CLARK, NJ — Smoking tobacco cigarettes may be on the decline, but the rising popularity of electronic smoking devices — or vaping — has the township looking to curb that as well. Following a presentation on the dangers of smoking e-cigarettes to Carl H. Kumpf Middle School eighth-graders last month, Mayor Sal Bonaccorso and the […]
KENILWORTH, NJ — The borough council’s finance committee is currently considering how it will incorporate an unexpected $200,000 charge into the town’s 2018 municipal budget, due to the Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority’s yearly assessment. The municipality’s budget for the year will be introduced on April 11, clerk Laura Reinertsen told LocalSource. The council learned of […]
ROSELLE, NJ — Nine high school business students are getting intense on-the-job training in their prospective field as they look to compete in an international career competition. And they’re learning the challenges of many businesses — raising funds. After initially qualifying via the state competition in Atlantic City, members of Abraham Clark High School’s Distributive […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The county’s 21 municipalities will divide a half million dollars to make local playgrounds more accessible for children with disabilities. The grants, ranging from $15,000 to $25,470 per town, were approved at the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders’ Feb. 8 meeting. “Every child should be able to enjoy a playground […]
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — Colorectal cancer isn’t a common topic for discussion and its symptoms are rarely noticed early. Those are just two of the reasons why advocates for National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month are promoting recognition of the deadly disease via various events in municipalities throughout Union County in March, such as free screenings […]
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ — A Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School graduate soon will attempt to climb Mount Everest, and it won’t be just because it’s there. Hailey Rachko, a junior at Boston University, will travel to Nepal in May in order to raise money for childhood cancer. Rachko has partnered with the organization Choose a Challenge […]
CRANFORD, NJ — The multi-million dollar plan to mitigate major flooding along the Rahway River has reached the final approval stage, and to help move the project along, the review process has been transferred to the New England District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, officials said. “It’s not uncommon for work to be […]
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — The local public library, closed for nearly three months, is slated to reopen at the beginning of April in its new temporary home, the former “upper church” rectory of the Church of the Little Flower at 110 Roosevelt Ave. A mid-December transaction between the library, township and church resulted in Berkeley […]
CRANFORD, NJ — When walking throughout town one may have noticed increased brightness illuminating from the Victorian-styled lamps that line the sidewalk and are dispersed within the many parking lots. This is due to the township having purchased 335 light emitting diodes, or LED, lamplights last year, that have since been installed. Cranford’s Downtown Management […]
KENILWORTH, NJ — A Union County Superior Court judge has been found guilty by a Middlesex counterpart of defiant trespass in the latest development of a highly publicized dispute between St. Theresa School and the parents of girl who sued to play on the boys basketball team. Criminal charges against Judge Theresa Mullen were filed […]