UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County’s high school bowlers are getting ready to strike in the upcoming season, and some of them are building on the previous year’s successes. Last year, Westfield High School’s Perry Cuccaro rolled a perfect game to win the boys title, defeating Roi Antonio of Elizabeth High School 300-199. Elizabeth’s Vivian […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County Board of County Commissioners Chairperson Sergio Granados announced a series of initiatives at the 166th annual reorganization meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 3, at the Union County Courthouse in Elizabeth. With a focus on enhancing local communities and private and public sectors, Granados said he is looking to develop better […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — This year, the EZ Ride Bike & Pedestrian Program team hosted more than 450 events in 300 communities, including safety presentations, poster contests, bike safety presentations, walk assessments and walk-to-school days, to promote safety and biking. Approximately 40,000 students attended these events. The result: 154 schools and municipalities were recognized as […]
NEWARK, NJ — On Dec. 14, NJ Transit’s board of directors approved a contract to perform key state-of-good-repair maintenance on the engines of the ALP-45 locomotive fleet. The engine overhauls will allow the locomotives to maintain their current Environmental Protection Agency Tier III emissions standards and continue the environmental benefits they provide compared to the […]
TRENTON, NJ — On Dec. 2, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced $5 million in grant funding to protect access to abortion care by ensuring that there is an expansive pool of abortion care providers in New Jersey in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — President Joe Biden signed federal legislation on Dec. 28 that includes provisions to make the Rahway River flood mitigation study a national priority. Through the efforts of Sens. Cory Booker and Bob Menendez, and U.S. Reps. Donald M. Payne Jr. and Tom Malinowski — as well as through the consistent work […]
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 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 […]
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 […]