UNION COUNTY, NJ — Tears streamed down Matt Ballister’s face as he cried out: “I loved her.” The 47-year-old Ballister, accused of killing and dismembering April Wyckoff nearly four years ago, collapsed under questioning by Union County Prosecutor Scott Peterson. “I didn’t mean to do it,” he said. “This wasn’t supposed to happen. I have made […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Candlelight vigils were held throughout Union County following the Las Vegas mass shooting in which 58 people were killed and another 489 were wounded or injured. The massacre on Oct. 1 occurred when 64-year-old Stephen Paddock of Mesquite, Nevada, opened fire on a crowd of thousands attending the Route 91 Harvest music […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — A regional accrediting agency that threatened Kean University’s status five years ago has given the school three recommendations in response to the college’s internal “periodic review report.” “The Middle States Commission on Higher Education response to the report was overwhelmingly positive,” university spokeswoman Margaret McCorry said in a recent statement. “The […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Although Janice Tellier worked as a Christian Dior designer in the 1970s, she never thought she’d be modeling at the age of 67. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think I was going to model,” the Mountainside resident said while waiting to dress for third annual Generations in Style Fashion Show […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Several municipalities throughout the state, including Union and Linden, have been approving resolutions to oppose a pair of bills sponsored by state Sen. Loretta Weinberg of Bergen County, which seek to expand public meetings and records laws. The bills would expand both the Open Public Records Act and Open Public Meetings Act, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Tom Isenhour has been installed as acting Union County prosecutor, ascending from his position as first assistant prosecutor to replace Grace Park, who announced her resignation Friday, Sept. 8. Isenhour, who was often seen appearing before the Board of Chosen Freeholders at its weekly meetings to update the legislators on the […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — With images of Hurricane Irma striking Florida dominating news coverage only two weeks after similar pictures from Hurricane Harvey’s devastation in Texas, local memories are being refreshed of Irene and Sandy — and the damage it wreaked. While local officials are pushing for action along the Rahway River and its tributaries, Union, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — A state agency that regulates fiscal operations for municipalities and counties asked the Union County Improvement Authority to review concerns raised by a Roselle resident regarding the town’s proposed $50 million Mind and Body Complex. Local Finance Board Chair Timothy Cunningham sent a letter Aug. 24 to the UCIA, which has been […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The devastation from Superstorm Sandy was still fresh in the minds of volunteers at Kean University as they packed donations for disaster relief in the wake of hurricanes Harvey and Irma. “We all lived through Sandy, so we know how difficult it was,” Norma Bowe, a Kean professor who heads the Be […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — For six years, three rotating veterinarians, one vet technician and one driver from the Associated Humane Societies have provided medical care to animals in Union County and beyond from a van, a service to pet owners who don’t have the money to pay a regular veterinarian or go to an animal hospital. […]