MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — The Union County Board of County Commissioners has announced the annual Wildlife Photography Contest has returned to the Trailside Nature and Science Center, located at 452 New Providence Road, Mountainside. Amateur photographers ages 13 and older are invited to enter their original photographs of wild animals in their natural habitat. “The Wildlife […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — An evening benefiting the arts education and community impact of Carolyn Dorfman Dance of Union will be on Thursday, April 11, at 6:30 p.m., at the Maplewood Country Club, 28 Baker St., Maplewood. The event, billed as REACH “an evening of fundraising and recognition,” will feature performances by the Carolyn Dorfman Dance […]
UNION, NJ — Premiere Stages, the professional theater company in residence at Kean University, has returned to the Rahway School District in 2024, with a playwriting residency at Roosevelt Elementary School, funded by the Northfield Bank Foundation. Through the course of seven weeks, 18 sixth-grade students at the Roosevelt Elementary School have learned the basics […]
CRANFORD, NJ — The fourth annual Cranford Film Festival – which celebrates the best in short filmmaking – has received more than 100 film submissions across categories including fiction, documentary, music videos, animation, student films and iPhone filmed. “Best of Festival Awards,” “Cranford Cougar Awards” and “Laurels” will be given in each of the six […]
CLARK, NJ — Record Riot is a music lover’s dream. There are more than 40 vendors selling vinyl, compact discs, rock T-shirts, cassette tapes and posters. Record Riot is coming to Clark on Sunday, April 21. It will be at Arthur L. Johnson High School, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with an early admission […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County Board of County Commissioners invites all residents to bring their personal documents and sensitive papers to the county’s next free paper shredding event on Wednesday, April 10, at 9 a.m., at Black Brook Park, 349 North 19th St., Kenilworth. “We are pleased to offer a free and secure […]
RAHWAY, NJ — The Hit Men are more than tribute artists. They are the real guys who performed with legendary musicians including members from Foreigner, Journey, Styx, The Hooters, Steely Dan, Cheap Trick, The Rascals, Alan Parsons, Three Dog Night, Cream, Grand Funk Railroad and The Who. In celebration of their associations with these mega-stars, […]
CLARK, NJ — The 2024 Clark Easter Egg Hunt and Coloring Contest was on Saturday, March 23. The event included an egg hunt, visits with the Easter Bunny, balloon art, a coloring contest with prizes in each age category, drawings for bikes, stuffed animals and other baskets. The rainy weather didn’t hold back the crowds. […]
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — More than 100 children anxiously waited for the helicopter. Several airplanes passed. Then a drone. And, finally, the moment they were all waiting for — colorful Easter eggs filled with candy and prizes dropped on the grounds of Liquid Church in Mountainside. “We will do anything short of sin to reach people […]
CLARK, NJ — On Friday, March 29, the Arthur L. Johnson High School baseball team offered a Little League baseball clinic to our future Crusader baseball players. The clinic, organized by the ALJ baseball coaching staff, was a huge success, as baseball players from all ages came together at the state-of-the-art facility to work together […]