ELIZABETH, NJ-- Elizabeth Parents and Students Care, (EPSC) a grassroots education justice advocacy group, is taking on what they say is an “unresponsive school board that makes decisions in the best interests of its own members rather than the children whom it is charged with educating.”

The organization will be holding an event tonight to discuss issues they see with public ...

ELIZABETH, NJ – The Gateway Family YMCA and Quality Insights Quality Innovation Network is sponsoring free diabetes classes in Spanish as part of the Everyone with Diabetes Counts (EDC) program.

Quality Insights collaborates with healthcare providers, patients and allied organizations across the network to bring about widespread, significant improvements in the quality of care they ...

ELIZABETH, NJ-The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of Union County will hold two information sessions for all adults 55 and older in Union County.

Opportunities exist throughout the county for volunteers in friendly visiting, community gardens and school-age tutoring and more.

The information sessions will take place at Jewish Family Service of Central NJ, a non-sectarian ...

ELIZABETH, NJ-Union County is the first in New Jersey to take the “Stand Up for the Other” pledge. The pledge calls people to action and to challenge bigotry in all its forms.

Union County Freeholder Chairman Bruce H. Bergen and the Freeholder Board announced that they welcomed Dr. Mohammad Ali Chaudry of the New Jersey Interfaith Coalition to share the "Stand Up for the ...

TRENTON, NJ – New legislation went into effect September 1 that has changed the rules about using infant and child car seats in New Jersey.

The law went into effect September 1 and includes new regulations that require children under the age of two and 30 pounds must be in a rear-facing car seat with a five-point harness.  Older children must remain in a booster seat until they are ...

ELIZABETH, NJ – In an opening ceremony held last evening at Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, a brand new and expanded $18.7 million dollar Emergency Department was unveiled.

The new emergency department was named for Trinitas President and CEO Gary S. Horan to pay tribute to his decades of leadership in the healthcare field. FACHE, (Fellow of the American College ...

ELIZABETH, NJ—Police are searching for the driver of vehicle after a shooting and carjacking earlier this morning in Elizabeth.

The suspect was reportedly driving a beige or light-colored Cadillac SUV, with a reported NJ license plate number X91-GSB. The suspect is wanted for shots fired at the scene that left another man suspected in the carjacking injured in the area of ...

ELIZABETH, NJ-A benefit was held earlier this month to help raise funds for the family of a thirteen year old who was struck by a train in Elizabeth back in May.

Community members attended the event organized by Hispanos Unidos, a non-profit organization that helps people in need in Elizabeth.. It was held to raise funds to help with health care bills, said President of Hispanos ...