UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County Board of County Commissioners has announced that work is progressing on the acquisition of a vacant property located at 735-737 Springfield Ave. in Berkeley Heights, to be added to the Passaic River Parkway county park. Demolition of an existing building at this site commenced last month, and restoration […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The mind is a funny thing — literally, for improv legend Colin Mochrie and master hypnotist Asad Mecci, who will perform their show, “Hyprov: Improv Under Hypnosis,” at the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway on Thursday, March 17. The two men, who have toured Europe and North America together, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Denise Materia, director of athletics and assistant directress at Mount Saint Mary Academy in Watchung, reported that the following members of the swim team qualified for the Meet of Champions on Saturday, March 5, at Gloucester County Institute of Technology in Sewell: Olivia Chow, a junior from Union; Sophia Latini, a […]
CRANFORD, NJ — At its meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 22, the Union County College board of trustees adopted the college’s budget for the 2022-2023 academic year with no increase to student tuition and fees for the third year in a row. The college also offers flat rate tuition for additional cost savings. Full-time students taking […]
LINDEN, NJ — A group of technology students from School No. 4 and School No. 9 in Linden have been accepted to take part in the STEAM Tank Challenge, a statewide competition in which students apply science and technology skills to create a product that addresses a real-world problem. The program encourages students and teachers […]
LINDEN, NJ — The city of Linden has converted a landfill into a gold mine with the transformation of 55 acres of an urban dumping ground located off Lower Road into the Hawk Rise Community Solar Project. According to Rebecca Tattoli, the confidential assistant to Mayor Derek Armstead, the landfill had been closed for almost […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — Dr. Samuel L. Kountz, a black kidney transplantation surgeon, is honored and remembered during Black History Month and throughout the year for his pioneering work, research, discoveries and inventions in renal science. In 1961, Kountz performed the first successful transplant between humans who were not identical twins. He and a team of […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The New Jersey Apportionment Commission approved new state legislative maps on Friday, Feb. 18, drawing new lines for senate and assembly districts that will go into effect in 2023, after the 2022 election. Delayed because of the pandemic, the newly redrawn districts are the result of the 2020 census results. The […]
CLARK, NJ — The Frank K. Hehnly K-Kids recently found out just how much food they collected during a school-wide food drive for the Community Food Bank of New Jersey’s (CFBNJ) Students Change Hunger Campaign this past November. According to K-Kids advisor Cassie DeVita, “This proves that when students come together, great things are possible. […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Gateway Family YMCA was awarded a $5,000 grant from Ronald McDonald House Charities New York Metro to assist with child care services. The grant will go toward classroom supplies and equipment promoting diversity and inclusion in learning activities, early interest in STEM and language skills, and furniture that adheres to […]