UNION COUNTY – Union County Freeholder Chairman Linda Carter (R) and (from left) Freeholders Vernell Wright, Bette Jane Kowalski, Bruce Bergen and Mohamed Jalloh congratulated Ella Teal (C) on receiving the Chester Holmes Humanitarian Award. Teal, Executive Director of the Urban League of Union County, received the honor during the First Annual Union County Black History Month Celebration on Feb. 15 at Union County College in Elizabeth. The Freeholder Board created the award in honor of the late, former Freeholder Chester Holmes. (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)
