CRANFORD, N.J. — Sam Finston considered himself more arts-oriented when he was going to Cranford High School but felt he also did well at math and science. Like many American youth, video games were a staple of his free time. At the 11th-hour suggestion of a teacher, he discovered a way to combine his interests. […]
CRANFORD, N.J. — An assistant principal from Edison will take over as principal of Livingston Avenue School, the latest move in administration caused by the retirement of the Hillside Avenue School principal. Cari Lopez, who has been the assistant principal at Martin Luther King and Washington elementary schools in Edison since January, will replace former […]
UNION, N.J. — Residents renewed and increased their calls for action at the Union Township Committee’s Aug. 27 meeting regarding what they called a worsening rat problem despite the contention from municipal officials that the situation was little changed from a year ago. Township resident Jeffrey Monge told the committee members he has been hearing […]
RAHWAY, N.J. — The city will be abandoning its stand-alone parking meters for pay stations later this month, joining many other municipalities across the county, and additional streets will be open to paid parking in the downtown area as part of an overall plan to increase visitors. The changes were approved as an amendment to […]
UNION, N.J. — Dawood Farahi will step down as president of Kean University in 2020, completing 17 years as head of the school, the university announced in an Aug. 29 release. The resignation appears to coincide with the end of the three-year contract extension awarded to Farahi by the school’s board of trustees in 2017. […]
MOUNTAINSIDE, N.J. — It took years for neglect to eventually take its toll on the trails through the Watchung Reservation. With few staff able to conduct inspections and maintenance, extreme weather eroded the trails and sullied streams, turning a park that was “loved to death” into one that was hostile to hikers and equestrians. But […]
UNION, N.J. — Erica Bell knows first-hand how important a local public library can be, but as manager of the Vauxhall Branch of the Union Public Library, she also knows that sometimes even that isn’t enough. “I grew up in a single-parent home,” she said in an Aug. 20 interview. “It was my mom and […]
UNION, N.J. — The National Science Foundation has awarded Kean University nearly $1.7 million in research funding to develop a model designed to increase the number of students studying computer science and information technology. According to a recent press release from Kean, Professor Patricia Morreale, executive director of Kean’s School of Computer Science, said the […]
CLARK, N.J. — The township could be getting a new traffic light on Westfield Avenue between police headquarters and Arthur L. Johnson High School if the state gives its approval. The Township Council gave unanimous approval at its Aug. 19 meeting to install the light where Wilson Drive and Emerald Place intersect with Westfield Avenue. […]
UNION, N.J. — Nearly four months of lobbying, showing up at meetings and pleading has paid off for the public schools’ paraprofessionals. The Board of Education reversed its previous decision, voting unanimously at its meeting on Aug. 20 to keep 95 paraprofessionals, aides who assist students with special needs, as district employees. That abandoned its […]