UNION COUNTY, NJ — The New Jersey Arts & Culture Renewal Fund is awarding $2.2 million in grants to 96 nonprofit organizations across the state. Since its founding in 2020, the fund has awarded a total of more than $6.7 million in grants to more than 180 nonprofit arts, culture and history organizations statewide. The […]
UNION, NJ — Louis J. Rettino Gymnasium is back in business, perhaps better than ever. Union High School’s gym, named after the coach who won the school’s most football games ever, played host to a varsity boys basketball game for the first time in two seasons on Friday, Dec. 30. In a game filled with […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The hottest boys basketball teams heading into January’s Union County Conference competition include Linden High School leading the Watchung Division, New Providence High School in the Mountain Division and Abraham Clark High School in the Valley Division. Linden brought a 6-1 overall record and 3-0 Watchung Division mark into the scheduled […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — As part of its restructuring, the Union County Improvement Authority has returned more than $735,000 of taxpayer money to local governments, UCIA Chairperson Christopher Kolibas announced on Tuesday, Dec. 13. The authority recently returned funds that had been sitting dormant in accounts for more than a decade. “The previous authority administration […]
ROSELLE PARK, NJ — Roselle Park has announced that the New Jersey Department of Transportation recently awarded the borough with $336,990 in connection with its fiscal year 2023 Municipal Aid Grant application. These funds will go toward offsetting a project on Myrtle Avenue — West Colfax Avenue to Seaton Avenue — and Dalton Street — […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Cranford Girl Scout Troop 40079 created two community tile planters to beautify the space at the entrance to the Riverwalk at South Avenue and Centennial. They had a ribbon cutting with the town on Saturday, Nov. 18, to celebrate the installation of the planters and thank those who supported their efforts. Last […]
HILLSIDE, NJ — Two new shows have been added to Kean Stage’s spring 2023 season at Kean University’s Enlow Recital Hall in Hillside. Cherish the Ladies, the long-running, Grammy-nominated, Irish-American supergroup, will perform on Friday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m. Formed in New York City in 1985 to celebrate the rise of extraordinary women in […]
CLARK, NJ — Clark students from Frank K. Hehnly Elementary School, Valley Road Elementary School, Carl H. Kumpf Middle School and Arthur L. Johnson High School recently performed at the Clark Winter Festival and Tree Lighting on Saturday, Nov. 25. The groups performed a variety of songs to help the town get into the holiday […]
WATCHUNG, NJ — On Tuesday, Dec. 6, six juniors from Mount Saint Mary Academy in Watchung garnered valuable information from representatives of various community-based organizations at the Quality of Life Innovations resource fair. They were accompanied by teacher Kathleen Brennan, Department of Mathematics chairperson, and John Maldonado, English teacher and assistant athletic director, at the […]
ROSELLE, NJ — It was beginning to look a lot like Christmas when the borough had its fifth annual holiday toy drive on Friday, Dec. 16, at Central Park NJ, a sports bar and restaurant on North Wood Avenue in Roselle. Hosted by DJ Chill X, the night was filled with great music, food and […]