HILLSIDE — Immaculate Conception High School students Ashley Medina of Newark and Joshua Okaro of Irvington joined their Student/Partner Alliance mentors for a morning of community service at the Community FoodBank of New Jersey in Hillside recently. Of the ninety students that attended, eight were students from Immaculate Conception High School, located in Montclair. Along with […]
HILLSIDE — Hillside Public Library remains closed after a flash flood on Aug. 23. The initial cleanup began August 29 and was completed on Sept. 4 by Insurance Restoration Specialists. However, the repairs needed to get the library open are extensive. This included removal of asbestos floor tiles that were exposed when the carpet was taken up. That portion […]
UNION – Suspect Matthew Ballister III remained in the county jail this morning on $2 million bail but has refused to tell police where he dumped the slain body of his Cranford girlfriend, April Wyckoff. According to police sources, more than 100 law enforcement officers along with the Hudson County K-9 Unit, U.S. Park Police […]
HILLSIDE — Hillside has announced that Buie Community Center will host a Haunted House on Oct. 31 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. for all Hillside children. The center is located at 274 Hillside Ave. Children are asked to come in costume. Questions can be directed to Barbara at the Hillside Recreation Department at 973-926-2219
HILLSIDE — The Woodruff House/Eaton Store Museum located at 111 Conant Street, Hillside, will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 19 and from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20. Operated by the Hillside Historical Society, the museum consists of a 1735 farmhouse, a 1900 general store, a barn, […]
UNION – On Friday, October 25, 2013, from 6:30 to 11 p.m. at Gran Centurions in Clark, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County will honor Mayor J. Christian Bollwage – City of Elizabeth, Timothy Williams – Elizabethtown Gas, and Altria Group. Presentation of these prestigious awards will take place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. prior […]
UNION COUNTY — A Newark man and his girlfriend have been arrested and charged in federal court in connection with an armed robbery of Garden State Community Bank located at 310 North Avenue East in Cranford last month. At 1:42 p.m. on August 10, Cranford Police responded to an activated alarm and discovered that the […]
HILLSIDE — Hillside Public Library closed Wednesday, Aug. 28, due to a flash flood. The library has been cleaned up, but the repairs are extensive and no clear date has been set for reopening. It will not be open until at least some time in October. Until then, the public libraries in Elizabeth, Roselle and […]
With Hurricane Sandy still on track to hit the Union County area by Monday, Oct. 26, the Freeholder Board is urging residents to take steps to prepare this weekend. The freeholder board is reminding County residents that basic steps can be taken to be prepared for the storm, including stocking up on a few days’ […]