SUMMIT, NJ — Reeves-Reed Arboretum celebrated its 50th anniversary as a non-profit public arboretum on Saturday, June 8, with its annual ART in the Garden gala. The Reed and Hubbard families and the city of Summit were honored for their efforts back in 1974 in preserving the 13.5 acres as a public garden and environmental […]
UNION COUNTY — There was no stopping Jake Lowry on Sunday, Nov. 12. Summit High School football fans who were there at Upper Tatlock Field saw his explosiveness at its best. Four touchdowns. A game-high 187 yards rushing. When Lowry sprinted for a 52-yard touchdown run in the third quarter for his fourth and final […]
RAHWAY, NJ — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez joined on Monday, May 1, with New Jersey advocates, providers and parents at Helping Hands Learning Academy in Rahway to discuss the devastating impact the House Republican Default on America bill would have on working families and to the child care industry which is already struggling to stay […]
SUMMIT, NJ — The Discovery Orchestra, the Emmy-nominated New Jersey ensemble that has introduced millions around the world to the pleasures of listening to classical music, will release its sixth national television special this spring. “Discover Saint-Saëns’ ‘Organ’ Symphony,” an aural journey through the finale of French composer Camille Saint-Saëns’ tour de force “Symphony No. […]
CRANFORD, NJ — It’s a Mario world and we just live in it. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” theatrically released in the United States on Wednesday, April 5, has been a massive success, already grossing at least $377 million worldwide against a $100 million budget, and Cranford Downtown Management Corp. decided to get in on […]
LINDEN, NJ — Coming off a difficult season that produced just four wins, the Union High School baseball team not only came away with a victory on opening day, but was able to do so against one of the best pitchers in Union County. Although the Farmers only managed one run in five and two-thirds […]
WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield Community Players will present “12 Angry Jurors” — a play that contemplates the huge responsibility of 12 ordinary people as they consider the guilt or innocence of a young man accused of murder. The 12 jurors bring their own histories, prejudices and biases to the jury room as they work through […]
BELLEVILLE / UNION, NJ — A $4.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will fund a Kean University program designed to increase diversity among school psychologists while proactively addressing student mental health in the Belleville School District. The Kean Department of Advanced Psychology, which offers graduate degrees in school and clinical psychology, is […]
UNION, NJ — Former Rutgers University football player Eric LeGrand, a disability rights advocate and fundraiser, will speak at Kean University’s 15th annual human rights conference, One Billion Forgotten: A Discussion on Disability Justice, on Friday, Dec. 2. Also speaking at the conference is Isabel Mavrides-Calderón, a disabled Latina teen and disability rights activist and […]
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — The Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts announced on Wednesday, Oct. 5, that its artistic director, Helen H. Cha-Pyo, is one of 100 individuals chosen to receive an Eastman School of Music Centennial Award. The award is granted to those who exemplify the school’s mission and legacy through their commitment to […]