SPRINGFIELD — Temple Sha’arey Shalom invites the community to its annual Hanukkah Party on Sunday, Nov. 24, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Admission is free of charge. The fun starts at 10 a.m. with Brotherhood’s annual brunch, featuring bagels, schmears and sides, along with an abundance of delicious potato latkes and desserts. The temple’s […]
OBITUARIES: • ALEXANDER — Margaret P., formerly of Berkeley Heights; Oct. 31. Was 95. • ALVATOR — Gregory J., formerly of Cranford; Nov. 2. Painter, 30 years old. • ANTON — Antoinette Lepski, formerly of Elizabeth; Nov. 2. Leaves a son. • BOTTA — Frank Joseph, of Fanwood; Oct. 14. WWII Navy veteran, chemist. • […]
SUMMIT — The Summit Playhouse is delighted to announce the second production of its 2014 season, ‘The Last Night of Ballyhoo”. Open auditions will be held on Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 23 at 4 p.m. at the Playhouse, 10 New England Ave. in Summit. Call backs will be held on Saturday, […]
It was a well-attended Senior Night for the Johnson High School boys’ soccer team in Clark , but a couple of Roselle Catholic soccer players enjoyed the greatest and loudest fan support that evening from the bleachers behind the visiting team’s sideline. More than two dozen relatives and family friends of the Carvalho and Sweeney […]
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman today announced that, as of yesterday afternoon, close to 3,000 individuals have taken advantage of the Fugitive Safe Surrender program in Jersey City. The program, which ends today, affords people wanted on non-violent warrants in New Jersey an opportunity to surrender safely at a Jersey City church, […]
If anything came out of the Republican loss for the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders, it was the need for freeholder districts. During the freeholder debates, hosted by the Union County League of Women Voters in Cranford on Oct. 15, when challenged by the idea of Freeholder Districts, Freeholder Chairwomen Linda Carter responded on […]
NEWARK — NJ Transit yesterday published the results of its latest customer survey as part of Scorecard, posting an overall satisfaction rating of 6.4 for the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2014, matching the corporation’s highest customer satisfaction rating that was achieved during the third quarter of the previous fiscal year. In addition to a […]
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that a Middlesex County man was indicted yesterday on charges that he distributed child pornography on the Internet. He was among 27 defendants arrested last year as a result of “Operation Watchdog,” a multi-agency investigation led by the New Jersey State Police and the Division of […]
GARWOOD — The Garwood Knights of Columbus are collecting canned and dry food goods, turkeys and hams for their holiday food drives. Food baskets will be distributed to needy families in Garwood and the surrounding areas during November and December. Donations can be dropped off after 4 p.m. weekdays at their Council Hall, 37 South Ave., […]
UNION COUNTY — Union County Freeholder Bruce Bergen, Union County Sheriff Ralph Froehlich, Dr. Ralph Oriscello, a Vietnam Veteran and former Chief of Cardiology at the East Orange Veterans Medical Center, historian and former Sheriff’s Chief Warrant Officer Lester Sargent, Freeholder Alexander Mirabella, Freeholder Sergio Granados, Union County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi, Freeholder Vernell Wright and […]