Clark and County Officials 'Help Bag Hunger' During National Hunger Awareness Month

Sometimes, the best plans are the ones you never see coming.

Frank Bruno, owner of Vine Ripe Markets in Westfield, never thought his passion for food would lead him to owning a grocery store.

“To be honest, I only had visions of making it in the insurance industry,” said Bruno, a 2005 graduate of the School of Business at Villanova. Those plans changed in late 2008 when market uncertainty ...

METUCHEN, NJ-  After a sloppy first half which featured a lost fumble on the opening possession and zero points for almost the entire first 24 minutes, the Arthur L. Johnson High School Crusaders varsity football team continued to hang tough with the Metuchen High School Bulldogs, but still found themselves in a 7-0 deficit with 3:20 left in the second quarter.

Johnson responded quickly, with ...

CLARK,NJ - Friday night lights have illuminated the field, fans and Crusader football players the first few weeks of the new school year.  For those looking to get in on the action, it might be time to throw on the Crusader apparel and head to the next Arthur L. Johnson Crusader football game.

The ALJ Crusaders have an away game against Metuchen High School this Saturday at 1 p.m.

Here is a ...

CLARK, NJ - The Clark Public School District's Parent University will be presenting Not Even Once on Monday, October 29, at 7 p.m. in the Arthur L. Johnson auditorium.

The presentation, given by Detective Brian Soos includes an interview with the parent of a former Clark resident that died from an overdose.  The evening's program is designed to raise awareness about opioid use among youth and ...

WESTFIELD, NJ – Some residents’ frosty response to plans for an ice rink to be placed in an 8.3-acre municipal park on the Garwood border for a trial time isn’t stopping officials from moving ahead with the design.

Gathered in the rain at Gumbert Park, where the rink is to be built, about 50 residents on Wednesday grilled local officials on the plans to have Union Sports Arena lease the ...

CLARK, NJ - Members of the Crusader Fall Athletics recently joined guest speaker Gian Paul Gonzalez for a presentation entitled “All In”.

Gonzalez, a high school teacher in Union City, New Jersey was asked to lead a chapel service for members of the New York Giants team the night before the team’s Christmas Eve 2011 game against the New York Jets. There was little hope then that the team ...

CLARK, NJ - A string of burglaries to unlocked cars on the west side of town prompted Clark Police Chief  Pedro Matos to  issue a warning at a recent town council meeting.   “There was no forced entry in any of the vehicles,” said Matos. 

He reported approximately ten cars were involved in the recent incident. Matos said the police had already identified the suspect.   He said nothing was ...

CLARK, NJ-  Three days after winning their first game of the season, the Arthur L. Johnson High School Crusaders girls varsity soccer team took to the field in their home opener against the New Providence High School Pioneers.

In the task of pursuing a victory, the Crusaders cashed in for an early goal from senior Cecilia Puentes and an insurance goal from senior Natalya Torres late in the ...

CLARK, NJ – On Tuesday morning, a large crowd of government officials, police, firemen, emergency service workers and residents joined in the Township of Clark’s annual 911 Memorial ceremony at the James A. Nelson Memorial Park on Broadway.

They came to remember Clark resident James A. Nelson and the thousands of others who died in the events of Sept. 11, 2001.

The ceremony opened with the ...

CRANFORD - The Cranford Police Department Facebook page announced that after a two-week investigation, Matthew Rodriguez, 18 years of age from Clark, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after police witnessed him placing a large rock, in the middle of Raritan Road, in the early morning hours of September 2, 2018.

Leading up to the investigation, the Cranford Police Department had ...