UNION, NJ — The line of march for the 2022 Union County St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which was provided by parade organizers, is as follows: Lead Division Adjutants: Cathy Zabita and Brendan Neafsey Parade banners and flags Division banner Union County Police & Fire Pipe & Drum St. Patrick statue with honor guard of Owen […]
SUMMIT, NJ — The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey opened the winter/spring exhibition season on Friday, Feb. 4 with three new shows. The shows will be on view through May 22. The Main Gallery show, “Claiming the Narrative,” is a group exhibition that raises the questions “Whose story gets told on museum walls?” and […]
CLARK, NJ — Scouts of Clark Cub Scout Pack 145 volunteered to color and create artwork for the Color A Smile organization, to bring cheer to others as their service project on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. Color A Smile is a Morristown-based nonprofit organization that distributes cheerful drawings to senior citizens, […]
LINDEN, NJ — Linden High School students who are members of the Entrepreneurial Management Achievement Program recently hosted Linden Police Chief David Hart and members of his department for an informal, friendly meeting. The officers talked about their work, and some students expressed an interest in exploring law enforcement. The Tuesday, Feb. 1, meeting lasted […]
CLARK, NJ — Arthur L. Johnson High School Spanish teacher Jessica Lopez-Otalvaro, her husband, German, and their three children, Bianca, 12; Trinity, 10; and John, 8, left for Kentucky on Friday, Dec. 24, to help those affected by the Friday, Dec. 10, tornado, which took the lives of 58 people and left devastation throughout the […]
SUMMIT, NJ — Overlook Medical Center in Summit was chosen as one of the first three sites in the country and the only one in New Jersey to participate in a clinical trial that will research a vaccine that targets the protein that keeps cancer cells alive in brain tumors, Atlantic Health System announced in […]
LINDEN, NJ — The love and generosity of a retired elementary school teacher from Linden is helping a former colleague to go above and beyond for her students — and causing ripple effects of kindness throughout the school. School No. 10 technology teacher Kim Kefalas wanted to get lapel microphones for her elementary students to […]
UNION, NJ — This spring, The Theater Project is offering an opportunity for playwrights, directors, actors and audiences from all over the country to experience and participate in live theater from home. In the Think Fast competition, now in its ninth year, playwrights vie for a $500 Judges Prize, and audience members have the chance […]
SUMMIT, NJ — Spreading love on Valentine’s Day this year to senior citizens who may have felt the need for a little extra love in a time of isolation and uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic was “Make a Senior Smile,” an initiative created and carried out by two Summit teen brothers and their family. […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — IStock, in partnership with Black Women Photographers, a global community and database of black female and nonbinary photographers, recently announced that Elizabeth-based filmmaker Malaika Muindi is one of four artists, and the only one in the United States, chosen to receive its global inaugural Inclusion Grant. The $20,000 grant, awarded to four […]