provides a crucial safety net for our neediest citizens and helps them focus on […]
HILLSIDE — Hillside has announced that Buie Community Center will host a Haunted House on Oct. 31 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. for all Hillside children. The center is located at 274 Hillside Ave. Children are asked to come in costume. Questions can be directed to Barbara at the Hillside Recreation Department at 973-926-2219
UNION — Residents in Union stared in amazement on Monday, as a pickup truck crashed into a telephone pole on Stuyvesant Avenue, causing live power wires to dangle into the road and sparks to fly. The street was closed for the better part of the day and residents and businesses experienced brief power outages as PSE&G […]
UNION COUNTY — Union County’s annual public heritage event, “Four Centuries in a Weekend: A Journey through Union County’s History,” will take place Saturday, Oct. 19, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 20, from noon to 5 p.m. Sponsored by the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders, with the cooperation of staff […]
SCOTCH PLAINS — The Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA has announced Kathryn “Kacie” Bumiller was honored as Youth Volunteer of the Year at the 2013 New Jersey YMCA State Alliance Dinner for Volunteer Recognition on Thursday, Oct. 3 at Forsgate Country Club in Jamesburg for her volunteer dedication at the Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA located in Scotch Plains. […]
UNION COUNTY — With approximately 600 children in the Union County foster care system that need help in finding permanency, a new gala aims to foster their dream. CASA of Union County has announced its first “Foster the Dream” Gala paying tribute to the Hon. Judge Jo-Anne Spatola on Friday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. […]