McMullen named Woman of the Year by Union County College Foundation

McMullen named Woman of the Year by Union County College Foundation

UNION, NJ — SJI – South Jersey Industries – has announced that Christie McMullen, president and chief operating officer, Elizabethtown Gas, a subsidiary of SJI, was recognized as the Woman of the Year by the Union County College Foundation. The Union County College Foundation honored McMullen at its 32nd annual Scholarship Gala on Wednesday, Oct. […]

RWJBarnabas Health & Rutgers Athletics honor 16-year-old resident

RWJBarnabas Health & Rutgers Athletics honor 16-year-old resident

PISCATAWAY, NJ — As the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team opened the season 4-0 with a historic Blackout victory over the University of Washington on Friday, Sept. 27, at SHI Stadium, 16-year-old Gabriel Soares of Union, a Children’s Specialized Hospital patient, was honored as the Shining Knight of The Game. A collaboration between Rutgers Athletics […]

Nov. 18-25: Local drop-off locations to open for Operation Christmas Child

Nov. 18-25: Local drop-off locations to open for Operation Christmas Child

UNION, NJ — Volunteers are preparing to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, Nov. 18 to 25. More than 4,700 drop-off locations will open across the country in November, and shoebox packers can find their local drop-off locations nearest them. Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has been collecting and delivering gift-filled […]

Union County Clerk’s Office gives results of local elections

UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County Clerk’s Office has reported the following local election unofficial results as of Friday, Nov. 8, from the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 5. For all of these results, 100% of the districts are reporting. House of Representatives Democratic Rep. Rob Menendez of the state’s 8th Congressional District of […]

Smarties and Albanese Candy Companies sever ties with SeaWorld after PETA’s outreach

Smarties and Albanese Candy Companies sever ties with SeaWorld after PETA’s outreach

UNION, NJ — After hearing from PETA about how highly intelligent, social orcas and other marine animals suffer in SeaWorld’s tiny concrete tanks, Smarties Candy Company and Albanese Confectionery have just committed to not partnering with the shameful abusement park again. PETA is sending orca plushies in thanks. “The misery that animals endure at SeaWorld […]

First-generation students chosen for ‘America Needs You’ career program

First-generation students chosen for ‘America Needs You’ career program

UNION, NJ — Eleven first-generation Kean University students have been selected for fellowships with America Needs You, a national program that helps students from low-income and first-generation backgrounds build career skills for future success. The students, most in their sophomore year at Kean, are part of a group of 89 students from New Jersey named […]

Car strikes NJ Transit bus head on in Union

Car strikes NJ Transit bus head on in Union

UNION, NJ — The township of union was the site of a motor vehicle accident on Friday, Oct. 25, that resulted in more than two dozen people being injured. According to a report by the Union Police Department, on Friday, Oct. 25, at approximately 7:20 a.m., Union police responded to Stuyvesant Avenue and Pleasant Parkway […]

MLB player Kevin Herget honored at Kean University with jersey number retirement

MLB player Kevin Herget honored at Kean University with jersey number retirement

UNION, NJ — Kean Athletics recently retired No. 16, the jersey number of Hall of Fame member and MLB pitcher Kevin Herget. He is the first baseball player and the third athlete in Kean history to receive the prestigious honor. The campus community celebrated the 2015 graduate’s remarkable journey from Kean University to the major […]

Union Recreation introduces inclusive soccer program this fall

UNION, NJ — The township of Union Recreation Department has announced the launch of the new “Challenger Soccer Program,” an inclusive soccer program designed to offer children and young adults of all abilities a fun and non-competitive environment to play soccer. This program builds on the success of the popular Challenger Basketball program, offering a […]

Former U.S. senator kicks off impressive lineup of President’s Distinguished Lecture Series speakers

Former U.S. senator kicks off impressive lineup of President’s Distinguished Lecture Series speakers

UNION, NJ — Five renowned speakers will address politics, science, human rights, technology, media and the arts as part of the 2024-2025 Kean University President’s Distinguished Lecture Series, which is open to the public. The series kicks off with former U.S. Sen. Al Franken, an Emmy winner, best-selling author and former “Saturday Night Live” cast […]

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