CLARK, NJ — On Tuesday, Jan. 14, Arthur L Johnson High School’s Unified played its first game of the season against Union City. Unified Sports is a program run by Special Olympics that supports students with and without disabilities playing sports together. The goal of this program is to establish relationships between students with and […]
CLARK, NJ — On Sunday, Jan. 12, Mackenzie Thompson, of Arthur L. Johnson High School in Clark, joined together with other female student-athletes from New Jersey’s high schools, colleges and universities at Rutgers University in celebration for National Girls and Women in Sports Day. NAGWS is one of the largest events in the state that […]
CLARK, NJ — Bruce Tango had his first paranormal experience at the age of 5 – and it was a scary one. A tall male figure, which he calls Scary Man, was standing at the foot of his bed. The entity had a red face. “I got scared. I cowered. I went under the sheets […]
CLARK, NJ — Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability has announced that Salvatore Bonaccorso, the longtime mayor of Clark Township, pleaded guilty on Friday, Jan. 10, in connection with his use of Clark employees for his private business, a landscaping and underground oil storage tank removal company. As […]
CLARK, NJ — On Thursday, Nov. 21, Carl H. Kumpf Middle School students had the opportunity to hear stories from second generation Holocaust survivors who are also Union County residents. Rita Geller shared the story of her mother, as a young child, and grandmother’s survival of the Holocaust, as Bielski partisans in the forest. Raya […]
CLARK, NJ — Bienko Park was not a pretty sight. It was run-down and the exercise equipment was covered in graffiti. The park isn’t one that’s popular such as Oak Ridge Park, but it was being used by residents who lived in the Lexington Village Apartments, where it was near. Anthony Risoli, 18, is an […]
CLARK, NJ — Kayla Rodrigues, special education teacher at Frank K. Hehnly Elementary School; Christopher Raguseo, physical education teacher at Valley Road Elementary School; and Anthony DelConte, mathematics teacher at Arthur L. Johnson High School, were recently recognized by the New Jersey Department of Education as Exemplary Educators of the Year through the 2024 New […]
CLARK, NJ — On Wednesday, Dec. 4, Clark Crusader Youth Football hosted its annual post-season awards banquet. Gus Kalikas, president of Crusader Youth Football, presided over the event, as all athletes were honored for their contributions to Crusader Youth Football. All athletes received awards for their accomplishments this past season. The night culminated with the […]
CLARK, NJ — Valley Road Elementary School’s third-graders received a surprising visitor on Friday, Dec. 13, as they celebrated “Grinch Day” – none other than the Grinch himself! Dressed in his signature green fur and red Santa coat, the holiday icon brought mischief and also a lesson in kindness to the classrooms. The visit, organized […]
CLARK, NJ — Fifth-grade students at Valley Road Elementary School in the classes of Alyssa Englert, Jessica Zerella and Colleen MacNamara recently dissected owl pellets to learn about their eating habits, then identified the bones and reconstructed them into a skeleton. Students were learning about ecosystems and food webs. They explored an owl’s eating habits […]