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 […]
Justin Novoa, boys soccer, senior “Justin Novoa is a three-year varsity player that has shown exceptional leadership ability with his teammates both on and off the field. He leads by his work rate and by being a supportive teammate. He will continue to be a key part of our back line this year. Justin currently […]
UNION, NJ — A customer who apparently mistook a would-be shoplifter for a potential gunman set off an emergency evacuation of the Walmart store on U.S. Route 22 in Union, police said. No one was injured in the Aug. 15 incident that had Walmart employees waiting in the parking lot for more than an hour […]
UNION, NJ — At one end of the parking lot, children lined up for the bouncy castle while not far away, people of all ages lined up to sink a cop in the dunk tank. A disc jockey played music for the crowd while Xani the Magic Clown performed tricks, a face painter named Jypsie […]
UNION, NJ — Officials have arrested a Morris County man in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a 12-year-old boy in Union more than two weeks ago, Union police and the Union County Prosecutor’s Office said in a joint statement Aug. 2. Jose V. Marrero, 37, of the Lake Hiawatha section of Parsippany-Troy Hills, surrendered […]
UNION, NJ — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services District Director Tamika Gray had a simple message for 29 Union County residents who took the oath of allegiance to become American citizens: “Welcome home.” With Kean University’s Liberty Hall Museum as a backdrop, the new citizens, originally from 19 different countries, gathered Tuesday, June 18, with […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Officials have launched a new program — Helping Hands 365 — that features a 24/7 hotline connecting addicts with peers who have achieved sobriety in an effort to reduce opioid-related overdoses in the county. More than 130 county residents died of such overdoses in 2018. Prevention Links, a local nonprofit organization […]
UNION, NJ — Battle Hill Elementary School Principal Mark Hoyt will become the interim principal at Union High School starting Aug. 1, Union Superintendent Gregory Tatum announced at the Union Board of Education’s July 16 meeting. Hoyt has been principal at Battle Hill since August 2015. Previously, he was the principal at Washington Elementary School. […]
By Daniel Jackovino / Staff Writer UNION, NJ — “The Wake,” the 2019 Premiere Stages Play Festival winner, by Tammy Ryan, is currently at the Bauer Boucher Theatre Center at Kean University through Sunday, July 28. Directed by Glen Ridge resident John Wooten, the play is about two estranged sisters reuniting in a rented Florida […]
UNION, NJ — Police are searching for the driver of a white or silver van that struck and killed a 12-year-old Union boy on Galloping Hill Road at about 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17, authorities said. Jeremy Maraj died July 19, about 36 hours after being hit in the area of Forest Drive, according […]