UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County Board of County Commissioners has announced that 60 artists, historians and local nonprofit organizations will receive funding through the 2021 Union County HEART — History, Education, Arts Reaching Thousands — grant program. The HEART grant program was created by the Board of Commissioners in 1998, in recognition of […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — 2020 was packed to the brim with goings-on, from COVID-19 to the census, from the Black Lives Matter movement to the presidential election. While COVID-19 and unrest dominated headlines, there were many infrastructure advancements in Union County. The following is a short recap of some of those improvements; this is by […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County residents who are interested in environmental activities and STEM topics can find online programs for all ages to explore this winter, including original videos produced by Union County’s Trailside Nature and Science Center, a series of online classes leading environmental steward certification and the 4-H Mars Base Camp STEM […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The first Union County resident to be vaccinated against COVID-19 was Carolyn Smith of Union, a nurse practitioner at Kean University, marking the start of Phase 1A vaccinations, the Board of County Commissioners announced on Thursday, Jan. 7. The vaccination occurred at the county’s facility at Kean University at approximately 3 […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The 165th annual Union County government reorganization was full of firsts. It was the first time the reorganization was held virtually, although the swearing-in ceremonies were in person on the steps of the Union County Courthouse in Elizabeth on Sunday, Jan. 3; it was the first meeting of the newly named […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County announced Monday, Jan. 4, that it will begin to offer Phase 1A COVID-19 vaccinations beginning Thursday, Jan. 7, in accordance with state guidelines. Health care personnel, as defined by the New Jersey Department of Health and who are eligible to receive the vaccine in the first phase, must make […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — The frosty morning of Friday, Nov. 19, may have been any other Friday for many, but for three Union County foster youths, in Rahway, Roselle and Roselle Park, all under the age of 3, their lives changed forever, as Union County Superior Court Judge Lara DiFabrizio granted each the consistency and stability […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — On July 3, 2019, people said goodbye to Salena Lesniak, the founder and president of Operation Santa, and Sen. Raymond J. Lesniak’s wife and partner for more than 20 years. Lesniak loved hard and fought hard for everything she was passionate about. Every December, Lesniak was the lead planner for Operation […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Andrew J. Gibbs, a partner with Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, headquartered in Westfield, was sworn in as president of the Union County Bar Association in a virtual ceremony on Wednesday, Dec. 16. “We are very proud that Andrew Gibbs has received the well-deserved, prestigious honor of serving as president of […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Efforts to abate flooding from the East Branch of the Rahway River are back on, following a Dec. 8 vote from Congress that approved funding for a renewal of the Rahway River flood abatement study. The bill, S1811, also called the “Water Resources Development Act of 2020,” contains provisions for several […]