Tips for better health offered for American Heart Month

UNION COUNTY, NJ — February is American Heart Month and The Gateway Family YMCA urges local community members to get a blood pressure screening. Revised blood pressure guidelines from the American Heart Association mean that nearly half of all Americans — 46 percent — have high blood pressure. High blood pressure is often referred to […]

Bayway Complex Community Advisory Panel is offering scholarships

UNION COUNTY, NJ — For the year 2023, the Bayway Complex Community Advisory Panel has elected to offer High School Seniors who are residents of Linden, Rahway, Elizabeth and Staten Island the opportunity to be awarded a CAP scholarship. Several one-year scholarships will be awarded in the amount of $1,000 each to students in these […]

Free 2023 election calendar highlights Union County inventors who changed the world

UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County clerk Joanne Rajoppi has announced that the 2023 Union County election-date calendar is now available to New Jersey residents free of charge. The calendar provides all the important dates for the 2023 election year, along with full-page illustrations for each month that highlight the history-making innovators who made Union […]

Wrestling teams battle it out in section state championships

UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County’s top three wrestling teams won two matches on Monday, Feb. 6, to reach sectional state championship matches on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Union County Tournament champion Cranford High School and runner-up Governor Livingston High School won both of their matches at home, while Westfield High School, third in the UCT, […]

NJ seeks public input on climate resilience action plans

TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey’s Interagency Council on Climate Resilience is seeking public input on how the state should address extreme heat priorities and concerns as part of the council’s development of a series of plans outlining how state agencies will incorporate climate resilience into their policies, programs and regulations. The series of documents, known […]

Union County allocating $2.2 million to organizations for COVID-19 response

UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County Board of County Commissioners announced that Union County is allocating $2.2 million in Community Development Block Grant funds through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to organizations to help residents affected by COVID-19. “This is an investment in our county that will help provide important building […]

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