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UNION COUNTY, NJ — The County of Union will sponsor a recycling event for electronic equipment on Saturday, June 27, so Union County residents can get rid of unwanted computers, televisions and other electronic equipment in an environmentally proper manner. The special E-cycling event will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the […]
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UNION COUNTY, NJ — If you were one of the millions of children who completed the drug abuse resistance DARE program between 1983 and 2009, you may be surprised to learn it will soon cease to exist in some areas, replaced by a new statewide effort. The program, touted in 1983 as an innovative effort that […]
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UNION COUNTY, NJ — The American Red Cross seeks eligible donors to give blood in honor of World Blood Donor Day, June 14, and throughout the summer to help ensure a sufficient blood supply for patients in need. Summer is an especially difficult time to collect enough blood to meet the needs of hospital patients. […]
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UNION COUNTY, NJ — The public will have a chance to experience the hidden side of Union County parks at the 11th annual Bio-Blitz, from 5 p.m. on Friday, June 12, to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 13, in the Watchung Reservation. Bio-Blitz is a 24-hour nature survey that tallies up hundreds of plant and […]
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NJ Transit will vote in July on measure for 9-percent fare hike in October
Peter Fiorilla, Staff Writer UNION COUNTY, NJ — On a ninth-floor boardroom at New Jersey Transit Headquarters in Newark, where NJ Transit’s proposed fare hike and service cuts were being publicly discussed, there wasn’t enough room for everyone who wanted a seat. Not even close. The room’s 60 or so seats were occupied well before the […]
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UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders has announced the schedule for the county’s 2015 Road Resurfacing program. The project will resurface 13 County roads in 12 towns. The program is scheduled to begin in late June and run through September. Work is scheduled for nighttime in all but one instance. […]
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UNION COUNTY, NJ — In cooperation with The Smithsonian, Columbia University and the University of Maryland, Union County Parks has designed a new signage system that connects to a virtual field guide so that it is possible to learn about a tree, from how it propagates to the region it inhabits, with a click of […]
By editor on ARTS / EVENTS, COUNTY NEWS
UNION COUNTY, NJ — For over twenty years, the Paper Mill Playhouse has been honoring excellence in high school theater throughout the state of New Jersey. The Union High School Performing Arts Company has remained at the top of the list as one of the best musical theater training programs for high school students in […]
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UNION COUNTY — A Michigan woman has been charged with multiple criminal offenses after engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a Union County juvenile over the course of more than a year, having first made contact with the victim online when he was 11, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced. Jessica Carlton, 44, of Grand Rapids, Mich., […]
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UNION COUNTY — Union County Sheriff Joseph Cryan recently swore in Amilcar “Mickey” Colon of Elizabeth as Union County Undersheriff. The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders gathered to congratulate Colon, the first person of Latino heritage to achieve the position of Undersheriff in Union County. The Undersheriff, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, served with the […]