By editor on IN THE TOWNS, ROSELLE
Roselle Catholic’s Union County Tournament championship season has been more painful for girls’ volleyball standout senior Briana Fleming than any other Lion. A returning starter, Fleming suffered a partial team of the anterior crucial ligament of her right knee on the second day of tryouts in August, she said. Fleming hoped, planned and worked to return […]
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The championship match is Saturday at 4:30 p.m. at William Paterson
The Roselle Catholic girls’ volleyball team is one win away from a chance to play for a state championship. Roselle Catholic advanced to the semifinals of the NJSIAA’s Non-Public tournament with a three-game victory against Paul VI of Haddonfield in The Lions’ Den on Tuesday. After dropping the first game 25-17, RC rebounded to win the […]
By editor on OBITUARIES
ANDERSON — Margaret Helen, formerly of Linden; Nov. 10. Was ballroom dancer. BLANDA — Joseph M., of Mountainside, formerly of Springfield; Nov. 3. Was Springfield educator. CATALINA — Edna A., of Linden; Nov. 9. Former past president of club. CHARPENTIER — Alice Oberwanowicz, formerly of Union; Nov. 9. Was administrative clerk. CICHOWSKI — Joseph E., […]
By editor on OBITUARIES
Joseph M. Blanda, passed away on Saturday Nov. 3rd, 2012 at the age of 73. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, Nov. 16th at 10:45 a.m. at St. Teresa of Avila Church, 306 Morris Avenue, Summit, NJ. Memorial Visitation will be held on Thursday, Nov. 15th from 2-4 & 7-9 […]
Ousted Wardlaw-Hartridge on Seniors Day
The Roselle Catholic volleyball team’s season continues. The Lions, who survived a tough match at home against Mount St. Dominic on Friday, will play Pope Paul VI of Haddonfield on Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA Non-Public Tournament. Tentative game time in The Lions’ Den is 6 p.m. On Seniors Day, fourth-seeded Roselle Catholic […]
By editor on ELIZABETH, RAHWAY, ROSELLE, SPORTS, UNION
Not all Union County teams will play this weekend because of students not attending school as a result of Hurricane Sandy
In a perfect world, all 17 Union County football playing schools would have played either their eighth or ninth games last weekend. Hurricane Sandy prevented that. All 17 teams attempted to play those games again this weekend, but because students at many of those schools could not attend school because of the lack-of-power situation created […]
By editor on ARTS / EVENTS
When London’s Royal Opera House, in all its glory, flashed on the screen Sunday afternoon at the Cranford Theater in connection with the astounding production of the Ballet in Cinema’s “Swan Lake,” a ballet afficionado did not envy the hundreds of well-dressed people seated in five tiers of balconies and in the theater proper. And […]
By editor on OBITUARIES
ABRAHAMSEN — Margaret, formerly of Linden and Rahway; Oct. 28. Moved to Toms River. ANTONUCCI — Gene Anthony, of Roselle Park; Nov. 1. Was past grand marshal. BIANCHINO — Virginia M., of Union; Oct. 30. Was a homemaker. BIANCO — Elizabeth M. “Betty,” of Linden; Oct. 25. Was member of many clubs. BLOW — Michael […]
By editor on CLARK, SPORTS, SUMMIT
Here is the updated Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (UCIAC) schedule for this weekend as released today – Wednesday, Nov. 7: The updated UCIAC schedule is as follows: Saturday, November 10, 2012, @ Arthur L. Johnson High School 1:00PM – JV UCIAC Field Hockey Championship (Oak Knoll vs. Westfield) 3:00PM – Varsity UCIAC Field Hockey […]
The Roselle Catholic girls’ volleyball team captured its first Union County Tournament championship Friday night, defeating top-seeded Westfield two games to one at Kean University’s Harwood Arena in Union. Here are photos from Friday night’s triumph: