CLARK, NJ — Temple Beth O’r Beth Torah is busy making plans for a musical interactive event at the synagogue called, “Dueling Pianos, Shake, Rattle and Roll.” Program organizers invite the public to visit the temple’s website at www.bethorbethtorah.org or call the temple office to make reservations to join in the celebratory event which is […]
UNION, NJ — Is Union Farmers baseball a bit splintered at the moment? Lou Clemente doesn’t think so. “Definitely not,” Clemente said. “It’s just not right now at a level that it used to be.” One of Union County’s best players the first decade of this century at Roselle Catholic High School and also a […]
UNION, NJ — The township of Union will be getting into the holiday spirit once more with the annual Winter Wonderland and Holiday Village at Biertuempfel Park, now a three-day event due to popular demand. “Nothing puts the township of Union in the holiday spirit like our annual Winter Wonderland and Holiday Village,” said Mayor […]
ROSELLE PARK, NJ — Since the last time they finished better than .500 six years ago, the Roselle Park High School Panthers endured their lumps on a weekly basis and also suffered at the hands of their neighborhood gridiron rival, Abraham Park High School, Roselle. The last three times the Panthers and Rams clashed on […]
TRENTON — Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability on Monday, Nov. 20, announced the filing of criminal charges against the longtime mayor of Clark Township, alleging Salvatore Bonaccorso submitted false and fraudulent paperwork to nearly two-dozen municipalities, in order to facilitate his landscaping company’s improper removal of hundreds […]
LINDEN, NJ — NJBIZ recently honored James Marshmon, director, Student Development and Campus Life, and manager, Berkeley College Foundation Food Pantry, among its inaugural Veterans in Business Award nominees. Marshmon, a veteran of the U.S. Army National Guard, is a resident of Linden. Marshmon was honored alongside 40 award recipients from companies including Hackensack Meridian […]
CLARK, NJ — The Arthur L. Johnson Theatre Project presented Scott McPherson’s play, “Marvin’s Room,” in the ALJ High School auditorium. This dark comedy tells the story of two estranged sisters who come together after a 20-year separation and realize that there is nothing more important than family. The play made it to the silver […]
SUMMIT, NJ — Reeves-Reed Arboretum recently had a special tree dedication ceremony in honor of the generosity of Pamela Hauptfleisch. She bequeathed a legacy gift to the arboretum and was very involved with the organization in its early years as a non-profit public arboretum. The tree dedication on Wednesday, Sept. 27, celebrated the invaluable contributions […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — Carlos Vasquez, 38, of Elizabeth, has a hopeful future, thanks to his mother. On Wednesday, March 1, he had a successful kidney transplant surgery performed at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston. His donor was his mother, Daisy Vasquez, 59, of Elizabeth. From childhood, Carlos had a great relationship with his mother. […]
SUMMIT, NJ — Forty women signed up for a self-defense class on Wednesday, Nov. 15. And there’s a waiting list for future classes, which are offered quarterly. The Summit Police Department offers classes in self-defense for women ages 16 to 60 in the Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School gymnasium. Classes are taught by Summit […]