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Major Accident Results in Closure of Eastbound Route 24 at Milemarker ...
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Summit F.D.: One Reported Fatality in Route 24 Crash That Involved Tractor ...
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Suspect Arrested for Carjacking of Taxi in Linden
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Rahway's Dr. Patricia Camp Named Union County Superintendent of the Year
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Union County Commissioners Defend One of Their Own in Race For Surrogate
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City of Elizabeth Receives $145k Grant from County for Emergency Response ...
By GREG ELLIOTT, TAPINTO SUMMIT
May 20, 2022SUMMIT, NJ - The City of Summit Police Department (SPD) has notified residents that Eastbound Route 24 is closed "for the next several hours" due to a major accident that involved a tractor trailer and an unknown number of vehicles which occurred just after 2 p.m. at Milemarker 9.
The full SPD Nixle message, sent at 3:23 p.m., states:
"SUMMIT POLICE DEPT: ...
SUMMIT, NJ - One person has died, and another victim was flown by Medevac helicopter to an area trauma center after a mid-afternoon crash on Eastbound Route 24 near Milemarker 9, according to the City of Summit Fire Department (SFD).
The SFD, at approximately 2 p.m. today, responded to a report of a multiple vehicle accident on Route 24 East near Milemarker 9.
LINDEN, NJ - A Flemington man is under arrest following an alleged carjacking that occurred on Route 1 on Monday in Linden, according to Linden Police.
The incident began on Monday, May 16, 2022, when Manuel Martinho, 51, of Flemington and an unidentified accomplice hired a taxi to take them from Elizabeth to the Linden Home Depot, 701 W. Edgar Rd.
Following their arrival in Linden just ...
RAHWAY, NJ — Dr. Patricia Camp, the superintendent of the Rahway Public Schools, has just been named the Union County Superintendent of the Year. The announcement was made on Tuesday evening at the Rahway Board of Education meeting.
Camp told TAPinto Rahway that she initially received the news at her regular roundtable meeting of Union County Superintendents on May 6.
"I was very ...
ELIZABETH, NJ — Union County commissioners defended the qualifications of Vice Commissioner Chair Christopher Hudak in his race for county surrogate after a resident speaking at Thursday’s board meeting demanded Hudak withdraw his candidacy.
Surrogates administer the legal process which takes place after residents of a county die individually owning assets in New Jersey. They also ...
ELIZABETH, NJ - The City of Elizabeth has received $145,000 from the 2022 Union County Infrastructure and Municipal Aid grant program. According to a press release from Union County, the city’s funding will be used for an exterior canopy project on the Emergency Response Facility.
“As one of the largest counties in the state, keeping the vitality and safety of certain ...
SUMMIT, NJ - Two suspects are in custody, arrested for the attempted theft of a motor vehicle in Summit today according to the City of Summit Police Department.
At 4:49 p.m., a resident on Middle Avenue called the Summit Police and reported observing two suspects pulling car door handles on Washington Avenue. The suspects ultimately made entry to a vehicle, but did not take ...
ELIZABETH, NJ - Union County’s mobile shower and laundry service, Fresh Start, will be coming to Elizabeth on Wednesday, April 27.
The service will be available at the Salvation Army, located at 1005 East Jersey Street, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Shower and laundry services will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information, contact the Union County ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ — A lockdown at Union County Vocational - Technical High School Tuesday morning has been lifted, the school said.
In a message to parents, school officials said the students are safe.
“All students are safe and have returned to class schedules. More information will be sent later in the day,” the message said.
A spokesperson for Union County law ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Antonio Manata, a whistleblower who recorded the mayor of Clark Township making racist and sexist remarks, filed a federal lawsuit against the Union County Prosecutor’s Office Thursday claiming the office is retaliating against him for bringing the comments to light.
While serving as a lieutenant in the Clark Police Department, Manata secretly recorded Clark ...