UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union, Cranford, Berkeley Heights and New Providence were chosen to receive Sustainable Jersey grants funded by the Public Service Enterprise Group Foundation at a meeting held in Cranford on April 12. They will go toward the implementation of several projects targeted at environmental concerns such as water conservation and park revitalization. “Environmental, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Reacting to Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop’s declaration that he may not want a casino located in his city after all, state Sen. Raymond Lesniak issued a statement saying that the new gaming facility would be “more than welcome in Elizabeth,” the largest city in Lesniak’s legislative district. “If Mayor Fulop doesn’t […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Lisa Sepetjian’s brightly-colored blazer cannot compete with her dazzling smile as she walks briskly down the hall of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Union County, located in Union. Close by in the large gymnasium you can hear the sounds of a basketball game in progress. Darting back and forth across the […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County Department of Parks and Recreation has concluded its annual Deer Management Program, which ran from the beginning of January through February 12. The program, which was supervised by Union County police and the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, operated in six county parks and one municipal park, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County is working on a new transportation master plan that will provide the framework for transportation planning and investment for the county and its municipalities. The new plan, which will be completed by June, will be conducted by the Bureau of Transportation Planning, Division of Strategic Planning and Intergovernmental Relations in […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The tug-of-war between Russo Acquisitions Development Company, Kean University, and Union continues over the Merck property in Union.. In February 2014, Russo reached an agreement to buy the land from Merck — which is located directly across the street from Kean’s main campus — but the university subsequently declared that it had […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The third annual Union County Community, Action, Response, Education, and Safety Domestic Violence Symposium was held on Thursday, April 7 at Kean University’s STEM Center in Union. The symposium, which was sponsored by the Union County Prosecutor’s Office, YWCA of Union County, Kean University, the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Family […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — With the recent news that eight additional Newark schools were found to have elevated lead levels in their water, New Jersey legislators are pushing for mandated lead testing in every school district throughout the state. Senator Ronald L. Rice and Assemblywoman Mila Jasey, co-chairs of the state Joint Committee on the Public […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Human Rights Institute at Kean University held a conference on prison reform, “Locked Up in America: The Business of Mass Incarceration,” which explored three major aspects of the United States prison system: the school-to-prison pipeline — the term referring to the policies and practices that pushes our nation’s schoolchildren out of […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Lisa Sepetjian’s brightly-colored blazer cannot compete with her dazzling smile as she walks briskly down the hall of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Union County, located in Union. Close by in the large gymnasium you can hear the sounds of a basketball game in progress. Darting back and forth across the […]