CRANFORD, NJ — As soon as Cynthia Kudron received a call from her fiance saying that paramedics were at her house in Cranford, she knew that her 25-year-old son, Christian Breskin, was gone. “As I drove up my street, it was just very overwhelming to see fire trucks here, EMS, police,” Kudron recalled of Aug. […]
HILLSIDE, NJ — Hillside High School briefly went into lockdown May 23 after a male student made a call to police falsely claiming he had a gun, authorities said. Police received the cellphone call around 11 a.m. and traced it to the high school, authorities said. “A student in the high school was determined to […]
LINDEN, NJ — Former Major League Baseball All-Star Lenny Dykstra was arrested by Linden police May 23, after he allegedly pulled out a gun and threatened an Uber driver, officials said. The 55-year-old outfielder, who played from 1985 to 1996 with the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies, was arrested outside Linden Police Department Headquarters […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Three McDonald’s restaurants in Union County and eight others in the state were found to be in violation of child labor laws after a federal Department of Labor investigation, officials announced May 18. S&P Enterprises, the McDonald’s franchisee, paid $8,829 in penalties to “resolve” the violations, federal officials said. The three […]
LINDEN, NJ — Some passersby have written “juice bar” or “coffee shop” or “dance studio,” while others have jotted down jokes. It’s made for a colorful, if messy, chalkboard outside a vacant building next to the train station on Wood Avenue, filled with suggestions for the space. City Councilman John Roman installed the makeshift chalkboard […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — State Sen. Joseph Cryan is calling on the Motor Vehicle Commission to reopen the Elizabeth location it closed in 2010, causing outrage among local officials at that time. “Since the closure of the Elizabeth MVC office, our residents have been forced to travel to other locations where they wait hours for services […]
By Megan K. Scott, Correspondent GARWOOD, NJ — Singles, doubles and triples are coming to Garwood. Construction is under way on a new Wendy’s restaurant at the site of the former Burger King on North Avenue. When finished, the modernized fast food restaurant will feature an outdoor patio area with 16 seats, a reconfigured parking lot, […]
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — Police Chief Alan Attanasio and two senior officers have been placed on paid leave, borough officials confirmed, following a lawsuit brought by five male police officers and a female part-time clerical employee claiming sexual harassment. The lawsuit says the harassment dates back nearly 20 years within the department and accuses borough officials […]
RAHWAY, NJ — The Walter E. Ulrich Memorial Pool in Rahway River Park in Rahway will open Memorial Day weekend, the pool’s earliest opening date ever, county officials said in a May 16 release. Ulrich Pool will be open from noon to 5 p.m., Saturday, May 26; Sunday, May 27, and Monday, May 28. The […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Students at Union County College will soon be battling dragons, pulling off high-flying stunts in futuristic cars and maneuvering tricked-out robots on co-op missions. But they’ll be doing all this from the comfort of their own chairs as part of the community college’s new competitive esports program. These teams of video gamers […]