ELIZABETH, NJ — Elizabeth Public Schools was recently awarded $493K in federal funding for a two-year period through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services’ School Violence Prevention Program. The COPS SVPP is a competitive award program designed to provide funding to improve security at schools and on school grounds in the grantee’s jurisdiction through […]
SUMMIT, NJ — Pebble Players Youth Theatre, 120 Morris Ave. in Summit, opens its season with “Grease,” for audiences ages 5 and older. Show dates are Nov. 11, 12, 13, 18, 19 and 20. Friday and Saturdays are at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at stonyhillplayers.org/tickets; though most […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — David Brearley High School, sparked by the outstanding performance of Union County Player of the Year candidate Matt Sims, does not have a blemish. Hillside High School, lifted by the bulldozing running of back Kyon Simonson, is in familiar territory. For the first time in seven years, David Brearley has reached […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County residents can put their jack-o’-lanterns to good use after Halloween by participating in Union County’s pumpkin recycling program, which returns this November after being a smash hit last year. The program is coordinated by Union County and municipal partners. The pumpkins will be sent to an organic waste recycling […]
KENILWORTH, NJ — Four years may seem like forever to an incoming high school student, but in reality, the time passes in the blink of an eye. To help students prepare for their not-too-distant future, David Brearley High School hosted a college fair on Wednesday, Oct. 19, in the main gym. Representatives from 40 colleges […]
HILLSIDE, NJ — On Monday, Oct. 10, Grand Knight Patrick J. Mahon and Columbus Memorial Chairperson Andrew Wnukowski of the Rev. Thomas F. Canty Council No. 3197 of the Knights of Columbus led a contingent to commemorate Columbus Day, restoring a tradition that had been placed on hold for two years due to the pandemic. […]
HILLSIDE, NJ — The Hillside NAACP has announced it will celebrate its one-year anniversary with a Freedom Fund Awards Gala on Friday, Nov. 4, from 8 p.m. to midnight, at Galloping Hill Caterers, 1085 Galloping Hill Road in Union. “We are marking our first-year anniversary by celebrating our community, our accomplishments and individuals that support […]
RAHWAY, NJ — On Wednesday, Oct. 12, Franklin Elementary School hosted its first Family Literacy Night of the school year. The focus was to celebrate Hispanic heritage while engaging families in literacy activities. Families rotated through four stations: creating bookmarks, going on a scavenger hunt while shopping at a book fair, playing Kahoot! and listening […]
SUMMIT, NJ — The Institute of Museum and Library Sciences recently awarded the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey a $50,760 Museums for America grant to partner with the Elizabeth Public Schools and Cultures and Literacies Through Art for the 21st Century. This grant will enable the expansion of the CALTA21 curriculum for ninth- and […]
CLARK, NJ — Arthur L. Johnson High School recently received a DUI simulator for its driver education classes. In June, ALJ and the HERO Campaign had their annual walk for Michael Sot, ALJ Class of 2017, who was killed by a drunk driver in 2018 while a student at The College of New Jersey. The […]