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Union County News
By TAPINTO ELIZABETH STAFF
April 26, 2024
UNION COUNTY, NJ - The Union County Board of Commissioners is offering seniors and their caregivers services via kiosks throughout the county during the month of May. These services include home-delivered meals, respite care, home care, adult day care, and support services for caregivers.
ELIZABETH, NJ - Union County invites all residents with special needs to participate in their free Paint In The Park event in Warinanco Park. The event will take place on Saturday, May 18, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. “I am pleased to announce our "Paint in the Park" event will be taking place in ...
UNION, NJ - Kean University, in partnership with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and Community-Based Organizations in Elizabeth, Jersey City, and Newark are going “Full STEaM Ahead” this summer. The University is offering 9th and 10th-grade students of Union County a free ...
FANWOOD/SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Paul Johnson's 3,000-mile run from LA to NYC passed through Scotch Plains and Fanwood with little fanfare on Saturday, as he steadily made his way across Midway Ave. and North Ave. toward Westfield and parts beyond. The ultra runner's transcontinental journey is ...
ELIZABETH, NJ - The City of Elizabeth, in partnership with the NJ Department of Community Affairs and the NJ Board of Utilities, will hold a free community event for residents needing utility assistance. “I am proud to announce our upcoming Community Utility Assistance Day, free to our ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The county commissioner board has approved a $20,000 contract with Genova Burns LLC to represent county clerk Joanne Rajoppi in the lawsuit Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Andy Kim has brought against all 21 county clerks over the state ballot design, which he claims is ...
ELIZABETH, N.J. - As temperatures drop below freezing, Union County has declared a Code Blue for January 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, 2023. A Code Blue alert is declared when temperatures drop below the freezing point (32º F) with precipitation and below 25º F without precipitation. These ...
Elizabeth, N.J. - As temperatures drop below freezing, Union County has declared December 11, through December 14, 2023, from 7:00 p.m. through 7:00 a.m. Code Blue. A Code Blue alert is declared whenever temperatures drop below the freezing point (32º F) with precipitation and below 25º F ...
ELIZABETH, N.J. - During its largest-ever Thanksgiving Giveaway, the Mercy House, a resource and referral facility run by the Archdiocese of Newark, gave away a record-breaking 540 free turkeys to families in need, considerably exceeding the 300–400 it had anticipated to distribute. On November 15, ...
ELIZABETH, NJ – October 26, 2023 – The Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless, a leading organization in the field of homeless solutions, proudly announced the launch of their groundbreaking "50 Homes in Five Years Campaign” at their press conference, which gathered residents, board members, and ...
Elizabeth, N.J. - The Union County Board of County Commissioners, in conjunction with various community partners, is bringing back Fresh Start MOBILE Laundry & Shower Services. The Union County Department of Human Services launched Fresh Start in 2021 to provide community members with personal ...
Elizabeth, N.J. - On Wednesday, July 12, 2023, Apple Green Vauxhall will hold a grand opening employment event in Elizabeth. Beginning at 10:00 a.m. at Union College Kellogg Building, 5th Floor, Room 517, 4 West Jersey Street in Elizabeth businesses such as Starbucks, Shake Shack, Popeyes, ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The county will pay up to $100,000 to settle a lawsuit from the family of a 34-year-old man who died after county police and hospital staff held him down in a prone position for a prolonged period at Cornerstone Behavioral Health Hospital in Berkeley Heights. County ...
ELIZABETH, NJ — County elected officials ended the meeting of May 11 in conversation with community leaders from Elizabeth and New York about plans to memorialize three enslaved Black people burned at the stake in 1741, but only after the commissioner board enlisted police to enforce public ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The county police department will receive $250,500 in grant funding to buy new automated license plate readers as part of a state-wide effort to address auto theft which was funded by federal COVID-19 recovery dollars. While it will not mark the first time the county uses ...
UNION, NJ – What was originally billed as a candlelight vigil in remembrance of Hannah Caldwell’s life, death and influence during the American Revolution, ended up being a celebration of the County Commissioner's recent decision to preserve the current County seal, which depicts Revolutionary ...
ELIZABETH, NJ — Efforts to memorialize three Black people burned at the stake in 1741 in Elizabeth are taking shape, as community leaders from the city urged county commissioners to acknowledge the atrocity. Salaam Ismial, director of National United Youth Council Inc., on March 30 asked county ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Homeowners in 17 Union County municipalities saw increases in their property taxes while homeowners in four municipalities saw decreases in 2022, according to recently released state data. When taken all together, however, the average Union County homeowner saw a tax decrease ...
ISELIN, NJ — The NJ News Commons recognized Andrea Crowley-Hughes and Matt Kadosh Wednesday with an “Excellence in Local News” award for their 2022 coverage of Union County government, which ran on multiple TAPinto news sites. “Andrea Crowley-Hughes and Matt Kadosh’s investigation of Union ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The county is considering a change to its official seal, which depicts Revolutionary War-era figure Hannah Caldwell being murdered by a British soldier. The idea, confirmed by the Union County Commissioners’ chairperson, has met with opposition from a historian based in Union ...
Elizabeth, NJ - The Tour de Elizabeth organizers have announced that registration for the 20th Annual Tour de Elizabeth, planned rain or shine for May 21, 2023, is now open. The annual recreational 15-mile bicycle ride explores Elizabeth's homes, businesses, restaurants, and historic neighborhoods, ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ - The family-friendly Union County Celtic Festival will be coming for the first time to Oak Ridge Park in Clark, NJ on September 9, 2023. The idea for the event started when co-founder Richie Templeton had a small conversation with a few of his buddies a couple of years back.
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — A school bus carrying students to the Union County Vocational-Technical Schools sideswiped a vehicle on Hunterdon Boulevard in Berkeley Heights Tuesday morning, police said. The bus hit the passenger side front quarter panel of a Jeep as it was turning onto Glenside Road ...
LINDEN – March 2, 2023 – American Family Care (AFC) celebrated the grand opening of its newest urgent care center in Linden. As a result of the new facility, some unique offerings afforded to the community include Department of Transportation (DOT) physicals as well as official United States ...
Elizabeth, NJ - As temperatures drop below freezing, Union County has declared today, February 24, 2023, through Sunday, February 26, 2023, from 7 p.m. through 7 a.m. Code Blue. A Code Blue alert is declared whenever temperatures drop below the freezing point (32º F) with precipitation and ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — County residents voiced their disappointment with conditions at the Ash Brook Golf Course during Thursday's Union County Commissioners meeting, prompting the county manager to apologize and the new parks director to explain planned improvements. Fran Wilson, president of the ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The family of a 34-year-old man who died while in the care of a county-run psychiatric hospital in Berkeley Heights claims he was held down by police and staff until he suffocated. The lawsuit filed in state Superior Court claims negligence on the part of Union County and ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — County commissioners perform their duties as elected officials in addition to their main jobs, but describe their responsibilities as beyond “part-time.” The nine commissioners who currently serve are paid $35,515 or more for performing the duties of the role they take on in ...
Elizabeth, NJ - Seniors and their caregivers are invited to attend the Union County Board of County Commissioners' Aging Services Kiosk (ASK) community event on Wednesday, January 18, 2023, at the Elizabeth Public Library and speak with the knowledgeable staff in person for advice on senior ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The county is a bright spot for women’s representation in politics during a year when such representation “remains fundamentally stalled in New Jersey counties,” a report by the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) shows. CAWP, a unit of the Eagleton Institute of ...
