UNION, NJ – Union police are warning residents about a scam involving a woman asking passersby for cash.

Officers from Union's Street Crimes Unit found a woman on Monday walking in and out of traffic on Vauxhall Road at Hilton Avenue, near the Rt. 78 west exit, with a handwritten sign that read, “I have 1 baby - please in the name of God help me to buy baby stuff and ...

The Seton Hall Pirates No. 10 take on the Wofford Terriers No. 7 tonight in the first round of the March Madness Tournament.

Game time begins at 9:40 p.m. on CBS. The teams will face each other at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., in the Midwest Division.

There are three things to know about tonight’s game, the Seton Hall Pirates report.

One: The Terriers have ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Declan Lynch of Columbia High School has been honored as a first-team selection on the All-Super Essex Conference 2019 Swim Team.

Lynch received recognition as the top swimmer in the county in the 500-meter freestyle event.

The All-SEC girls' swim selections included second-team honors for Columbia's Katharina Dowlin in the 100-meter freestyle and ...

TRENTON, NJ - New Jersey Department of Health officials have warned that passengers that traveled through Newark Airport between March 4 at 9 p.m. and March 5 at 9:30 a.m. may have been exposed to measles and could develop symptoms as late as March 26.

According to the health alert issued on Monday, the carrier of the highly contagious disease arrived in Terminal C at Newark Liberty ...

Trenton, NJ – Legislation authorizing school bus drivers to administer epinephrine in emergency situations, passed the New Jersey Senate earlier this week.  The bill, S-1960, was sponsored by Senator Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr. (D-Middlesex).

“We allow parents at home and nurses at school to administer an EpiPen, but state law doesn’t address what happens if the student ...

With terrific support from various members of the CHS community, and borrowed equipment from some other towns, it all came together to host 48 teams in the competition, three of which were our own CHS teams. Following the Singing of The Star-Spangled Banner by CHS’s Unaccompanied Minors, and few words of welcome from Dr. Morgan, Principal of CHS, Mayor Victor DeLuca, Deputy Mayor Frank ...

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ - Registration for the South Orange Summer Playground Program begins at 9 a.m. on March 16, at at the Baird Community Center, according to an update on the South Orange website.

The Playground Program is a half-day, 7 week program, open to South Orange children from age 4 (as of Oct. 1) through 8th grade. Children meet daily in and around Meadowland Park, "enjoying ...

Artwork by students from schools in Maplewood and South Orange is on display at the Livingston Mall until Friday.

Marshall Elementary Art Teacher Jessica Fong had 18 students in the exhibition: Cormac Anderson-Hart, Liesel Loikits, Eva Maloney, Elliott Peterson, Esme Levy, Hadley Anania, Felix Stone, Shay Drucker, Ian DiCanio, Nayeli Lenochan, Gavin Pearce, Maxwell Fong, Cassandra ...

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — Essex County Turtle Back Zoo African Adventure, opened at the West Orange-based zoo in May 2016, recently earned an Excellence in Design award at the annual New Jersey Recreation and Parks Association (NJRPA) convention held in Atlantic City. Elsewhere in Essex County, the playground at Grover Cleveland Park in Caldwell/Essex Fells also received an Award ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ - St. James Gate has a FULL, FUN Packed day planned for celebrating St. Patrick’s Day.

The festivities start at 8am and finish late into the evening! First up from 8am until 12 Noon, everyone is invited to St. James Gate Publick House for a traditional Irish Breakfast, along with Pipers, Irish Coffee and Irish Trinkets. Then from 12 Noon until 6pm, all are invited ...

The Grand Opening Party of Euphoria Hair & Beauty Bar on Sunday afternoon, March 10, was highlighted with the traditional Red Ribbon being cut by Mayor Vic DeLuca with an assist from Yonkez Boone, a partner in the salon. Also gathered behind the ribbon were Deputy Mayor Frank McGehee, Julie Doran, Executive Director of the Springfield Avenue Partnership, Diana Galer, President of the ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ – It was a busy day at the NJ Transit General Office Building in Maplewood on Tuesday.

Workers in the agency’s Emergency Operations Center were monitoring information in real-time, including everything from the agency’s bus terminals to its rail stations when Gov. Phil Murphy toured the facility.

Murphy then spoke during a press conference about ...

The local non-partisan municipal election in South Orange is just under two months away.

Who's on the ballot?

Village Municipal Clerk Kevin Harris administered a drawing on Friday that determined the candidates' name placement on the ballot. The drawing was done to give the candidates an equal and fair chance of getting their names placed on the top line of the ballot.

SOUTH ORANGE AND MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Girls on the Run (GOTR) of New Jersey East is currently seeking volunteers to empower girls through running for the spring 2019 season at various chapters, including Maplewood, South Orange, Livingston, West Orange, Fairfield and other locations throughout the area.

GOTR is a physical activity-based, positive youth ...

Keep your flower vases filled all summer long with beautiful blossoms picked right from your own garden and containers. Growing seeds, plants and tender bulbs that can double as cut flowers makes it easy to create casual, fresh-cut bouquets for your dinner table, guest room or to share with family and friends.

For early spring flowers, look to spring-blooming bulbs like tulips and daffodils, ...

Keep your flower vases filled all summer long with beautiful blossoms picked right from your own garden and containers. Growing seeds, plants and tender bulbs that can double as cut flowers makes it easy to create casual, fresh-cut bouquets for your dinner table, guest room or to share with family and friends.

For early spring flowers, look to spring-blooming bulbs like tulips and daffodils, ...

UNION, NJ –Two restaurants, Chipotle Mexican Grill and Panera Bread, have signed leases at Vermella Union, the mixed-use development under construction on Morris Avenue, across from Kean University.

According to Russo Development, the restaurants make up a portion of the 35,000-square foot retail center scheduled to open in July 2019 to coincide with the first phase availability of 415 ...

MAPLEWOOD, NJ – They stood on the corner of Maplewood Avenue and Baker Street with candles on Monday night.

Their message was to stop hate.

About 50 people came out that evening for a vigil to honor those who were killed in the New Zealand massacre last Friday. Religious leaders, members of the governing bodies in Maplewood and South Orange, and New Jersey politicians ...