Chamber of Commerce to host Rock the Block Street Fair

Chamber of Commerce to host Rock the Block Street Fair

CLARK, NJ — The Greater Westfield Area Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the Clark Business Alliance, the Union County Board of Commissioners and JC Productions, will be presenting its inaugural Rock the Block Street Fair in Clark. On Sunday, April 30, Westfield Avenue, from Dawn Drive to Raritan Road, will be closed and transformed […]

Note to our newspaper subscribers

Problems at the printing plant where our newspapers are printed have caused a delay in their distribution. Subscribers to the News-Record of Maplewood and South Orange, The Glen Ridge Paper, West Orange Chronicle, Irvington Herald, The Independent Press of Bloomfield, Record-Transcript and Union County LocalSource should receive their newspapers in Friday’s mail. We apologize for […]

Governor Livingston baseball 7-3, wins five games in a row

Governor Livingston baseball 7-3, wins five games in a row

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — After a rocky start that did not include injured mound aces John Schmidt and Matty Diskin, the Governor Livingston High School baseball team righted its ship the last two weeks. The Highlanders took a 7-3 overall record and five-game winning streak into their scheduled Union County Conference-Watchung Division matchup at Arthur […]

Borough to host annual Arbor Day ceremony

ROSELLE PARK, NJ — On Friday, April 28, Roselle Park will be celebrating Arbor Day 2023 with its annual Arbor Day ceremony beginning at 10 a.m. at Roselle Park Middle School, 57 W. Grant Ave. Attendees of this event will take part in a tree planting ceremony in front of the school followed by the […]

Inroads To Opportunities hosts ribbon-cutting and maiden ride of LULA Lift

Inroads To Opportunities hosts ribbon-cutting and maiden ride of LULA Lift

ROSELLE, NJ — Inroads to Opportunities, a Union County-based non-profit human services agency that provides programs and services to individuals with disabilities has unveiled its first-ever LULA — Limited Use Limited Access — Lift. The ribbon-cutting and maiden ride took place at 301 Cox St., Roselle. Among the many participants were Inroads to Opportunities leadership […]

Higher ed computer science enrollment gets boost from latest tech

Higher ed computer science enrollment gets boost from latest tech

UNION, NJ — The prevalence of computer technology in everything from car dashboards to virtual assistants is fueling a boom in computer science enrollment at Kean University and throughout higher education. Kean’s computer science and information technology program enrollment has more than tripled since 2008, driven in large part by students interested in cybersecurity, machine […]