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 […]
UNION, NJ — The second Tip Your Cap Classic at Union’s Gordon R. LeMatty Field, raising funds for the Tunnels to Towers Foundation, features two high-profile games each on Tuesday, May 2, and Wednesday, May 3. On Tuesday, May 2, Madison High School will play New Providence High School at 4:15 p.m., followed by Millburn […]
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 […]
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 […]
CRANFORD, NJ — When the baseball and softball Union County Tournaments are seeded for baseball next week and for softball the following week, both defending champions should be garnering the top seeds. Those would be the Cranford High School baseball and softball squads. The 69th annual baseball UCT has a tentative date of being seeded […]
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 […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — On Saturday, May 6, at 8 p.m., at Union County Performing Arts Center, Dirty Deeds – The AC/DC Experience recreates the sound of AC/DC by capturing their unique guitar tone, vocal presence and locked-in rhythm section for which they’re known and loved. The onstage antics and appearance of Dirty Deeds, along […]
KENILWORTH, NJ — The Kenilworth Public Library, 548 Boulevard, Kenilworth, will host a musical jazz concert with Ellen LaFurn on Monday, May 22, at 7 p.m. This concert will feature music from the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s, plus fun stories about top 10 hits of the era. Ellen LaFurn will be singing with a piano […]
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 […]
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 […]