Union News
By WILL DIGRANDE
May 18, 2024
UNION, NJ - Residents gathered at the Union Senior Center on Thursday to enjoy a special tribute luncheon for lifelong community member Sally Straus, affectionately known as "Union's Greatest Cheerleader". Hosted by former Mayor Anthony Russo, the Italian lunch was attended by local dignitaries, ...
UNION, NJ -- Lou Grasso announced his resignation as the head football coach at Union High School this week. Grasso has accepted the position of athletic director at Colonia High School in Middlesex County, where he will succeed longtime Colonia A.D. Ben LaSala, who is retiring in ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ: Congratulations to the winner of Woolley Home Solutions’ 100th Anniversary Ugly Boiler Contest, Rodney & Brenda Bernard from Union! The team at Woolley is thrilled that the Bernards will be putting their new Weil-McLain boiler to good use when chilly weather returns this ...
WESTON, MA -- Samuel Madriz of Union graduated with a BS in Sport Management from Regis College during the May 11, 2024 commencement exercises. Madriz was among more than 1,100 students who received degrees ranging from associate to doctorate. Members of the Class of 2024 celebrated their ...
UNION, NJ – In celebration of Police Week, the Township of Union Police Department held an awards ceremony on Wednesday honoring officers for acts above and beyond the scope of duty. At the ceremony held at Town Hall, Union Police Director Chris Donnelly said, “today we honor our police officers ...
UNION, NJ - Union officials have notified residents and visitors of road work in the coming days that will impact traffic patterns. Elizabethtown Gas will finish their pipeline replacement work by paving Burnet Avenue on Friday, May 17, Monday, May 20, Tuesday, May 21, and Wednesday, May ...
ELIZABETH, NJ - Community Access Unlimited invites residents to a day of family-friendly fun and games to support individuals with disabilities and at-risk youth. On Saturday, May 18, the non-profit will be holding its annual Ira Geller Family Fun Day at Warinanco Park in Roselle. The event will ...
UNION, NJ - May is National Menstrual Health Awareness Month, and both branches of the Union Public Library are collecting menstrual products to be given to the Union schools as a donation from the community. The following items will be accepted: Sanitary napkins Tampons Hand ...
UNION, NJ – Over 150 parents, students, and teachers turned out for the Tuesday night school board meeting, most to voice their opposition to and outrage of the proposed restructuring of the elementary schools’ Specials programming. During a presentation by school administrators entitled ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Members and supporters of a corrections officers union asked the county to reconsider its plan to cut a late night shift at the Union County jail, a move which would lay off nine officers, at last week's commissioner board meeting. The jail has served as a processing and ...
WORCESTER, MA - Nikolaos Diakides, a member of the class of 2024 majoring in Management Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), recently completed a senior thesis that is required of all graduating seniors as part of the university's distinctive project-based educational experience.
UNION, NJ - A Union man has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a minor in Union, Union Police Director Christopher Donnelly and Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel said. Solomon Blay, 41, has been charged with one count first-degree kidnapping by unlawful confinement, one ...
UNION, NJ - Union's Annual Pride Month Celebration is set for Saturday, June 1. A flag raising will begin at 1 p.m. in front of Town Hall, 1976 Morris Avenue. The "Party in the Park" will run from 2 to 6 p.m. at Russo Park (across from Town Hall on Morris Avenue). Festivities at the park ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ -- Union rallied with three runs in the top of the seventh inning, but fell just short in a 10-9 baseball loss to Morristown on Monday. Johnny Velez went 2-for-3 with a double and four runs batted in, and Matthew Perrotto was 2-for-3 with three RBI for Union (6-13), which led, ...
UNION, NJ – The death of a 28-year old woman at a home in Union is under investigation by the Union Police Department and the Union County Prosecutor’s Office. Late Friday evening, Union police officers responded to Greenbriar Drive, at The Pointe, where they found the woman, Kerline Joseph ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ __ Maplewood’s oldest existing businesses celebrated 100 years of operations this month, with an event drawing town leaders and historic vehicles. Woolley Home Solutions held a ribbon cutting on May 1, featuring Maplewood Mayor Nancy Adams, who declared April 26, 2024 as Woolley ...
UNION, NJ - Union's Annual Summer Concert Series lineup has been announced. This year, all concerts will be held in Biertufempfel Park. The series will kick off with MIssion Dance Band on Thursday, July 4. All concerts are open to the public and free of charge. The concerts run from 7:30 - ...
UNION, NJ - Sydney Whitaker-Lake, a 2020 graduate of Union High School, will graduate, with honors, from Kean University, on Thursday, May 16. Whitaker-Lake majored in Criminal Justice. She plans to further her education by pursuing a mortuary science degree in the fall of 2024.
UNION, NJ - Union's annual Juneteenth Festival, an afternoon of community celebration, music, food, art and more, is set for Saturday, June 15, at Rabkin Park from 12 to 6 p.m. Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take ...
UNION, NJ – The Union High School Fighting Farmer Battalion Drill Team took home a national championship at the National High School Drill Team championship in Daytona Beach, Florida, last weekend. The Union High School Army JROTC Program has been crowned state drill champions for the past ...
SCRANTON, PA - Matthew M. Moreira of Union was among the 75 University of Scranton students inducted into Alpha Sigma Nu, the national Jesuit honor society. Alpha Sigma Nu is the only honor society open to students and faculty in all disciplines of the University. Juniors, seniors and graduate ...
UNION, NJ -- The Union softball team advanced in the first round of the Union County Tournament with a 12-1 victory over Roselle Catholic on Thursday. Alessandra Silvestre hit a home runs, scored three runs and drove in two for Union, which opened the game with six runs in the bottom of the ...
UNION, NJ – Beginning June 13, the Union Public Library will become part of a large library consortium allowing cardholders to have access to a shared catalog with over 3.2 million items. The consortium, called LMxAC, has 43 member libraries in Union, Middlesex, and Monmouth counties, making it ...
ROSELLE, NJ -- Johnny Velez drove in three runs to help Union to a 14-9 baseball victory over Roselle Catholic on Thursday. Velez went 2-for-3 for Union (6-12), which finished with 16 hits. The Farmers trailed, 3-0, before erupting for seven runs in the top of the third. Matthew Perrotto went ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield’s police station and Mindowaskin Park were the location for filming of a movie Wednesday, May 8, that will include several Academy Award winners, according to town officials. “Westfield welcomed a bit of Hollywood yesterday, as the Town of Westfield, NJ Police ...
UNION, NJ - It's Hannah Caldwell Day on Sunday, June 8, and the Caldwell Parsonage is celebrating. The event honors Hannah’s heroism during the Battle of Connecticut Farms. Activities at the Caldwell Parsonage, 909 Caldwell Avenue, will include meeting Rev. James Caldwell, learning the ...