UNION, NJ — The Union Township Chamber of Commerce and the mayor’s office will stage a 5K race Sunday, Sept. 24 to raise funds for a local family who is struggling to pay medical bills. A portion of the funds will go to Christina and Michael Lacerda, of Union, who have been married since 2005. Last […]
CRANFORD, NJ — They occupied the walkway with lawn chairs and blankets, wearing jackets, coats and backpacks. They weren’t parents lining up for Black Friday sales, or teenagers hoping to get ticket to a concert. Instead they were seniors, staked outside the Edward K. Gill Apartment Building on Meeker Avenue in Cranford with hopes of obtaining […]
KENILWORTH, NJ — For children dealing with the trauma of abuse, the reality of “back-to-school” can be daunting. In order to help lessen anxiety, Girl Scout Troop 42867 of Kenilworth used their July service effort to equip victims of child abuse with school supplies. Over 25 backpacks loaded with pencils, pencil cases, folders, binders, notebooks and […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — With images of Hurricane Irma striking Florida dominating news coverage only two weeks after similar pictures from Hurricane Harvey’s devastation in Texas, local memories are being refreshed of Irene and Sandy — and the damage it wreaked. While local officials are pushing for action along the Rahway River and its tributaries, Union, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The devastation from Superstorm Sandy was still fresh in the minds of volunteers at Kean University as they packed donations for disaster relief in the wake of hurricanes Harvey and Irma. “We all lived through Sandy, so we know how difficult it was,” Norma Bowe, a Kean professor who heads the Be […]
UNION, NJ — Time has helped one family cope with the passing of Adianes Cortes-Oyola, who grew up in Union Township and died in the South Tower on Sept. 11, 16 years ago. “There’ll be tears of course, but it’s gotten easier with time,” said Yasmine Leon, who held a framed photograph of her stepsister while […]
CRANFORD, NJ — On Oct. 22 at 4 p.m. people of all ages will cheer and yell along the banks of the Rahway River at the Hanson Park Conservancy’s 7th annual Rubber Ducky Race as 1,200 ducks will bump and race past each other through Sperry Park, over the falls at Hansel’s Dam to ultimately reach […]
UNION, NJ — A Kenilworth resident who is suing Union, claims that an outdoor shooting range used by the police department is causing noise pollution, possible lead contamination and upsetting the animals at a nearby shelter. Michael Klein filed suit in state Superior Court in June regarding the shooting range at 990 Jefferson Ave., which […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — For six years, three rotating veterinarians, one vet technician and one driver from the Associated Humane Societies have provided medical care to animals in Union County and beyond from a van, a service to pet owners who don’t have the money to pay a regular veterinarian or go to an animal hospital. […]
UNION, NJ — Union residents knocked down the township’s plans to utilize parts of Kennedy Reservation for a recreation area six months ago, and now designs for a county park there are also receiving heat. Union spokeswoman Natalie Pineiro said the township pulled its Green Acres funding application after receiving pushback from residents on the Green […]