SUMMIT, NJ — Vivid Stage, formerly Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Ave. in Summit, is offering summer improv master classes for adults and teens age 17 and older. The classes, taught by improviser and director Dave Maulbeck, will be on Sundays in July from 10 a.m. to 3p.m., starting […]
CRANFORD, NJ — For the second straight year, the Cranford Cougars will open their football season with a home game against North Hunterdon Regional High School. Last year’s season opener at Memorial Field didn’t disappoint, as Cranford High School came back from a 16-point deficit in the game’s final five minutes to force overtime and […]
ROSELLE, NJ — Inroads to Opportunities is a Union County–based nonprofit human services agency that provides programs and services to individuals with disabilities ranging in age from 16 to retirement. Inroads has announced the graduation of its 2022 Inroads to Transition class. Inroads’ 2022 Transition program recognizes its graduating students, Joseph and Khurram. The two […]
CRANFORD, NJ — New Jersey’s $50.6 billion spending plan, which makes good on Democrats’ promises of affordability and property tax rebates for New Jerseyans, was signed into law on Thursday, June 30, by Gov. Phil Murphy. Standing between the cookbook and medical technology sections of the Cranford High School library, Murphy espoused the virtues of […]
CLARK, NJ — On Thursday, June 9, senior student-athletes Tatum Dobbins and Aidan Ford from Arthur L. Johnson High School were designated as the recipients of Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference’s Scholar Athlete Awards. These awards, which are presented to a male and female athlete from each school in the county, celebrate both the athletic […]
CRANFORD, NJ — The members of Cranford High School’s Class of 2022 were awarded their diplomas on Wednesday, June 22, at 7 p.m., with Scott Rubin, Cranford’s superintendent of schools, doing the honors. Given the weather — cold, rainy, windy — the CHS administration decided to start the evening with the awarding of diplomas, rather […]
UNION, NJ — A boisterous crowd gathered at Union High School’s football field for its 140th commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 25, braving the 90-degree weather to celebrate the graduating Class of 2022. Sitting on the field, seniors became alumni after listening to speeches from Principal Mark Hoyt, Board of Education President Mary Lynn Williams, […]
SUMMIT, NJ — The city of Summit’s 75th annual Fourth of July celebration will take place on Monday, July 4, at Soldiers Memorial Field, 5 Myrtle Ave. The community celebration will include entertainment, rides and amusements, and a food court. The event will begin with a flag-raising ceremony at noon, followed by a decorated-bicycle parade […]
KENILWORTH, NJ — Tony Siragusa, matchmaker? “My wife taught his daughter, Samantha, in kindergarten,” recalled close friend Mike Mancino. “At back-to-school night, Tony raises his hand and asks her, ‘Are you a Miss or a Mrs.?’ She answers, ‘Miss.’” “Tony then shouts out in the middle of the classroom, ‘I’ve got a guy for you.’ […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The 2022 NJ Quad-County Underclassmen All-Star Baseball Games are scheduled for Thursday, June 30, at North Brunswick’s Community Park. The rain date is Friday, July 1. Two games take place on adjacent fields, both at 7 p.m., with the Essex County All-Stars to take on the Middlesex County All-Stars and the […]