ROSELLE, NJ — A former police lieutenant has been awarded about $1.2 million by a jury after accusing the borough and its previous police chief of racial discrimination, court documents show. Bradley Downing, who is part African- American and Caucasian, filed suit in December 2015 in Union County Superior Court alleging former Police Chief Gerald […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The power has been restored after four nor’easters in less than three weeks. Now comes the rest of the cleanup. Crews have been out in most towns throughout the country during the past week, cutting, pruning and chipping to clear the debris left from the recent series of storms. The March winter […]
CLARK, NJ — Smoking tobacco cigarettes may be on the decline, but the rising popularity of electronic smoking devices — or vaping — has the township looking to curb that as well. Following a presentation on the dangers of smoking e-cigarettes to Carl H. Kumpf Middle School eighth-graders last month, Mayor Sal Bonaccorso and the […]
HILLSIDE, NJ — The candidate who lost in the December runoff election for mayor has pulled his lawsuit contesting the vote to avoid prolonging uncertainty over who will lead the township. Jorge Batista filed suit in December in Union County Superior Court, alleging there was voter impersonation and miscounts by county officials related to the […]
ROSELLE, NJ — The school board has voted to appoint the controversial Bayonne-based firm Donohue, Doria & Tomkins to conduct a forensic audit after previously deciding not to use the company. The firm was hired at a March 13 special meeting to conduct a forensic audit for the period of Jan. 1, 2017 to Jan. […]
KENILWORTH, NJ — The borough council’s finance committee is currently considering how it will incorporate an unexpected $200,000 charge into the town’s 2018 municipal budget, due to the Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority’s yearly assessment. The municipality’s budget for the year will be introduced on April 11, clerk Laura Reinertsen told LocalSource. The council learned of […]
UNION, NJ — Union High School theater students recently had a double whammy of a surprise: a $10,000 grant from NBC for the school’s theater department and the chance to meet stars from the network’s new show, “Rise.” The theater department was one of 50 in the nation to receive NBC’s R.I.S.E. America grant, created […]
UNION, NJ — Hundreds of Union High School students marched to town hall as part of a nationwide demonstration against gun violence in the wake of the Parkland, Fla., shooting that left 17 dead last month. Students stood on the high school football field around 10 a.m. on March 14 for 17 minutes of silence […]
ROSELLE PARK, NJ — Incumbent Mayor Carl Hokanson will run as an independent candidate in the November election after the local Democratic Party voted unanimously to endorse 30-year-old Joe Signorello III instead. Hokanson, who in 2013 secured the local Democrats’ endorsement for the primary mayoral election, said that he will run as an independent after […]
ROSELLE, NJ — Nine high school business students are getting intense on-the-job training in their prospective field as they look to compete in an international career competition. And they’re learning the challenges of many businesses — raising funds. After initially qualifying via the state competition in Atlantic City, members of Abraham Clark High School’s Distributive […]