UNION COUNTY — Two Newark men have been sentenced to a combined 100 years in state prison for an attempted robbery of an off-duty police officer and a subsequent carjacking, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced Monday. Kenneth Green, 40, and Louis Adams, 42, each received a sentence of 50 years from state Superior […]
UNION COUNTY — A Linden man wanted for multiple counts of attempted murder of police officers has been arrested and charged, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced Monday. A Union County grand jury recently returned a 26-count superseding indictment against Roberto Moreno-Duque, 23, of Linden, who was apprehended last week. Moreno-Duque, also known as […]
LINDEN — Linden firefighters, police officers, community leaders, members of the public and Linden School No. 9 students, faculty and staff gathered outside the school by the flagpole, with small American flags lining the entrance of the school. School No. 9, and all of Linden Public Schools, held a ceremony to remember the National Day […]
The Linden Police Department recently used a $25,000 donation from Phillips 66 Company’s Disaster Relief Fund to purchase a mobile generator and trailer. The generator was purchased from Power Innovations Inc., of American Fork, Utah. As part of the agreement, the company agreed to paint and customize the generator for the police department at no […]
LINDEN — Students walk across the field after receiving their honors and diplomas at the 103rd annual commencement of Linden High School in Tiger Stadium at the Edward R. Cooper Athletic Field on Friday, June 21.
LINDEN — Linden High School Spanish III Honors students collaborated and prepared chicken fajitas commemorating Cinco de Mayo festivities, and a typical Mexican Fiesta, singing ‘Cielito Lindo,’ ‘De Colores,’ and ‘Primavera’ by artist Carlos Santana. From left: Kelly Matuszewski, Nigel Sydney, Rocio Horzepa, Michael Barbosa, Tainiz Polanco, and Ignacio Menyou.
LINDEN — At Linden School No.10 Catherine Reilly’s third grade art classes students learned how to create folded tissue paper flowers. The students in the picture are from Lori DeMarzo’s class and they created beautiful bouquets of flowers to celebrate Mother’s Day.
LINDEN — On Wed, March 27, Cadet/Petty Officer Cristian Checo was promoted to the prestigious rank of Cadet/Chief Petty Officer of the Linden High School NJROTC. Naval Science Instructor Chief Petty Officer Mark Velez, USN (Ret.), pins the CPO collar device on the unit’s newest Chief.
A new disaster recovery center is open in Union County. Visit from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily until further notice. If you were affected by hurricane sandy, meet with recovery officials at the Gregorio Recreation Center, 330 Helen St., linden. A second Union County center is open daily at the Plainfield senior citizen’s service […]
Tigers sneak in after beating Bridgewater-Raritan 23-21 Saturday for their first home win and only second victory of the season
I originally reported a couple of weeks ago that 10 Union County football teams qualified for the state playoffs. Make that 11. Linden snuck in in North 2, Group 4 after posting its first home win of the season, defeating Bridgewater-Raritan 23-21 Saturday at Cooper Field. As a result, the Tigers (2-6) earned the seventh […]