HILLSIDE – Union County Freeholder Vice Chairman Alexander Mirabella (R) congratulates Nicholas Crosta (2nd L) of the Hillside Fire Department on earning the Battalion Chief Ken Nocera Memorial Award for Outstanding Excellence in Fire Fighter 1, Fall Semester upon graduating from the Union County Fire Training Academy. They are joined by Hillside Fire Chief Dominick Naples (2nd R) and Capt. Tom Mateer. Twenty-four firefighter recruits from the Hillside, Linden and Union Fire Departments graduated in the Fall 2011 Class. (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)
