CLARK, NJ — Through their commitment to the community, Kerry’s Clark Site has dedicated significant volunteer hours to support the Community Food Bank of New Jersey. For three days, a total of 45 Kerry employee volunteers joined the cause and the Kerry team is not stopping there. Their next volunteer day was scheduled for Thursday, […]
ROSELLE, NJ — Thanksgiving is a time for gratitude, togetherness and giving back. Assemblyman Reginald Atkins and his wife, Cynthia Atkins, embody this spirit by orchestrating a monumental event that not only brought the community together but made history in Roselle. On Saturday, Nov. 11, the Atkins power couple hosted a free turkey giveaway and […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — It’s time to put the 2023 Union County football season to bed with its two longtime Thanksgiving Day clashes this week. Roselle Park High School seeks its first win against Abraham Clark High School, Roselle, since 2017. A Panther victory against the Rams would also give Roselle Park its first winning […]
NEWARK, NJ — Numerous students benefiting from the archdiocese of Newark’s “We Are Living Stones” Catholic Tuition Assistance Program showed their gratitude recently by sending handmade Thanksgiving cards and well wishes to Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, archbishop of Newark. The K-8 students — whose families received $1,500 in partial tuition assistance scholarships to attend archdiocesan […]
UNION, NJ — Artist Ricardo Roig, ’08, Kean University alumnus and artist-in-residence, unveiled a large-scale, colorful mural at Kean in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. An opening reception – free and open to the public – was in the Human Rights Institute Gallery in the Learning Commons on […]
ROSELLE, NJ — Christopher Sands of Cranford was elected as president of the Abraham Clark Chapter of the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. The chapter runs the Abraham Clark Memorial House at 101 West 9th St., Roselle. The house was open on Oct. 21 and 22 as part of Union […]
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — Diane Cypkin will present a musical tribute to Molly Picon, widely recognized as the first lady of the Yiddish Stage during its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s, on Sunday, Nov. 19, at 2 p.m. at the Springfield Free Public Library, 66 Mountain Ave. In this hour-long presentation, part cabaret, part classroom, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County Board of County Commissioners has announced the award recipients for the Union County On Stage! School & Community Grant, as part of Commissioner Chairperson Sergio Granados’ 2023 Theater Initiative, through his chairman’s theme of “Building a Stronger Union County,” which aims to support students and educators across Union […]
CRANFORD, NJ — “Does God exist?” A new play explores the historic 1948 BBC debate. There is one performance only at the Cranford Community Center, 224 Walnut Ave, Cranford, on Saturday, Nov. 18, at 2 p.m. Admission is free. The Theater Project will present a script-in-hand performance of “The Debate, Act 1,” by Joseph Vitale, […]
UNION, NJ — The cast of the iconic TV show “A Different World,” set in a fictional, historically black college, will reunite at Kean University on Thursday, Nov. 16, for a panel discussion on changes in higher education culture and society since the show began in the late 1980s. The event, “A Different World: 35 […]