On any given morning at Bagels & Beans, a neighborhood café located at Five Points in Union, gathers a small group of friends. The group is mostly comprised of men between the ages of 50 and 90 sipping coffee, enjoying a breakfast sandwich, engaging in conversation about current events, cars, the “good old days” or…
UNION COUNTY -- Times of national crisis can dramatically disrupt a military family’s life. Youth Outreach partnership supports military youth, ages 6 to 18, coping with a deployed parent, or parents, by creating a positive, supportive network. Through this partnership, children of National Guard, Reserve and Active Duty families, who do not live near or…
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ELIZABETH-A reader replied to my May 18, 2012 column: "I remember the doughnut man. We never stopped, but you'd get the tempting aroma of the fresh baking as you drove by. I believe it was an old bus (1930s) and was painted brown on the lower half and tan on the top. I was told…
SCOTCH PLAINS – The popular Union County Means Business (UCMB) free breakfast networking series continues on Wednesday, April 24 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. with a session titled “Business Development Opportunities,” at Snuffy’s Pantagis Renaissance, 250 Park Avenue in Scotch Plains.
UNION COUNTY – Frank Rosato, an avid trading card collector from New Providence, turned one lucky pack of officially licensed Panini NFL trading cards into one fantastic grand prize -- the chance for him, his friends and family to spend a day with New York Giants wide receiver Hakeem Nicks on Saturday, April, 27.
If you haven't been to a library in a while, National Library Week (April 14-20) is a good time to go. You might be surprised to see what libraries have to offer these days. Gone are the card catalogs, replaced by rows of computers with online databases. Much of the old, austere atmosphere has given…
SPRINGFIELD -- Calvary Assembly of God is now holding worship services at its new location, 242 Shunpike Road in Springfield.
ELIZABETH – A Union County judge ruled that a blogger is entitled to the protections of state law that prevents the news media from being forced to reveal their sources. Tina Renna, president of the nonprofit Union County Watchdog Association, was able to quash a subpoena from the Union County Prosecutor’s Office that would have…
ELIZABETH -- Union County Sheriff Ralph Froehlich swore in Father John McCrone as the Chaplain of the Union County Sheriff’s Office on April 12 in Elizabeth.
