CRANFORD, NJ — It was a special day for Diamondettes Baton and Dance LLC owner/director Nicole Marie Placca on Saturday, June 3, when she received an award from Cranford Mayor Brian Andrews at Diamond Gymnastics Academy in Cranford. “The award recognizes the program for offering baton twirling, which is very rare for the area, and […]
UNION, NJ — Kean University celebrated its graduate commencement on Tuesday, May 16, in a joyful ceremony at New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. A total of 653 students earned advanced degrees from Kean this year. The university also had undergraduate commencement on Thursday, May 18, at Prudential Center in Newark. Photos Courtesy of […]
UNION, NJ — The township of Union hosted its Memorial Day Parade and Encampment on Monday, May 29, with the parade beginning at 10 a.m. at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building on High Street. The parade featured music from the Uptown String Band, floats, show cars, military units and vehicles. The parade also featured […]
UNION, NJ — History came to the township of Union when The Moving Wall Vietnam Veterans Memorial paid a visit from Thursday, May 18, through Monday, May 22. This half-size traveling replica of the actual Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., has been touring the country for more than 30 years. The Moving Wall arrived […]
UNION, NJ — Kean University graduate student Kareem McKenzie played NFL football for 11 years and won two Super Bowls with the New York Giants, but he says a more challenging career is ahead of him as a licensed professional counselor. The former offensive tackle, who has worked with teens struggling with substance use, will […]
UNION, NJ — Four Kean University students who presented at Research Days last month share more than their identity as young women scientists. The four, who are all undergraduates studying at Kean on their way to becoming doctors, are two sets of twin sisters. Dhairavi and Dhaara Shah, and Esther and Estella Blankson, agree that, […]
UNION, NJ — Author and investigative reporter Jodi Kantor, of The New York Times, and critically acclaimed actress and Kean alumna Holly Taylor, Class of ’21, will be the featured speakers at Kean University’s graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies in May. Kantor, whose pioneering reporting with colleague Megan Twohey on the Harvey Weinstein Hollywood sexual […]
UNION, NJ — Shoppers got a wake-up call on the morning of Saturday, May 6, when a driver decided to make a new drive-through lane — through the front windows of a store in the Union Plaza Shopping Center. “I was waiting in line at ShopRite and I saw this gray late-model Lexus whipping through […]
UNION, NJ — Students and alumni of Kean’s Department of English Studies have had short stories, poetry and other creative works published, and at least one is close to seeing her novel in print. “To be able to say I’m a published writer means so much to me and my career,” said Rabia Ashraf, Class […]
UNION, NJ — Kean University students spent spring break traveling across the globe as part of six international Travelearn excursions, including a trip to Costa Rica to launch Kean’s new Give Back Abroad internship initiative. Kean students built gardens and taught children English in Costa Rica; volunteered at a shelter for refugees on the U.S.-Mexico […]