UNION, NJ — Congratulations are due to David Frazier, director of athletics at Rutherford High School and former New Jersey State Interscholastic Sports Association Executive Committee president, as the Union Township resident has earned an illustrious seat to serve as an at-large member of the National Federation of State High School Associations board of trustees. […]
CLARK, NJ — On Thursday, July 23, it was announced that the Union County Prosecutor’s Office will take over the Clark Township Police Department, effective immediately; the takeover encompasses law enforcement and internal affairs functions. This announcement comes approximately two weeks after the UCPO took control of the Fanwood Police Department on July 13, after […]
HILLSIDE, NJ — Hillside Councilman George Cook has called into question Mayor Dahlia Vertreese’s use — or misuse, as he alleges — of the town’s Clean Communities grant funding. The grant was awarded to the township for the Community Clean Team program, which hires area teenagers to clean the town’s streets. The program began July […]
UNION, NJ — Blood donation is essential for the community, especially today, given the COVID-19 pandemic. Many lives are being lost due to the outbreak, and the township of Union is looking to help save lives. According to its website, Vitalant, a nonprofit community and blood service provider that supplies comprehensive transfusion medicine services to […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — In the face of coronavirus, movie theaters are closed to the public in Union County and across the country. Because it is difficult to social-distance inside a movie theater and because the virus can spread through close contact, a movie theater can be a risky place. Without the use of movie […]
ROSELLE, NJ — A well-respected educator and administrator in the Roselle Public School District, Nathan Fisher has played many roles in his lifetime but is now ready to embark on a new one. Possessing three decades of experience in the school system, Fisher is now taking the district’s helm as superintendent of schools. According to […]
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins P.C. is representing Kara King, a Westfield resident, who claims she was unjustly terminated from her job as a districtwide social worker for the Springfield Township Public School District because she blew the whistle on Edward V. Walton Early Childhood Center Principal Adriana Coppola, which […]
CRANFORD, NJ — A lot is happening in this nation that is killing the United States’ black community. The most recent killer has been COVID-19, which statistics show is killing black people and other people of color at a higher rate than white people, due to health care access inequities, among other issues. An ongoing […]
HILLSIDE, NJ — The Township Council of Hillside passed a resolution on June 23 that declared it has “no confidence” in Glynn Jones, the town’s chief financial officer, claiming that he displayed a severe dereliction of duty in the performance of responsibilities mandated for the proper and accurate preparation and maintenance of records relating to […]
UNION, NJ — Union Township Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jim Masterson welcomed all to the 24th annual Legislative Breakfast early in the morning on Friday, June 26. Guests at the virtual event were able to hear from state Sen. Joseph Cryan, Union Mayor Michele Delisfort, Elizabeth Mayor J. Christian Bollwage and others for the […]