Union News
By DAVID BRIGHOUSE
July 17, 2024
CLARK, NJ — On Tuesday, July 16, around 8 p.m., Clark Police officers responded to an accident on Madison Hill Road involving an automobile and a motorcycle. The driver of the motorcycle was later identified as 32-year-old Rahway resident Justin Almenas. Almenas suffered serious injuries as a ...
TAMPA, FL - David Goncalves, of Union, earned dean's list honors at The University of Tampa for the Spring 2024 semester. Goncalves was a Senior majoring in Allied Health BS. Students must maintain a GPA of 3.75 or higher to be eligible for the dean's list. The University of Tampa is a ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - New Jersey’s senior U.S. Senator, Bob Menendez, was convicted in a federal bribery case on Tuesday. Menendez was found guilty of 16 bribery, fraud and extortion charges that prosecutors say reflect his actions to sell his office to foreign nationals and local businessmen in ...
EDISON, NJ - An Edison man has bequeathed his entire estate to the Cape May County Zoo, totaling a $1.4 million donation, according to the Cape May County Board of County Commissioners. Charles Muller, a long-time supporter of the zoo, donated the total of his assets after he died in 2022 at the ...
UNION, NJ — A combination of high heat and humidity could mean heat index values of up to 104 during the next two days, the National Weather Service said Tuesday. “Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses,” the weather service said. A heat advisory remains in effect in Union ...
UNION, NJ – Tahesha Way, New Jersey’s Lt. Governor and Secretary of State, visited Franklin Elementary School, one of Union’s polling locations, on Tuesday as voters select from among 11 candidates in the 10th Congressional District special primary election to fill the vacancy left by Donald Payne ...
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ -- Seton Hall University announced the Spring 2024 Dean's list for their outstanding academic achievements. After the close of every semester, undergraduate students completing all courses with a GPA of 3.4, with no grades lower than "C", qualify for the Dean's List. The following ...
UNION, NJ - Union’s Democratic voters have an opportunity on Tuesday to choose from 11 candidates in a special primary election to fill the vacancy left by Donald Payne Jr., who died in April. The 10th Congressional District encompasses Union, Cranford, Garwood, Hillside, Kenilworth, Roselle, ...
UNION, NJ - Did you know the Union Public Library offers Museum Passes for free admission to a long list of museums in the tri-state area? Borrowing a Pass is free, but you must be a Union Public Library cardholder over 18 years old in good standing. Your library card must be presented when the ...
UNION, NJ - A home on Robinson Terrace in Union was struck by lightning on Sunday afternoon during an intense summer storm which began just after 2:00. Union firefighters responded to the home on Robinson Terrace and discovered that a lightning strike had blown the chimney off the house and ...
UNION, NJ - At the end of a successful week at Union's Junior Police Academy, 48 recruits officially graduated from the program at a ceremony at Hannah Caldwell School on Friday. The students marched into the school's auditorium, led by a bagpiper and grouped into one of five teams distinguished ...
WASHINGTON, DC - Beginning on July 14, the First-Class Forever stamp will increase in price from 68 cents to 73 cents; a roll of 100 stamps will cost $73. This marks the second hike in stamp costs in 2024. The USPS raised stamp prices from 66 to 68 cents in January. Other price changes ...
UNION, NJ — Union’s Stop & Shop has made the cut: When the company released its list of 32 “underperforming” stores that it plans to close by the end of the year on Friday, the supermarket on Stuyvesant Avenue was not on it. Stop & Shop characterized the closings as its “next steps in ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Following a 2-car accident, a car was pushed into the garage of a two-family home on East Second Street at its intersection with Leland Avenue in Plainfield at around 9:30 on Friday morning. There are no reported injuries. Union's Battalion 2, Squad 2, Ladder 2 and the Special ...
ROSELLE, NJ — This borough's suspended Police Chief Stacey L. Williams has been fired from that $210,800 post, 10 months after being relieved of duty, accused of making “homophobic” comments to his officers. Attorney Patrick P. Toscano Jr., from Caldwell, who represents Williams, has already ...
