UNION COUNTY, NJ — Keith Gerald has a very big reason to celebrate National Minority Donor Awareness Week. Two years ago, Gerald received a heart and liver transplant. “I want to honor donors, especially minority donors,” Gerald said. “I want to thank them on behalf of the recipient. I recognize it’s hard to be an organ […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County is taking a leadership role for the rest of the state by being the first county in New Jersey to join the We Are Still In Campaign, an environmental group that supports efforts to meet the Paris climate accord, which has been rejected by President Donald Trump. According to the […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County 4-H students James Brodowski of Cranford Anthony Batkiw of Kenilworth, Alicia Neal of Roselle, Henrique Alvez of Hillside, Ayomiposi and Issac Oluwakuyide of Union and Jim Nichnadowicz participate in the annual statewide 4-H Public Speaking Contest. Each student spoke at length on a topic of their choice and was […]
CLARK, NJ — Residents of Union County were treated to a taste of living history on the weekend of June 24 and 25 at the celebration of the 240th anniversary of the Battle of Short Hills. The two-day event took place at Oak Ridge Park in Clark where the recreation of the battle between New Jersey […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Thirty-three immigrants from 18 countries were sworn in as new American citizens in a naturalization ceremony on June 20 at Liberty Hall Museum, located on the campus of Kean University. Built in 1772, Liberty Hall was the home of New Jersey’s first elected governor and signer of the Constitution, William Livingston. During […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the Union County Improvement Authority hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new Union County Courthouse Cherry Street Annex. Located at 2 Cherry St., Elizabeth, the new courthouse has six state-of-the-art courtrooms and facilities that will serve families throughout […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — “The good guys won.” That was the takeaway for Leonard Berkowitz of Berkeley Heights at the conclusion of the May 18 Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders meeting. Berkowitz and many other residents attended their first freeholders meeting that night to speak about a subject that has evoked strong opinions in recent […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County officials last week held a soft opening for the expanding and modernizing landmark ice skating venue in Roselle and Elizabeth that will now go by the name of the Warinanco Sports Center. The $7 million project already two years in the making is transforming the 56-year-old facility into a year-round […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — A professor at Union County College has turned several years of teaching into an art exhibit. Arlene Marcus, an English as a second language professor at Union County College, has been teaching her class through the lens of the year 1968, which has taught her students not only English, but about a […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Recycling coordinators for Union County put the “wild” into “Wild Earth Fest,” its Earth Day celebration, at Watchung Reservation in Mountainside on Sunday, April 30. Residents gathered to meet Curby, the Recycling Robot, as well as play bean bag toss and learn how and what to recycle. Gerda Szardeaings of Union […]