UNION COUNTY, NJ — A state agency that regulates fiscal operations for municipalities and counties asked the Union County Improvement Authority to review concerns raised by a Roselle resident regarding the town’s proposed $50 million Mind and Body Complex. Local Finance Board Chair Timothy Cunningham sent a letter Aug. 24 to the UCIA, which has been […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The devastation from Superstorm Sandy was still fresh in the minds of volunteers at Kean University as they packed donations for disaster relief in the wake of hurricanes Harvey and Irma. “We all lived through Sandy, so we know how difficult it was,” Norma Bowe, a Kean professor who heads the Be […]
UNION, NJ — Time has helped one family cope with the passing of Adianes Cortes-Oyola, who grew up in Union Township and died in the South Tower on Sept. 11, 16 years ago. “There’ll be tears of course, but it’s gotten easier with time,” said Yasmine Leon, who held a framed photograph of her stepsister while […]
UNION, NJ — A Kenilworth resident who is suing Union, claims that an outdoor shooting range used by the police department is causing noise pollution, possible lead contamination and upsetting the animals at a nearby shelter. Michael Klein filed suit in state Superior Court in June regarding the shooting range at 990 Jefferson Ave., which […]
UNION, NJ — Union residents knocked down the township’s plans to utilize parts of Kennedy Reservation for a recreation area six months ago, and now designs for a county park there are also receiving heat. Union spokeswoman Natalie Pineiro said the township pulled its Green Acres funding application after receiving pushback from residents on the Green […]
LINDEN, NJ — He recited the 13th Amendment nearly verbatim, then stumbled. So he reached into his jacket and produced a battered copy of the U.S. Constitution. “There was a cover,” said Onel Martinez, who is running as a District 22 Independent for the state Assembly, during an interview at Kean University on Sept. 1. “I […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — Two members of the Elizabeth Fire Department are lending a hand to the rescue effort in response to Hurricane Harvey, which started hitting Texas last weekend with record-breaking rainfall. Capt. Gary Haszko and firefighter Louis Zelekovic, who both serve on the NJ Task Force 1, were both deployed Sunday to Katy, Texas, after […]
ROSELLE, NJ — A former school board member has filed a lawsuit in state Superior Court seeking to stop multiple agencies from pursuing financing for a $50 million school, library and recreation center complex in Roselle. Anthony Esposito, who has been against the Mind and Body Complex project since at least 2014 when he voted against […]