NEW JERSEY — New Jersey dropped six spots in CNBC’s “America’s Top States for Business in 2024” list, from No. 19 in 2023 to No. 25 this year. The Garden State’s overall ranking placed it below neighboring states New York (No. 22) and Pennsylvania (No. 17) on the list. New Jersey outranked ...
SCRANTON, PA -- Two Union residents were among more than 1,650 students were named to The University of Scranton's Dean's List for the 2024 spring semester. The Dean's List recognizes students for academic excellence. A student must have a grade point average of 3.5 or better with a minimum number ...
UNION, NJ - It's summer and events, activities, and township happenings all around the state slow down a bit. But, there's still plenty on the calendar in and around Union from mid-July through August: July: Thursday, July 18 beginning at 7:30 - 80's Revolution: The Band, the Music, the ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ -- Carol Bongiovi, the mother of rock star Jon Bon Jovi and a former Sayreville resident, has died at age 83 on Tuesday, July 9, just three days short of her 84th birthday, at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, according to PEOPLE magazine. A native of Erie, PA, Carol ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The office of the acting state comptroller is urging Gov. Phil Murphy to withhold state funds from the county based on its refusal to comply with a corrective action plan for their payment of stipends to top officials without a required public process. Counsel representing ...
NEW JERSEY — Dengue, a virus spread to people through mosquito bites, has infected at least 47 people in New Jersey this year, according to the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said, as of Thursday, there have been at least 2,559 cases ...
UNION, NJ - The township and the Union Police Department are gearing up for its annual National Night Out Against Crime event at police headquarters set for Tuesday, August 6. The event, at Police Headquarters, 981 Caldwell Avenue, will include games, the ever-popular dunk-a-cop tank, a bouncy ...
TRENTON – A Union native has been named Governor Phil Murphy’s new Chief of Staff, replacing Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti. Tim Hillmann, currently serving as the Governor’s Principal Deputy Chief of Staff, will assume the role of Chief of Staff later this summer. Hillmann is a graduate of Union ...
You can double the benefit of every gardening task while keeping your garden looking its best. You’ll reduce your workload, help your landscape flourish, and have more time to enjoy its beauty. Don’t spend time and energy bagging and hauling landscape trimmings to the recycling center. Put it to ...
UNION, NJ – Save the date. The Union Township Education Association (UTEA) is hosting the Nick Nugent Memorial Golf Outing to support the Union High School Senior Scholarship Fund on August 21. Nick Nugent taught for the Union Board of Education at Union High School and Washington Grammar ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The typical Rutgers undergraduate student will face a 4% tuition increase for the 2024-25 academic year, and mandatory student fees will also rise by 4%. Additionally, housing room rates and residents’ education fees will go up 6% and dining plan rates will increase by 8% for ...
UNION, NJ - Want to learn about new and interesting trends in the world of spices? The Union Public Library will present "Kalustyan - World of Spices" with VP of Sales Kerri Goad who will provide information on spices, ways to use them, as well as Kalustyan's commitment to the community and ...
UNION, NJ – The first time Jamauri Bogan caught Kaylah Howard’s attention was in fifth grade at Jefferson School in Vauxhall. He had a crush on her and teased her, trying to be cool in front of his friends, according to their wedding announcement in the New York Times Sunday Style ‘Vows’ ...
UNION, NJ — More hot weather is headed our way this week. Union is under a heat advisory from Monday, July 8 at noon until Tuesday, July 9, at 8 p.m., the National Weather Service said. Heat index values of 95 to 100 are expected on Monday, and around 100 on Tuesday, the weather service ...
LONG BEACH ISLAND - Save LBI produced the following press release in regards to the approval of the Atlantic Shores South project. The release was submitted as follows: Save Long Beach Island, the coalition of citizens dedicated to protecting our oceans and New Jersey Shore communities, on July ...