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UCT girls’ volleyball continues with Tuesday’s semifinals at Johnson

By editor on October 21, 2012 CRANFORD, LINDEN, ROSELLE, SPORTS

It will be Union Catholic vs. Roselle Catholic and then Kent Place vs. Westfield

UNION COUNTY TOURNAMENT GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL SEMIFINALS TUESDAY, OCT. 23 AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL 3-Union Catholic vs. 2-Roselle Catholic, 5:30 p.m. 4-Kent Place vs. 1-Westfield, 7 p.m. FINALS FRIDAY, OCT. 26 AT KEAN UNIVERSITY’S HARWOOD ARENA JV: 6 p.m. Varsity: 7:30 p.m. JUNIOR VARSITY SEMIFINALS WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24 At TBA 7-Elizabeth vs. 3-Union Catholic 5-Roselle […]

Union County Conference boys’, girls’ basketball new division alignments here

By editor on October 21, 2012 KENILWORTH, SPORTS

Set for the next 2 seasons

UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE BOYS’ BASKETBALL division alignments for 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 seasons WATCHUNG DIVISION (6 schools) Plainfield Elizabeth The Patrick School Roselle Catholic Linden Union MOUNTAIN DIVISION (8 schools) Rahway Gov. Livingston Westfield Scotch Plains Union Catholic St. Mary’s, Elizabeth Roselle Cranford VALLEY DIVISION (8 schools) Hillside Summit Dayton Johnson New Providence […]

John A. Schickram

By editor on October 19, 2012 OBITUARIES

John A. Schickram, 73, of Millville died on October 18, 2012 in the SJ Healthcare Hospice Unit in Bridgeton, NJ. Born in Newark, NJ, Mr. Schickram was a retired telephone repairman, working for Bell for over 35 years. John was a member of the American Legion Nabb Leslie Post #82, Millville Elks Lodge #580, Millville […]

Obituaries – Week of Oct 18th

By editor on October 18, 2012 OBITUARIES

BATTLE — Russell Clay, of Rahway; Oct. 6. Was Korean veteran. BEDDIA — Santo, of Roselle Park; Oct. 9. Was office building supervisor. BROWN — Wilhemena, of Union; Oct. 6. Was retired public school guard. BUCKLEY — Thomas Anthony Sr., of Linden; Oct. 9. Longtime owner of Linden salon. CARL — Margaret L., formerly of […]

Watch out! Reformers are on the loose

By editor on October 18, 2012 OPINION

Left Out By Frank Capece Jeff Brindle, Executive Director of the New Jersey Election Law Commission that oversees campaign contributions, is railing against the “blitzkrieg” of outside political spending in campaigns. He cites a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision known as the Citizens United ruling which allows unlimited independent spending in federal elections by corporations […]

Upcoming candidate forums in Union County

By editor on October 18, 2012 COUNTY NEWS, CRANFORD, IN THE TOWNS, SPRINGFIELD, UNION

There is a shortage of candidate forums in around Union County this election year, but following is a list of those that are still available for residents. Springfield Residents will give residents two opportunities, in comfortable non partisan settings, to meet and speak with the four candidates running for two open seats on the local […]

Contested municipal elections in Union County

By editor on October 18, 2012 CLARK, COUNTY NEWS, CRANFORD, ELIZABETH, HILLSIDE, IN THE TOWNS, KENILWORTH, LINDEN, RAHWAY, ROSELLE, ROSELLE PARK, SPRINGFIELD, SUMMIT, UNION

Asterisks(*) denote incumbents. Only contested election in Union County LocalSource’s coverage area are represented. Union County Freeholders Three 3-year terms Alexander Mirabella-D* Diane Barabas-R Mohamed Jalloh-D* Stephen Kozlovich-R Bruce Bergen-D Krzysztof Chris Nowak-R Clark Mayor — 4-year term Richard Kazanowski-D Salvatore Bonaccorso-R* Councilman-at-large — Three 4-year terms Michael Altmann-D Angel Albanese-R* Michelle Novak-D Alvin Barr-R* […]

Contested board of education elections in Union County

By editor on October 18, 2012 CLARK, COUNTY NEWS, CRANFORD, ELIZABETH, HILLSIDE, IN THE TOWNS, KENILWORTH, LINDEN, MOUNTAINSIDE, RAHWAY, ROSELLE, ROSELLE PARK, SPRINGFIELD, SUMMIT, UNION

The following is a list of contested board of education elections in Union County LocalSource’s coverage area. This newspaper encourages residents to learn about their candidates prior to voting and to make an informed decision when exercising their right to vote. Some towns are holding candidates nights and forums, which give residents the opportunity to […]

Crusader Athletic Leadership Council helps student-athletes

By editor on October 18, 2012 CLARK, SPORTS

Fosters healthy relationship among Johnson High School culture, Clark community

The Crusader Athletic Leadership Council is an organization that has been founded to help educate our student athletes on some of the expectations that we have for our student athletes as they compete interscholastically in a variety of athletics. We hope that by informing this council of some of our expectations, we will be able […]

Cranford police investigating possible child luring incident

By editor on October 18, 2012 CRANFORD, HEADLINE NEWS

CRANFORD — The Cranford Police Department is currently investigating a possible child luring incident that occurred on today, Thursday, Oct. 18. An 11-year-old juvenile was approached while walking to school at approximately 7:30 a.m., according to police. The juvenile was walking on Brookside Place near the intersection of Waverly Place when the incident occurred. The […]