Join the Elizabeth Avenue Partnership as it celebrates “Hispanic Heritage Month” with a free open air concert at Union Square Plaza on Saturday, Sept. 28, from noon to 6 p.m., with a rain date of Saturday, Oct. 5. Bring a chair, relax and enjoy an afternoon of live entrainment featuring classic, romantic and Latin love […]
Marie Elizabeth Krause, nee Hochdorfer, a former resident of Union, NJ passed away at her home in Wilsonville, OR on August 2, 2013. The youngest of three children, Marie was born in Newark, NJ, on September 20, 1957 to Joseph and Mildred Hochdorfer, and was raised in Union. She graduated from Archbishop Walsh High School […]
HILLSIDE — Hillside Public Library closed Wednesday, Aug. 28, due to a flash flood. The library has been cleaned up, but the repairs are extensive and no clear date has been set for reopening. It will not be open until at least some time in October. Until then, the public libraries in Elizabeth, Roselle and […]
SPRINGFIELD — Rhonda Denet and the Silver Fox Songs Trio will return to the Springfield Free Public Library to perform “Mostly Motown” on Sunday, Oct. 6 at 2 p.m. “Mostly Motown” is a review of the classic rhythm and blues and soul of the 1960s and 1970s. You’ll hear songs made famous by artists such […]
CRANFORD — The talented denizens of Skid Row have been rehearsing for the upcoming CDC Theatre production of “Little Shop of Horrors,” book and lyrics by Howard Ashman, music by Alan Menkin. A down-and-out floral assistant, Seymour Krelborn, played by Zach Mazouat, becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious […]
CRANFORD — Fall is traditionally a peak time for hiring, especially with job opportunities picking up amid a slackened economy. Use this time to your advantage by honing your resume writing and interviewing skills by attending one or more workshops starting in September at Union County College’s Cranford Campus. Each workshop is two hours and […]
RAHWAY — Rahway Arts District celebrates new public art by local artists. Arts Guild New Jersey, the train station plaza, and a former public service building on Irving Street are brightened with sculpture and murals. Other sculptures can be seen in front of, and inside, UCPAC’s Hamilton Stage, and by the Union County Performing Arts […]
UNION — The Union Club of The Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County, in collaboration with the Chandler Learning Center will host an S.A.T. prep course on the Thursday and Friday dates leading up to the Nov. 2 S.A.T. test. The classes will be taught by instructors from The Chandler Learning Center. Chandler Learning […]
WESTFIELD — Experienced adult musicians, who play the violin, viola, cello and string bass, can join the Wednesday Morning Strings ensemble at the New Jersey Workshop for the Arts. The musical group meets from 10:15 to 11:45 a.m., from September until June, at NJWA studios at 150-152 East Broad St. in Westfield. The ensemble, which […]
OBITUARIES: • ANDERSON — Arthur E. Sr., of Cranford; Sept. 1. Local police sergeant. • BARNES — Annette Whitfield, of Rahway; Sept. 3. Leaves two grandchildren. • BINGLE — Kathleen L., formerly of Roselle; Sept. 1. Great-grandmother. • CHIARLETTO — Joseph Thomas, of Berkeley Heights; Aug. 30. Was 85. • COLLINS — Mary, nee Bleakley, […]