UNION, NJ — Superintendent of Schools Gregory Tatum drew applause at the Aug. 21 school board meeting when he announced that “a huge number” of nontenured teachers who had received reduction-in-force notices in the spring have been hired back. In an Aug. 24 phone interview Tatum said the number of teachers who have not been […]
RAHWAY, NJ — About 20 minutes before the first audience members arrived, Rosh Lowe was testing the lighting inside Union County Performing Arts Center’s Hamilton Stage. A technician threw a switch and suddenly Lowe was bathed in an amber glow. “I like this,” Lowe said. “This feels good.” Lowe has always felt good on a […]
CRANFORD, NJ — The room filled with applause the moment the ordinance to designate Sunny Acres as a historic district was unanimously approved by the Township Committee on Tuesday, Aug. 14. Moments later, 50 or so Sunny Acres residents and the committee members posed for photos in front of a banner reading: “Sunny Acres: First […]
CRANFORD, NJ — The representative for a developer seeking to build a 905-unit apartment complex at 750 Walnut Ave. disputes previously published reports that the project would increase the township’s student population by 39 percent. James Rhatican, vice president of land use and development for Hartz Mountain Industries, said in a phone interview Monday, Aug. […]
KENILWORTH, NJ — The borough’s teachers, who have been working for more than a year without a contract, reached an agreement with the local Board of Education on Thursday, Aug. 16. Details of the agreement were not released as the Kenilworth Education Association’s membership had not yet voted on it. The tentative pact comes days […]
By Megan K. Scott, Correspondent GARWOOD, NJ — A developer has unveiled preliminary plans to turn the largely dormant Garwood Paperboard industrial site on North Avenue into a 124-unit apartment complex, the second major multiunit housing project for the borough of 4,200 people in less than three years. “Our objective is to knock down the structure,” […]
ROSELLE, NJ — The white school board president who was told by a black board member during an Aug. 16 board meeting that her “white privilege does not extend to this end of the table” claims it was just the latest episode of being “racially assaulted” by fellow board members. Patricia Fabrizio, the only white […]
WESTFIELD, NJ — Police Chief David Wayman has retired from his post, the town announced in a statement on its website, saying only that it was after “consultation with the Union County Prosecutor’s Office and the town’s labor counsel.” Capt. Chris Battiloro has been appointed acting chief of police, the Aug. 1 statement said. “The […]
UNION, NJ — Chris Costleigh reached back, uncoiled his body and launched his disc toward the basket at No. 11. The disc, however, had other ideas. Instead of bending around some trees, it veered off and left him with no choice but to blurt out disc golf’s dirty four-letter word. “Fore!” he yelled as his disc […]
KENILWORTH, NJ — The school board will pay former Superintendent Thomas Tramaglini more than $100,000, according to a separation agreement between the school district and the former official charged with defecating near the track and football field at Holmdel High School in May. Tramaglini, whose arrest by Holmdel police drew international attention and set off […]