CRANFORD, NJ — Mark Baron was spending a quiet Sunday afternoon dutifully whipping up a batch of chicken enchiladas. His kitchen is about 120 miles — and a world away — from where he’d been the previous night. Baron shared the stage with music royalty on a recent Saturday night as he played a gig with […]
UNION, NJ — While many high school students have their sights set on graduation and college, one senior is aiming for an additional goal: the 2020 Summer Olympics. Kai Legband is working toward swimming for Bermuda in Tokyo in two years — and he may have a shot. In April, the Union High School senior […]
UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE FINAL BASEBALL STANDINGS FOR 2018 SEASON WATCHUNG DIVISION (6 schools): 1-Gov. Livingston (6-3-1) – repeat outright champions 2-Scotch Plains (6-4) 3-Westfield (5-4) 4-Cranford (4-5-1) 5-Union (4-6) 6-Elizabeth (3-6) Not played: Elizabeth at Westfield MOUNTAIN DIVISION (5 schools): 1-New Providence (7-1) – outright champions 2-Johnson (6-2) 3-Summit (5-3) 4-Union Catholic (2-6) 5-Linden (0-8) […]
Now seeking program's 2nd state crown
The Roselle Park softball team not only scored in a group semifinal game for the first time in more than a decade, but the Panthers captured one for the first time in 15 years. Roselle Park – the 3-peat North 2, Group 1 champion – defeated repeat North 1, Group 1 champ Cedar Grove 2-1 […]
ROSELLE, NJ — The local school board approved a measure at its Feb. 26 meeting to have its counsel contact the state to investigate its central office. School board member Archange Antoine motioned for a vote to ask the state Office of Fiscal Accountability and Compliance to investigate the district’s central office. The move comes […]
JOHNSON SENIOR BOYS’ BASKETBALL PLAYER GEORGE VISCONTI (No. 14) 1,983 career points with 3 regular season games and at least one more county tournament game and one state tournament game to go. Johnson’s next game is at Delaware Valley Monday, Feb. 12 at 5:30 p.m. JOHNSON BOYS’ BASKETBALL 2017-2018: (13-6 overall, 9-1 won share of […]
UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE BOYS’ BASKETBALL STANDINGS AS OF MONDAY, FEB. 5 WATCHUNG DIVISION (5 schools): 1-Roselle Catholic (6-0) 2-Patrick School (3-2) Linden (3-2) 4-Plainfield (1-5) Elizabeth (1-5) MOUNTAIN DIVISION (4 schools): 1-St. Mary’s, Elizabeth (5-0) 2-Union (3-2) 3-Union Catholic (2-2) 4-Westfield (0-6) VALLEY DIVISION (7 schools): 1-Rahway (10-0) 2-Scotch Plains (8-1) 3-Summit (6-3) 4-Roselle (4-6) […]
Here are the dates for the boys’ and girls’ basketball Union County Tournaments. The boys’, which is the oldest in the state, goes back to 1937, with this year being the 82nd annual edition. The girls’ began in 1976, with this being tournament No. 43. Here are the dates: SEEDING (for both): Wednesday, Feb. 7 […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Three new probationary police officers were welcomed and a detective was promoted to sergeant in the police department at the Dec. 19 Cranford Township Committee meeting, continuing a revamp of the department, which hired its 11th police chief in October. “It is a great day for the Cranford Police Department,” Chief Ryan Greco […]
The Roselle Catholic girls’ basketball team began January perfect at 4-0 after winning its own holiday tournament. The Lions defeated West Orange 46-40 in last week’s championship game two days after beating Matawan 66-39. All-Tournament Team selection Victoria Jacobs scored a team-high 15 points, including seven in the fourth quarter, to help lead the Lions […]