Here is a look at this year’s returning Union County Tournament wrestling champions and the event’s only seven 4-time winners. The 42nd annual wrestling Union County Tournament is scheduled to take place this Saturday – Jan. 14 – at Union High School’s Louis J. Rettino Gymnasium. Competition will go from – roughly – 9 a.m. […]
Some in Roselle government seek to avoid action, which might disclose ‘unflattering’ information
ROSELLE, NJ — It may be the best job in Union County. A borough of Roselle clerk, put on administrative leave more than four years ago, has been paid a hefty annual salary for not working ever since. Rhona Bluestein, who began working for the borough in 2005, was suspended from her position on May 8, […]
Cougars wrap regular season at Delaware Valley Nov. 4
HILLSIDE – When Erik Rosenmeier took over as the Cranford head coach in 2005 – his first head coaching stint – he inherited a program that had just qualified for the state playoffs three years in a row. Those were only the second, third and fourth seasons that Cranford did qualify, with 1984 Cranford graduate […]
Dayton, because of a lack of healthy players, had to forfeit its second straight game
There are nine football games involving Union County teams this weekend, with five on Friday, Oct. 28 and four more on Saturday, Oct. 29. Teams that are off this weekend include Roselle Park (2-5), Roselle (7-0) and Westfield (7-0). This weekend and next weekend are the final regular season weekends before the state playoffs commence […]
Cougars last won event in 1989
Congratulations to the Cranford gymnastics team for capturing this past Friday’s (Oct. 21) Union County meet for the first time since 1989 and preventing defending champion and host Westfield from winning the championship for the 11th consecutive year. The last school other than Westfield to win the championship was Union in 2005. Westfield won every […]
Head coach Dominic Cuniglio: "I can't comment. The only person that can is Superintendent of Schools Michael Davino."
The Dayton football team forfeited its scheduled Saturday, Oct. 22 game at Roselle, it’s been reported. Although Dayton has not issued the reason why yet, the guess here is that it’s probably a safety issue. Group 1 Dayton is 1-5 and coming off a 47-0 home loss to Hillside last week. The Bulldogs were scheduled […]
The big football game in Union County this weekend is Saturday’s (Oct. 8) undefeated matchup featuring Union (3-0) at Westfield (4-0) at Westfield’s Gary Kehler Stadium. However, there are several intriguing matchups Friday night (Oct. 7), including a battle of 4-0 teams in Rahway. In Rahway’s first-ever game at its new turf field at Rahway […]
Westfield, which last won the championship outright 15 years ago, is the top seed for the 36th annual girls’ soccer Union County Tournament. The last three times the Blue Devils were crowned champs they shared the title with Scotch Plains in 2012 and 2006 and with Oak Knoll in 2002. Westfield has won the most […]
There are several entertaining and exciting Union County football matchups this weekend. On Friday, Sept. 23 Herm Shaw Field we have 2-0 Belvidere at 2-0 Roselle Park. Both teams have begun with two shutouts, Belvidere both at home and Roselle Park both on the road. On Satuday, Sept. 24 at Arminio Field we have 2-0 […]
Union, NJ — The Caldwell Parsonage has a long — and haunted — past. Located on Caldwell Avenue in Union, it is an important and indelible part of Union’s fascinating history and, according to some, the players in the drama — although gone for hundreds of years — continue to live on at the historic […]