WESTFIELD, NJ – Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday, March 28, met with constituents whose lives would be negatively impacted by potential federal funding cuts to Medicaid – a federal-state insurance program that provides free or low-cost health care coverage and services to eligible low-income individuals and families, children, pregnant women, the elderly and people with […]
By The New Jersey Department of Transportation There were more than 600 crash-related fatalities on New Jersey roadways in 2023. We’re so used to seeing statistics that it can be easy to forget there are real people behind the numbers. So let’s reframe it. Haga clic aquí para leer este artículo en español In 2023, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — On Sunday, Feb. 18, Marilyn Hart, 98, and brother-in-law Joe Schott, 102, celebrated their joint birthdays, totaling 200 years. Marilyn had married David Hart, who had the same birthday as his sister, Nancy Hart, who married Joe. The two couples only had two birthdays between the four of them, so they […]
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ — Just about the only thing the New Providence High School girls basketball team did not accomplish last year was going undefeated. However, the Pioneers came real close. Guided by longtime mentor Cap Pazdera, New Providence produced, perhaps, its finest season ever – that from a program with two previous state championship […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Which boys basketball teams in Union County will see the ball bounce their way more often than not this season? We shall soon find out, as the 2023-2024 season will commence around the state of New Jersey on Thursday, Dec. 14. There was a bit of a “changing of the guard” […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union High School junior wide receiver Renick Dorilas hauled in 35 passes for 550 yards and five touchdowns, the longest one covering 80 yards. Linden High School senior middle linebacker Myles Hamilton was credited with 155 tackles, 36 of them solo and 119 assisted. To say he was all over the […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — It was a quick 2023 high school football campaign in Union County, as none of the 17 football playing schools in the county reached a sectional state championship game. The final two consolation games were played on Thursday, Nov. 9, with Frank J. Cicarell Academy, Elizabeth, winning at Hackensack High School, […]
FANWOOD, NJ — The Fanwood Memorial Library is looking for a few enthusiastic people to help establish and participate in the creation of the Fanwood Memorial Library Foundation, a nonprofit that will develop philanthropic support for the library. In 2024, an Americans With Disabilities Act–compliant, state-of-the-art library will rise in the footprint of the old […]
Problems at the printing plant where our newspapers are printed have caused a delay in their distribution. Subscribers to the News-Record of Maplewood and South Orange, The Glen Ridge Paper, West Orange Chronicle, Irvington Herald, The Independent Press of Bloomfield, Record-Transcript and Union County LocalSource should receive their newspapers in Friday’s mail. We apologize for […]
UNION COUNTY — In addition to state, county and local municipal elections, Tuesday, Nov. 8, will also see Board of Education candidates square off and seek votes. Although many of the candidates have catchy slogans, in much the same manner as their cohorts on municipal councils and committees, the key element missing for BOE candidates […]