Mountainside News

The sounds and smells coming from Watchung Stable the evening of July 25 will stray from the norm for this Union County horse facility.

Two seniors from Oratory Prep School in Summit are the recipients of newly formed scholarships for their creative work completed while attending trips to Loyola Retreat Center in Morristown.

The Union County Summer Arts Festival 2009 concert series will move to Oak Ridge Park in Clark on Wednesday, July 8, with a "contemporary country" performance by Mustang Sally.

The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders has announced The Turtle Singer will return to Trailside Nature and Science Center in Mountainside on Wednesday, July 8, at 1:30 p.m. as part of Trailside's Summer Wednesday Matinee Series.

School's out - and parents are undoubtedly thinking about activities and programs to keep their children busy and entertained.

A Lake Mary man has pleaded guilty to bilking a New Jersey company out of about $900,000 in a phony expense voucher scheme.

Hundreds of Union County residents flocked to the 20th annual Master Gardeners Spring Garden Fair and Plant Sale at Union County's Watchung Reservation in Mountainside last month.

It was a joyous occasion and he received wonderful and generous gifts. At such a momentous time in his life a young man of only 13 years old thought of others.

"The Watchung Reservation in Mountainside is the perfect location for adults and children of all ages to have fun while learning about the natural world around us," said Union County Freeholder Deborah Scanlon.

State health officials say a second New Jersey resident has died from swine flu.

For a quarter century, Michael Reiser devoted his life to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Orange, serving as a youth minister, as musical director and, most recently, as a full-time pastoral associate who worked to strengthen the faith among the parish's 435 Catholic families.

A 49-year-old Essex County man has become the first New Jerseyan to die from swine flu, officials said Monday.

Free Performance by "Verdict" at Echo Lake Park Opens Union County Summer Concert Series, July 1 By County of Union 6/16/2009 The Union County Summer Arts Festival 2009 concert series begins a new season on Wednesday evening, July 1, with a performance by "Verdict." The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders, led by Chairman Alexander Mirabella, ...

TRENTON - Swine flu is being blamed for the death of a 49-year-old northern New Jersey man, the first New Jersey fatality associated with the virus, state health officials said Monday.

When Robert Zufall was retiring from a career in urology almost 20 years ago, he noticed a growing number of uninsured people living in Dover, where he had practiced medicine for decades, in need of medical help.

PHOTOS MORE JERSEY JOURNAL PHOTOS >> >> JERSEY JOURNAL VIDEO News videos Entertainment videos Living videos >> >> >> >> >> REUNIONS Saturday, June 13, 2009 [macro call]3Dickinson High School, Jersey City, is looking for grads of the Class of 1998 for a 10/11-year reunion.

Families and Community Together , the Mountainside-based behavioral healthcare organization for children, will be honoring five local teens at a reception on Wednesday, June 3, at 6 p.m. at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey in Summit.

One New Jersey county has scaled back plans to renovate a local dog park after angry residents barked about the project's proposed price tag.

The dogs of Union County will get their new park, but it won't be a pooch palace, as previously planned.

Master Gardeners can be found in 18 of New Jersey's 21 counties, including all four in Central Jersey.