CRANFORD –The Jumble Store, a non-profit thrift store, located at 110 Walnut Ave. in Cranford, is celebrating its 80th Anniversary of serving the community. The store is owned and operated by the Junior League of Elizabeth-Plainfield and serves to raise the necessary funds for the league’s charitable programs. The store was established in October 1933 […]
WESTFIELD — On Thursday, Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m., Majestic Winds, the professional wind band of the New Jersey Workshop for the Arts, will perform a fall concert at Redeemer Lutheran Church, located at 229 Cowperthwaite Place in Westfield. This event is open to the public and while there is no charge for admission, a […]
MOUNTAINSIDE – The weekend of Oct. 19-20 marks Union County’s Four Centuries in a Weekend event and the historic Deacon Andrew Hetfield House in Mountainside has no shortage of activities for visitors. The Hetfield House will be open for visitors on Saturday, Oct. 19 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 20 from […]
UNION — An Elizabeth man has been charged with second-degree vehicular homicide, driving while intoxicated, and other offenses in connection with an accident that killed a New York City firefighter Friday morning, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park has announced. John W. Monteverde, a Queens resident and 56-year-old FDNY veteran with more than three […]
RAHWAY — As a result of increased community outreach efforts, officers from the Rahway Police Department were able to quickly arrest and charge two suspects who burglarized a house on Murray Street on Oct. 4. Rahway Police Officer Michael Twerdak and Detective Thomas McComb arrested Elliott Greene and charged him with burglary. Officers canvassed the area […]
CRANFORD — Union County College is one of 19 community colleges across the state hosting a series of campus-based activities for the first-ever statewide NJ C4 kickoff week from Monday, Oct. 14, to Saturday, Oct. 19. Sponsored by the New Jersey Council of County Colleges’ Center for Student Success and the New Jersey Education Association, […]
SCOTCH PLAINS — Evangel Church demonstrated on Sunday, Oct. 13 that worship need not occur only in their Scotch Plains sanctuary. Hammering nails to construct homes with the Greater Plainfield Habitat for Humanity was an act of worship for this local church for a day called “Service for Service.” Church members forsook their weekly Sunday […]
FANWOOD — The monthly Needle Nite at Fanwood Presbyterian Church is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Westminister Hall on Marian Ave. The quilters will work on gift bags that will go to shut-ins and nursing homes. The “Quilt As You Go” new pattern quilt will be continued at home. Last month, […]
CLARK — Students in Ms. DeFalco’s 6th grade science classes at Carl H. Kumpf Middle School in Clark designed and conducted an experiment by using the steps of the scientific method. In order to successfully conduct an experiment, scientists must be able to apply the steps of the scientific method to solve a problem. Students worked […]
TRENTON — The New Jersey Legislature, by joint resolution of the State Senate and Assembly, have declared Nov. 9, 2013 B’nai B’rith Day in the Garden State in honor of the 170th Anniversary of the founding of B’nai B’rith. Mark Samuel Ross, Esq., the President of the Tri-State Region of B’nai B’rith secured the joint resolution […]