UNION COUNTY, NJ — Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey has given a $25,000 grant to the Mental Health Association in New Jersey to help spread teen suicide prevention skills. The donation, which Horizon contributed for the second year in a row, provides funds for a program, A Focus on Youth Suicide Prevention, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County Board of County Commissioners has announced the launch of the new Commissioners’ Literary Circle Book Club, presented in celebration of Women’s History Month 2023 by the women of the Commissioner Board: Vice Chairwoman Kimberly Palmieri-Mouded and commissioners Bette Jane Kowalski, Rebecca Williams, Lourdes Leon and Angela R. Garretson. […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Media Day for the 42nd annual Phil Simms NJ North-South All-Star Football Classic will take place, for the first time, at the site of where the game is annually played now. Traditionally at Piscataway High School’s cafeteria, Media Day has been moved to Kean University in Union, where the game has […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — When Union and Cranford clashed at Kean University’s Cougar Field on May 11 of last year in the softball Union County Tournament semifinals, a berth in the championship game was on the line. Cranford High School junior right-hander Avery Toddings mowed down the fourth-seeded Farmers and kept them off the scoreboard. […]
NEWARK, NJ — The life and work of Newark native and titan of late-20th century American literature, Philip Roth, will be discussed, performed, read, and his influences examined, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center next weekend. Commemorating the March 19 anniversary of his 90th birthday with “Philip Roth Unbound,” NJPAC will present, March 17-19, […]
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.
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 […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — High school baseball in New Jersey is getting a much later start this season. However, we’ll only have to wait two more days to hear the umpire scream, “Play ball!” The first day of practice is Monday, March 13, but that is for pitchers and catchers only. The rest of the […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Born in East Orange NJ, and raised in the Vailsburg section of Newark, Joseph Cryan was raised Irish. His father, John, hailed from Castlerea, County Roscommon, Ireland, and his maternal grandparents, John and Anne, both emigrated from County Donegal, Ireland. Cryan’s mother, Mary, was proud of her Donegal heritage and tried […]
UNION, NJ — The Union County Saint Patrick’s Day parade will be on Saturday, March 11, in the township of Union. The parade will begin on Morris Avenue, at Commerce Avenue, and will precede east on Morris, making a right turn on Stuyvesant Avenue and then proceeding toward the Pearl Harbor Memorial at Stuyvesant and […]