Watchung News

The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders and Trailside Nature and Science Center have planned an outdoor barn dance and barbecue dinner at Watchung Stable in Mountainside.

Members of Girl Scout Troop 163 completed part of their scouting Bronze Award project with the installation of Wood Duck boxes the girls built on a borough lake.

A number of websites were talking about Old Navy selling US flag tee shirts on July 3, 2009 for $1.00. Dropped by the store in Watchung, New Jersey and was told that this sale was only going on in Canada .

Frances C. Stromsland, superintendent of the Watchung Hills Regional High School School District, has been invited by the Board of Education to renew a second, four-year contract as superintendent, effective June 2010, through June 2013, said district Board Secretary/Business Administrator Timothy Stys.

Oratory Preparatory School of Summit graduated 55 young men on June 06, 2009. The Roman Catholic, all-boys college prep school for grades 7 to 12 held conducted commencement exercises at St.

A Watchung police officer, who previously was honored for valor, pleaded guilty today to lying during an internal affairs investigation.

A borough police officer Tuesday lost his job after he pleaded guilty to lying during an investigation into why he was asleep for more than three hours while on duty in late May, authorities said.

A $1.26 million dollar Somerset County-funded project on a section of Somerset Street is under way between Mountain Boulevard and Johnston Drive.

David Connolly's palatial Watchung home sits on a high mountain bluff that overlooks many of the very apartment buildings he owns.

The city's largest apartment complex is the target of a state Department of Environmental Protection investigation, officials said Friday.

Washington Valley Park's Hawk Watch may be known for the fall-time for prime season when prople flock there to catch a glimpse of the thousands of raptors on their way from the Northeast down to South and Central America, but there is good bird watching to be had in the spring and summer.

The Watchung-Warren Rotary Club has announced the winners of the club's annual end-of-year awards for teachers.

Residents of the 700 block of East Second Street should have been outside enjoying a recently rare stretch of nice weather early Wednesday afternoon.

Margaret Walker peered out her window and calmly stared at the open cellar door.

THEFT , 2:47 p.m. June 11: Police said they arrested Gregory Jamar, 56, of South Plainfield and charged him with shoplifting tools worth $18.95 from the Home Depot on Route 22.

Nonperishables and canned items for donation to a county food-drive program will be collected locally through Friday, June 26.

Student at the blackboard at the Watchung School in Montclair. There's a certain mood in the country right now, and it's all about saving, not spending.

Runnells Specialized Hospital Volunteers Recognized: 46th Annual Volunteer Awards Ceremony & Luncheon By Runnells Specialized Hospital 6/16/2009 The 46th annual RUNNELLS Specialized Hospital's Volunteer Awards Ceremony and Luncheon was held at The Westwood in Garwood.

The initial engineering studies and planning by the New Jersey Department of Transportation were completed years ago, but still there is no roadway going southbound at Exit 43 on Interstate 78 West to link drivers to Bonnie Burn Road and then Route 22.

In the lobby of the six-story Pingry Arms apartment building at 606 Crescent Ave.