Mayor Congratulates Scholarship Winners—Mayor Richard J. Gerbounka recently congratulated two scholarship winners: Jennifer E. Noble of Union Catholic High School (left) and Lucia Oubina from Linden High School. Oubina was awarded $1,000 Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship. This scholarship is…
Seeing Stars
Seeing Stars—Sixth graders from The Wardlaw-Hartridge School in Edison traveled on Monday, June 2, to The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia to visit the museum’s space exhibit and other demonstrations. Pictured, above, Sierra Gray of Carteret and her classmates looked through…
Carteret To Charge Insurers For Emergency Services
CARTERET – The borough will soon begin to try to recoup costs of responding to fires and motor vehicle accidents by billing insurance companies. The move is intended to control costs and maintain stable taxes, according to municipal officials. Earlier…
Excitement Builds For Gala Dinner
RAHWAY – The city will kick of the summer season with a 150th Anniversary Celebration Dinner hosted by Mayor James Kennedy. The dinner will be held on Friday, June 20, at 7 p.m. in the hall of St. Thomas the…
Six Seniors Earn Awards From Clark Scholarship Fund
CLARK – The Clark Scholarship Fund presented six scholarships with a total value of $7,000 to outstanding Arthur L. Johnson High School seniors at an awards ceremony held at the Clark Knights of Columbus on May 19.
Farmer’s Market Vouchers Available To Eligible Seniors
ELIZABETH – Eligible Union County seniors can receive $20 in vouchers from the state’s Farmer’s Market Program. To be eligible for the vouchers, an individual must be a resident of Union County and be 60 or older. Annual income for…
Historical Society Making History
LINDEN—Longtime collectors and preservers of historic photographs, old documents and artifacts of Linden and Union County, the Linden Historical Society has switched from studying history to making it. The society is opening a new museum and research library at the…
Student Athletes Honored
Student Athletes Honored – Stephanie Amalfe and Steven Cancelliere display their outstanding athlete awards at the recent Brian Piccolo Breakfast. Both are seniors at Clark’s Arthur L. Johnson High School. Looking on are Clark Unico’s Brian Piccolo Chairperson Robert Spinella…
Is It Back to the House for Andrews?
By Michael M. Shapiro Watching the campaign of Rob Andrews for the United States Senate has been difficult. Congressman Andrews is an intelligent and thoughtful official who has a keen interest in public policy. By most accounts, he was next…
Economic Stimulus Package Will Fight NJ’s “Bad For Business” Reputation
By Assemblyman Joseph Vas I would like to take this opportunity to inform you about some new bills which I have introduced these past couple of weeks. I initiated these proposed legislations by the input from the business community, the…
Rahway’s Clark Staying: Scotch Plains Going And Class Of 2008 Moving On
By Jim Whelan After some rethinking Rahway’s Earl Clark decided to withdraw his name from the NBA Draft. The third year of college basketball will give benefit both the Louisville Cardinals and Clark. Unlike Clark, who was eligible to return…
Popcorn: “Sex and the City” – E.T. Phones for Help – 2 & ½ popcorns
By Michael S. Goldberger, film critic Point of disclosure: I have never witnessed one episode of “Sex and the City.” Nope, not when it was first making waves for its frankness on HBO, nor during its extended life in rerun.…
Remembering the Past: Metuchen Rotary Club
by Diane Norek Harrison METUCHEN–In almost five years of doing this column I have yet to hear from readers with past material or memories of Metuchen. I am hoping to hear from more people with material or memories of the…