UNION COUNTY, NJ — Lisa Sepetjian’s brightly-colored blazer cannot compete with her dazzling smile as she walks briskly down the hall of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Union County, located in Union. Close by in the large gymnasium you can hear the sounds of a basketball game in progress. Darting back and forth across the […]
UNION, NJ — David Alan Johnson’s study is straight out of a Victorian novel. In one corner sits Horace, a large ceramic owl who, Johnson says, is the representation of Minerva — the mythical goddess of wisdom. Its large round eyes watch from its perch, looking down at the endless maze of books and stacks of papers. […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County Department of Parks and Recreation has concluded its annual Deer Management Program, which ran from the beginning of January through February 12. The program, which was supervised by Union County police and the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, operated in six county parks and one municipal park, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County is working on a new transportation master plan that will provide the framework for transportation planning and investment for the county and its municipalities. The new plan, which will be completed by June, will be conducted by the Bureau of Transportation Planning, Division of Strategic Planning and Intergovernmental Relations in […]
LINDEN, NJ — It was a take-no-prisoners labor strike that lasted three days. Workers of Laminated Industries in Linden were out as early as 7 a.m., clad in red T-shirts from their union, the Retail, Wholesale, Department Store Union. They waved large signs. “Workers are not animals,” read one. “Latino workers have American rights,” read another. […]
HILLSIDE, NJ — The Garretson administration, it seems, is struggling to pay the bills. According to Officer Matt Casterline, Union President of the Patrolmen’s Association, the matter of unpaid bills and accumulating debt has been an ongoing issue for quite some time under the Garretson administration. Casterline cites an incident two years ago that he refers […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The tug-of-war between Russo Acquisitions Development Company, Kean University, and Union continues over the Merck property in Union.. In February 2014, Russo reached an agreement to buy the land from Merck — which is located directly across the street from Kean’s main campus — but the university subsequently declared that it had […]
ROSELLE, NJ — Another sexual harassment lawsuit has been filed in state superior court against the borough of Roselle and its Department of Public Works. Celeste Sitarski of Roselle filed a suit last month, charging that a male employee had exposed himself and had urinated in front of her while she was cleaning a bathroom, as […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The third annual Union County Community, Action, Response, Education, and Safety Domestic Violence Symposium was held on Thursday, April 7 at Kean University’s STEM Center in Union. The symposium, which was sponsored by the Union County Prosecutor’s Office, YWCA of Union County, Kean University, the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Family […]
Linden courts are under scrutiny
LINDEN, NJ — The latest chapter in a civil rights lawsuit filed against the city of Linden and former Linden Municipal Court Judge Louis DiLeo involves a request to enforce subpoenas upon the state’s Administrative Office of the Courts for refusing to produce emails directly related to the case of Kirkland v. City of Linden and […]