UNION, NJ — The popular University Diner, which has served as a local landmark for the past several decades on North Ave in Union, closed for good last month. The diner’s current owners, Union resident Maurice Quijano and his father — who bought the property, together, in December of 2014 — are looking to sell […]
UNION, NJ — On the Sunday before Christmas each year, like clockwork, Sam Casternovia gathers his friends and family into a warehouse, where they package up to 120 holiday dinners for local families in need of a festive boost. It’s a tradition Casternovia started when he saw the need to “give back” while living in […]
UNION —Members of the Union Police Department responded to Chase Bank at 1224 Stuyvesant Ave. at 3:03 p.m. yesterday on a report of a bank robbery. Officers on scene determined the bank had been held up by one man, who presented a threatening note. The teller gave the man some money and he fled the bank […]
UNION — The Union Police Department is currently asking the public for help to locate a missing person. The woman, Carol Saunders-Corbin, is a resident of The Pointe Condos located on Rt. 22 on the eastbound side. She is a 57-year-old woman who went out for walk about 9:30, but did not return to her […]
Christmas light display in Union is 20 years in the making
UNION, NJ — Ask him about any one of the hundreds of Christmas decorations carefully placed on his lawn, located on Braun Terrace in Union, and Royce Duran has a story for how it got there. Duran and his wife, Naomi, bought that reindeer more than 20 years ago, he says, back when they lived […]
Union Police Department officers dress as costumed characters for local youths
UNION, NJ — Ana Solano of Union wanted her son, 13-year-old Allen, to take a picture with Santa Claus for the first time this Christmas. A month after visiting Allen decked out in their superhero costumes, Sgt. Michael Boll and more than a dozen other members of the Union Police Department made the Santa Claus […]
CRANFORD — A weekend of celebrations began on Dec. 5 for Margaret Steiner, a fourteen year resident at Atria Senior Living in Cranford as this Harley Davidson motorcycle riding great-grandmother celebrated her 100th birthday with friends and family. Four generations of family gathered in the Atria’s Country Kitchen including her son Ralph, daughter Judy, their spouses, […]
UNION — On Friday, Nov. 20, The Rotary Club of Union hosted its Annual Automobilia Night at a Rotarian’s a private museum in Hillside to benefit a 15-year-old boy from Union with Cerebral Palsy. Rotarian Herb Singe has graciously donated his museum for Union Rotary’s 5th annual event which benefits local residents in need of financial assistance. Guests […]
UNION, NJ — Before the students at Union’s Franklin Elementary School begin to stream toward their usual lunch hangouts at 11:30 a.m., a handful of industrious fourth-graders set up shop in the kitchen and cafeteria space. They pour lemonade into dozens of cups, man the cash box and prepare for a wave of students who will […]
UNION, NJ — Just before the doors at Unity Bank on Stuyvesant Avenue open on Saturday, Dec. 5, and Sunday, Dec. 6, for the afternoon performances of “It’s a Wonderful Life,” a Theatre Project production reminiscent of 1940’s radio shows, people will be encouraged to gather for a holiday sing-along and kindle a sense of holiday […]