RAHWAY, NJ — Mayor Richard A. Giacobbe delivered his ‘State of the City” Address on Thursday, March 2, at the Union Performing Arts Center in Rahway. He discussed the police having new de-escalation training, cleaning up the local parks and hosting a first-time arts fest in the city. Members of the Rahway community were honored […]
SUMMIT, NJ — City officials and members of community organizations are invited to join SAGE Eldercare during Community Champions Week, March 20-24, as it participates in the 20th annual March for Meals — a month-long, nationwide coming together of local community organizations, businesses, government officials and caring individuals to ensure that homebound and vulnerable older […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Yael Katzwer, an editor at Worrall Community Newspapers, was honored with a second place award from the New Jersey Press Association in the Arts and Entertainment category for her story “Hypnotism and Improv to Meet on UCPAC stage,” which appeared in the Union County LocalSource.
CRANFORD, NJ — Union College of Union County celebrated its winter commencement on Thursday, Jan. 12, at the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway. Two ceremonies were held for Union’s newest graduates who received their degrees and certificates. The graduates completed their degrees in either August or December 2022. This commencement was Union College’s […]
CLARK, NJ — In Kimberly Nacht’s kindergarten class at Valley Road Elementary School, students were challenged to complete 100 kind acts, as a whole, before the 100th day of school. They were each given six hearts and told that if everyone does six and then “a little extra,” they’d be able to reach the goal. […]
NEWTON, MA — 2Life Communities resident Phil Schwartz celebrated his 102nd birthday last month at 2Life’s Coleman House campus in Newton, Mass. Schwartz served in World War II for four years, fighting in North Africa and Italy. Originally from Linden, Schwartz was married for 71 years before his wife, Miriam, died in 2012. Schwartz is […]
LINDEN, NJ — Deanna Lescouflair, a senior from Linden High School, helped write and advocate for the passage of legislation recently signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy to protect sibling relationships for children and teens in New Jersey’s child welfare system. The “Siblings’ Bill of Rights,” signed into law in January, codifies the rights […]
To our readers, I’d like to take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Joe Ungaro and I was recently named editor at Worrall Community Newspapers. I’ve been a Maplewood resident for the last 14 years and have been involved in various activities around town, including youth sports (baseball, football, soccer and wrestling) and […]
KENILWORTH, NJ — The Kenilworth Historical Society will host a bus trip to Wind Creek Bethlehem Casino in Bethlehem, Pa., on Saturday, March 18. The trip will depart from St. Theresa’s School parking lot, 540 Washington Ave., Kenilworth, at 8:30 a.m. and return at approximately 5:30 p.m. The cost of $52 per person includes comfortable […]
KENILWORTH, NJ — Change is in the air for Kenilworth, as Merck announced last month it would be selling its 108-acre campus in the borough to Onyx Equities, LLC. Kenilworth Mayor Linda Karlovitch applauded everyone involved who made this deal possible. “I would like to thank everyone involved for doing their due diligence and exploring […]