A Union County grand jury has returned a three-count indictment against a Union County Police Department officer charged with orchestrating a scheme to illegally pay heavily reduced prices for items purchased from department stores in four different towns on various…
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President Obama salutes families of fallen service members
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President Barack Obama saluted the sacrifices of the mothers and families of America’s fallen service members, as he proclaimed Sept. 25 as Gold Star Mother’s and Family’s Day. The president’s proclamation says: Since our Nation’s founding, in peace and in…
New Jersey Sailor Among the Navy’s Newest Chief Petty Officers
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Chief Aviation Support Equipment Technician Michael Rodriguez receiving his anchors during the Chief Petty Officer Pinning Ceremony held by Navy Recruiting District New York at the Fort Hamilton Chapel. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Carlos Vasquez/Released)…
“Sixth sense” may be more than just a feeling
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With the help of two young patients with a unique neurological disorder, an initial study by scientists at the National Institutes of Health suggests that a gene called PIEZO2 controls specific aspects of human touch and proprioception, a “sixth sense”…
Kean University Researchers Recreating History Through Augmented Reality
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Professor Ed Johnston and student researchers within the Michael Graves College at Kean University recently announced Liberty Hall 360, a collaborative research initiative with Liberty Hall Museum in Union. Using 360-degree augmented reality video technology, Liberty Hall 360 plans to recreate the…
Trump campaign official quits after saying there was ‘no racism’ before Obama
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Ohio Trump campaign chair Kathy Miller, who said there was ‘no racism’ before Obama, called the Black Lives Matter movement ‘a stupid waste of time’ and claimed that low African American voter turnout could be due to ‘the way they’re raised’ has…
County Hosts Family Fun Day at Mattano Park
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Family Fun Day this Saturday, September 24 will celebrate the opening of Union County’s first inclusive public playground. Family Fun Day will begin at 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., with an official opening ceremony and ribbon cutting at 1:00 p.m, at Mattano…
NJ woman promoted in Navy
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Chief Navy Counselor Antonina Cedeno, from Lodi, New Jersey, was recently promoted to chief petty officer. Chief Cedeno, a 2001 Lodi High School graduate, has served in the Navy for 15 years and is currently serving at Navy Recruiting District…
Lesniak calls for chromium water quality standards
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Senator Raymond Lesniak today called on the state board responsible for making the expert recommendations to environmental regulators on water quality standards to act on new evidence that more than 150 New Jersey water systems contain potentially-dangerous levels of a…
COPS OR ROBBERS? Double-dippers dominate NJ sheriff elections
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by Mark Lagerkvist Jim McDonald is weeks away from hitting a jackpot in New Jersey’s election sweepstakes as a new double-dipping county sheriff. In January, he retired as Washington Township police chief at age 54 to draw a $94,000 a…