Linden News

It was orange shoe box holding $18,000 and a loaded gun, and it was left sitting atop a Linden mail box.

On May 8, High School seniors Christopher Beyer and Michelle Fitzula represented Linden at the 36th Annual Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference Scholar Athlete Dinner.

Commuters in Union County will find delays on routes 1 and 9 northbound between Elizabeth Avenue and North Avenue and on Route 78 westbound between Exit 48 in Springfield Township and Exit 44, Glenside Avenue in Berkeley Heights, nj511.org reports.

Pictured above reviewing Roselle Savings Bank records and printed materials from the archives of the Bank and the Borough of Roselle are Roselle Savings Bank President and CEO Jill Schafhauser, Roselle historian Mr.

On Friday, May 10, Congressman Leonard Lance awarded the Purple Heart, World War I Victory Medal and Victory Lapel Pin posthumously to Private Dominick Valvano for his service in World War I. Dominick Valvano served in the U.S. Army in 1918 and his family noticed that the service medals he received were lost over the years.

Liniden police caught a man for a purse snatching and robbery and found he was wanted in four other towns LINDEN - When a man grabbed a pocketbook from a shopping cart outside a Linden supermarket on Sunday, the woman fought back, grabbing the strap of the handbag and screaming for help, police said.

Pictured are Linden Councilwoman Michele Yamakaitis, Charisse Cosby-Hurling, Linden Ward 5 Councilwoman Rhashonna Cosby-Hurling, Union County Freeholder Vice Chair Christopher Hudak, Catie Hudak, Union County Freeholder Chair Linda Carter, Union County Freeholder Mohamed Jalloh, Union County Freeholder Bette Jane Kowalski, Ward 6 Linden Councilman ... (more)

Danie Orelien-Armstead, a teacher in the Linden public school district, was recently honored with an Award of Excellence from the Haitian Association of Rutgers University for outstanding vision, dedication to education and commitment to her students and community.

Commuters on the Garden State Parkway might get to work late this morning - there is a 13-mile backup northbound from exit 135, Central Avenue in Clark to exit 148, John F. Kennedy Drive north in Bloomfield, nj511.org is reporting.

Police investigating the sound of gunfire near Hattie Johnson Park on Monday night arrested two teenage suspects who were charged with unlawful possession of a weapon.

Live Music a May 11 from 8-10:30 p.m. - Adelante will perform fusion jazz music at Salem Roadhouse CafA©, 829 Salem Rd, Union.

LINDEN - A Rahway man and a teenager were arrested after allegedly firing two shots at a Linden man from a car earlier this week, according to police.

Former Linden Councilman Richard Koziol, Freeholder Christopher Hudak, Molly Lenz and Union County Police Lt.

As of 4:15 p.m. 511nj.org is reporting an accident that has closed the left lane of Route 1&9 South at Wood Avenue in Linden.

Linden General Memorial Parade Committee of Linden will meet on Wednesday, May 8, at 7 p.m., in the Pope John Paul II Hall at St.

LINDEN - Audrey Meculskas Pereira, a Linden resident for the last 56 years, has been chosen as Linden's 37th annual Outstanding Senior Citizen of the Year.

Registration for the Summer Reading Club starts on May 20. Sign up in the Children's Room at the library.

Union County Democratic Chairwoman Charlotte DeFilippo resigned from her post as executive director of the Union County Improvement Authority and announced she will not seek another term as chairwoman of the political machine.

A six-mile delay was reported northbound on the Garden State Parkway from north of Exit 141 in Union to Exit 147 in East Orange, according to 511nj.org. That was around 4:30 p.m. Friday.

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