MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — The Mountainside Restoration Committee’s annual fall mum and plant sale, on the lawn of the Deacon Andrew Hetfield House, takes place from Thursday, Sept. 15, through Sunday, Sept. 18, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., while supplies last. The committee’s plant experts travel to the grower to select every single plant for this […]
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — The Village Shop located in the Mountainside Restoration Committee’s Levi Cory House will open again after a summer break. The shop will be open on Fridays and Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., on the following dates: Sept. 2, 3, 16 and 17; Oct. 7, 8, 21 and 22; Nov. 4, […]
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — During the Mountainside Council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 15, Jack Sandholm of Mountainside Boy Scout Troop 177 was presented with a proclamation recognizing his attainment of the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank in Scouting. Councilman Steven Matejek read the proclamation presented to Sandholm during the meeting. “Whereas Scouting is a […]
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — During the Mountainside Borough Council meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 21, council members presented Eagle Scout Christian Gonzalez with a proclamation. Gonzalez achieved the highest rank in Scouting, as the 18th Eagle Scout of Mountainside’s Boy Scout Troop 177. Mountainside Mayor Paul N. Mirabelli praised Gonzalez for his accomplishment and extolled Eagle Scouts, […]
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — Friends and families, along with Santa Claus and caroling Girl Scouts, came out for the Mountainside Recreation Department’s 35th annual Christmas tree–lighting ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 4 at Borough Hall, followed by a festive evening of ice skating at nearby Westfield Rink in Gumbert Park. “Today, we had our annual tree-lighting, in […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy and New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti announced $161.25 million in fiscal year 2022 municipal aid grants, with 541 cities and towns across the state receiving funds to advance road, bridge, safety and quality-of-life improvements, according to an Oct. 26 press release. The competitive municipal aid […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County Board of County Commissioners announced that grants have been awarded to 20 municipalities for improvements to recreation resources for children, through the Kids Recreation Trust Fund. In addition, 19 municipalities were awarded matching grants for planting new trees through the Greening Union County program. Both grant programs are […]
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — During a virtual work session on Tuesday, Oct. 5, Mountainside Mayor Paul Mirabelli and council members discussed whether or not a traffic light is needed at the intersection of Deer Path and Watchung Road Tracy Drive, also known as W.R. Tracy Drive, due to the danger of the intersection. Borough administrator Glenn […]
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — To commemorate that fateful day 20 years earlier when terrorists hijacked four airliners, resulting in the collapse of the World Trade Center’s twin towers, damage to the Pentagon and the deaths of almost 3,000 innocent civilians, on Saturday, Sept. 11, the Union County Board of County Commissioners hosted a Union County 9/11 […]
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — Borough Council added to Mountainside’s growing roster of law enforcement as police Officer Brendan Carlos was appointed to his new position at the meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 17. Originally from Berkeley Heights, Carlos graduated from Governor Livingston High School and Union County College, and has been a Union County sheriff’s officer for […]
