BLOOMFIELD, NJ — On Dec. 26 at approximately 10 a.m., a Bloomfield police officer responded to Stop & Shop on Franklin Street on report of a motor vehicle theft. Upon arrival, the officer was flagged down by a witness who observed a male suspect break the glass window on the rear passenger door of a […]
HILLSIDE, NJ — Two new shows have been added to Kean Stage’s spring 2023 season at Kean University’s Enlow Recital Hall in Hillside. Cherish the Ladies, the long-running, Grammy-nominated, Irish-American supergroup, will perform on Friday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m. Formed in New York City in 1985 to celebrate the rise of extraordinary women in […]
NEWARK, NJ — Lions Vision Productions Studios, a black-owned production company located in Hillside, held a private screening on Dec. 8 at CityPlex 12 Newark of its first feature film, “The Lions Vision Productions Addiction Trilogy: Conflicted. Addicted. Convicted.” The film was written, directed and produced by LaTia McNeely-Sandiford, author of the memoir, “Burdens in […]
HILLSIDE, NJ — On Monday, Oct. 10, Grand Knight Patrick J. Mahon and Columbus Memorial Chairperson Andrew Wnukowski of the Rev. Thomas F. Canty Council No. 3197 of the Knights of Columbus led a contingent to commemorate Columbus Day, restoring a tradition that had been placed on hold for two years due to the pandemic. […]
HILLSIDE, NJ — The Hillside NAACP has announced it will celebrate its one-year anniversary with a Freedom Fund Awards Gala on Friday, Nov. 4, from 8 p.m. to midnight, at Galloping Hill Caterers, 1085 Galloping Hill Road in Union. “We are marking our first-year anniversary by celebrating our community, our accomplishments and individuals that support […]
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 […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — With Election Day less than a week away, the entire state is looking toward the midterm election. In Union County, it is the county clerk’s office that is involved in much of the preparatory work, and a key element is security. “We do coordinate with the municipal clerks who are responsible […]
HILLSIDE, NJ — On Monday, Sept. 19, at 3 p.m., Hillside police received a call about a large fight and shots fired near the intersection of Liberty Avenue and Ryan Street after Hillside High School was dismissed, according to a Sept. 20 press release from the Hillside Police Department. Due to the proximity of the […]
NEWARK, NJ — Sarha Flores, of Elizabeth, and William Register, of Hillside, have been named senior group leaders of their respective single-sex high school divisions at St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark. Senior group leader is the top leadership post a student can attain at the Catholic school, which places leadership, as well as the […]
HILLSIDE, NJ — Born of tragedy and outrage, a new book of poetry has been published by former Hillside Board of Education member and Councilman George L. Cook III. “The Blood Is on Your Hands: Poems Against Gun Violence” was rushed to press in response to the massacres in a Buffalo, N.Y., market on May […]