HILLSIDE, NJ — Hillside voters will go back to the polls for a Dec. 5 runoff election to decide who will be the town’s next mayor and pick three at-large council members. Jorge Batista and Dahlia Vertreese garnered the most votes in the four-way mayoral race on Nov. 7, and will appear on the ballot next […]
UNION, NJ — A new study has ranked Union as the 41st safest municipality in the United States and the 11th in New Jersey. SafeHome, which reviews security companies, used 2015 data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports for the study that ranked municipalities with more than 50,000 residents. SafeHome examined violent crime and property offenses, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — A train dispatcher yelled out to Rich Laube that he could depart from the Pullman terminal. “East track or west?” Laube asked as he held a remote to direct his train. “East, please,” the dispatcher yelled back. The two weren’t directing actual trains. They were operating model trains along a scale rail […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Kean University has bolstered its longtime relationship with Union County College through the signing of a joint admissions agreement that will ease the transition to the four-year institution in Union from the two-year school. “Union County College is an important education partner for Kean University, and this agreement continues that strong tradition,” […]
CRANFORD, NJ — A water main break early in the morning of Sunday, Nov. 12, flooded the busy intersection of East North and Elizabeth avenues in Cranford, but the road was reopened to traffic in time for the Monday morning commute, according to police Chief Ryan Greco. Greco told LocalSource on Nov. 12 that crews worked […]
UNION, NJ — Union Board of Education President Ronnie McDowell said he wants an official review of the mail-in ballots after he came up 29 votes short in his bid for re-election, losing to Sharon Higgins. “I will be asking for a recount/recheck of the absentee ballots because I have my suspicions that those voters may […]
WESTFIELD, NJ — A 16-year-old Westfield resident who began riding seven years ago claimed the top spot at the Watchung Stable 84th Fall Troop Horse Show last month. Emmie Reddy, atop Tucker, the horse she rode in the championship, bested a field of about 200 riders to claim the first-class or 1CT Division at the competition […]
ROSELLE, NJ — An Oct. 30 meeting advertised as a special joint gathering of the Roselle Borough Council and Board of Education about a new school and community center project dissolved into a brief vote on one unrelated item. The council withdrew from the meeting five days before it was supposed to take place, Mayor Christine […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — None of Union County’s three major hospitals received a grade above a B in the Leapfrog Group’s latest semiannual patient safety rating. Overlook in Summit received a B while Robert Wood Johnson in Rahway was given a C and Trinitas in Elizabeth was rated a D in the analysis released Oct. 31, […]
LINDEN, NJ — A Linden police officer who helped capture bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahimi last year and is now reportedly facing a DWI charge has retired from the force, officials said. The retirement of Angel Padilla, who worked on the force for 17 years was announced Nov. 1 on the Linden Police Department’s Facebook page […]