UNION, NJ — Enthusiastic local volunteers were able to package 20,000 meals at the Rise Against Hunger New York/New Jersey Warehouse at 60 Milltown Road, on Saturday, June 10. It was a great example of the New Jersey community acting to make a global impact. Robert Whitaker, Rise Against Hunger’s area manager for New York/New […]
CLARK, NJ — Michael T. Sot was an overall kind soul, always putting others before himself, according to good friend Vin Crisafi, who was one of the speakers at the third annual “Remembering Michael T. Sot HERO Walk” on Saturday, June 10, at Arthur L. Johnson High School in Clark. On a Saturday night in […]
UNION, NJ – During the course of the past four varsity seasons for the Arthur L. Johnson High School Crusaders, Brett Makowsky lit up the scoreboard on more than one occasion. There was a 43-yard field goal early in his junior year for his first of six career field goals in 10 attempts. On three […]
CRANFORD, NJ — There was simply nothing that this year’s Cranford High School softball team could not do, accomplish or achieve. The Cougars repeated as the Union County Conference’s Watchung Division champion. Cranford then captured a third straight Union County Tournament championship, pulling off the feat for only the second time in program history and […]
ROSELLE PARK, NJ — The Institute of Music for Children, one of New Jersey’s fastest-growing arts-based youth nonprofit organizations, has announced its highly anticipated fundraising event, “Cherish the Arts: Toast and Roast Honoring Bill O’Dea.” The event will be held on Thursday, June 15, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., at Casa del Rey in Roselle […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County clerk Joanne Rajoppi has released the unofficial results, as of Friday, June 9, regarding Union County races in the primary election on Tuesday, June 6, with 100% of the districts reporting. All 434 districts have reported in Union County. According to the Union County Clerk’s Office, of the 337,479 […]
KENILWORTH, NJ — On Tuesday, May 30, at 8:22 p.m., Kenilworth police and fire dispatch received an activated smoke alarm coming from Perfection Plus Auto Body, located at 740 Federal Ave. During that same timeframe, dispatch also received 9-1-1 calls reporting what sounded like explosions coming from the business. Kenilworth police units were the first […]
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — On Wednesday, May 31, at approximately 4:40 p.m., Mountainside police responded to multiple 9-1-1 calls reporting a house fire on Darby Lane. Upon arrival, police officers found the rear of the home’s attached garage actively on fire. Members of the Mountainside Fire Department arrived and extinguished the blaze with assistance from Summit […]
CRANFORD, NJ — On Friday, May 12, the New Jersey Office of Attorney General presented Officer Michael Gamba of the Cranford Police Department with the Detective Joseph Seals Valor Award at an Excellence in Policing Awards ceremony hosted in Trenton. Nearly a year earlier, on May 28, 2022, Cranford Patrol Units responded to the senior […]
CRANFORD, NJ — It was a special day for Diamondettes Baton and Dance LLC owner/director Nicole Marie Placca on Saturday, June 3, when she received an award from Cranford Mayor Brian Andrews at Diamond Gymnastics Academy in Cranford. “The award recognizes the program for offering baton twirling, which is very rare for the area, and […]