ROSELLE PARK, NJ — When his dad, a Westfield police detective who died last month, couldn’t be at young Eric Lieberman’s eighth grade graduation from Roselle Park Middle School, 16 members of the Westfield Police Department instead walked across the stage to give him a hug Tuesday night.

“What a beautiful tribute to both my son and his father,” said his ...

PARAMUS, NJ -- Over a dozen retailers at the Westfield Garden State Plaza have pledged to donate commission from sales June 20 to the support the victims of the fatal East Brook Middle School bus accident last month. 

12 stores located in the biggest mall in Paramus have pledged to donate 10% of sales made tomorrow. to the cause. These retailers are: 16 Handles, Bags ...

NUTLEY, NJ - Special Young Adults Director Anne Rotonda will be awarded the 2017 Department of Public Affairs Women’s Advocacy Award for her work with SYA in a special ceremony on June 30. The award is given by Commissioner Steven Rogers and the Department of Public Affairs.

Rotonda was named the recipient of award in early 2017, but due to serious health ...

NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ — Maggie Heteji Grabko, a mom of two who worked this year at Westfield’s Lincoln School as a special education preschool teacher, underwent a successful liver transplant on June 13, according to an update on the family’s GoFundMe page by her husband, Shawn Grabko.

The couple lives in North Plainfield with their two children, 12-year-old Ella and ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - After 48 years of leading the charge for change in New Brunswick, Dr. C. Roy Epps can still be found quietly working on weekends in The Civic League of Greater New Brunswick offices.

The tireless commitment of the 77-year-old President and CEO of this non-profit has helped provide residents access to a variety of health, housing and education services over the ...

NUTLEY NJ -There's just one week until Nutley Family Service Bureau's (NFSB) 'Rock Hunger II' at the Old Canal Inn Friday June 22. The original Rock Hunger, in 2017, was such a success that Nutley Family Service Bureau requested an encore.

Headline band The Attic, with special guests Madison Gerish & Daniel Skinner, The Almost Original Swampgrass Jug Band, ...

Bloomfield, NJ - Rain didn't stop the first ever national Myastenia Gravis (MG) Walk in New Jersey at Brookdale Park in Bloomfield.  

MG is a rare autoimmune neuromuscular disorder that causes severe muscle weakness and can impact a person's ability to see, smile, walk, talk and breathe. In MG, the body's immune system attacks the connection between ...

BELLEVILLE, NJ - A changing of the guard took place at The Rotary Club of Nutley’s annual Installation Dinner Monday, June 11, at Nanina’s in the Park in Belleville, as Rosemary Costa took the helm as president for 2018-2019.Costa succeeds Tom McCrohan as president, as the organization also welcomed several new directors and members into the fold during the elegant ...

NUTLEY NJ -Tickets are going fast for Nutley Family Service Bureau's (NFSB) 'Rock Hunger II' at the Old Canal Inn Friday June 22. The original Rock Hunger, in 2017, was such a success that Nutley Family Service Bureau demanded an encore.

Headline band The Attic, with special guests Madison Gerish & Daniel Skinner, The Almost Original Swampgrass Jug Band, and ...

TRENTON, NJ - Nutley's 'Community Pillar' Walt Smith was officially recognized as such when he was presented with the 2018 New Jersey Governor's Jefferson Award at the War Memorial in Trenton earlier this month. The award recognizes civic engagement of volunteers in the Garden State.  

The awards bill themselves as 'ordinary people doing ...