MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — Members of the Mount Saint Mary Academy Helping Other People Everywhere club exceeded their goal for this year’s “Sock It to ’Em” drive. During six weeks in October and November, the generosity of the academy community yielded 700 pairs of socks, which were donated to Elijah’s Promise in New Brunswick. Donna Toryak, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — This year, the EZ Ride Bike & Pedestrian Program team hosted more than 450 events in 300 communities, including safety presentations, poster contests, bike safety presentations, walk assessments and walk-to-school days, to promote safety and biking. Approximately 40,000 students attended these events. The result: 154 schools and municipalities were recognized as […]
UNION, NJ — Nearly 100 New Jersey public school administrators came together in December on Kean University’s campus to hear the latest research on learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic and sample new technologies to support students and educators in the post-COVID learning environment. Superintendents, principals, vice principals and curriculum supervisors attended the informational summit, […]
CRANFORD, NJ — The 2023 membership campaign for the Cranford Historical Society is underway. The historical society is a nonprofit educational organization whose mission since 1927 has been to preserve and perpetuate the history of Cranford. It maintains the Crane-Phillips House Museum, open to the public every second and fourth Sunday of the month, and […]
NEWARK, NJ — On Dec. 14, NJ Transit’s board of directors approved a contract to perform key state-of-good-repair maintenance on the engines of the ALP-45 locomotive fleet. The engine overhauls will allow the locomotives to maintain their current Environmental Protection Agency Tier III emissions standards and continue the environmental benefits they provide compared to the […]
UNION, NJ — Kean University was honored in the Fast Company 2022 Innovation by Design Awards for a research project that used interactive 3D media to take visitors back in time to the historic Liberty Hall Museum. The project, “Liberty Hall Museum: Room of Echoes,” was led by Michael Graves College associate professor Edward Johnston […]
CLARK, NJ — Every Monday prior to Thanksgiving, contributions of food are solicited at Mother Seton Regional High School for donation to Saint Joseph Social Service Center. Every year during the Christmas season, a “Giving Tree” is placed in the lobby of Mother Seton Regional High School in Clark, where donations are collected for future […]
TRENTON, NJ — On Dec. 2, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced $5 million in grant funding to protect access to abortion care by ensuring that there is an expansive pool of abortion care providers in New Jersey in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — President Joe Biden signed federal legislation on Dec. 28 that includes provisions to make the Rahway River flood mitigation study a national priority. Through the efforts of Sens. Cory Booker and Bob Menendez, and U.S. Reps. Donald M. Payne Jr. and Tom Malinowski — as well as through the consistent work […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — On Dec. 26 at approximately 10 a.m., a Bloomfield police officer responded to Stop & Shop on Franklin Street on report of a motor vehicle theft. Upon arrival, the officer was flagged down by a witness who observed a male suspect break the glass window on the rear passenger door of a […]