Watchung News

Show Stoppers, an exhibit of pastels, oils and mosaics from six area artists, will be on display at the Art Upstairs Gallery at The Mayo Center for the Performing Arts in Morristown from Dec.

Immacualta's appeal toA change its 2010 Mid-State 39 football schedule has been denied by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association's League and Conference Committee.

The Somerset County Recycling Center, at 40 Polhemus Lane in Bridgewater, will be closed Thursday, Nov.

The military veterans helped unload the 1,500 turkeys that had been donated to the Hillside food bank by Stop and Shop supermarket.

It may have been just one punch, but the blow Perry Connor landed on his supervisor's right temple could cost him up to 10 years in prison if a Somerset County jury believes he caused the man serious bodily injury.

Possible scenarios of what might happen if the neighboring school districts of Green Brook, Long Hill, North Plainfield, Warren, Watchung and Watchung Hills Regional High School consolidated will be the focus of a public meeting here Thursday.

After Years of Pounding Hooves, Union County's Watchung Stables to Get New Main Ring By The Alternative Press Staff 11/14/2009 Recognizing that 24 years of pounding hooves have taken their toll at Union County's Watchung Stables, the facility is slated to get a new main ring under a plan approved by the Board of Freeholders.

Visual and performing artists at Matheny Medical and Educational Center will express themselves Saturday at a reception open to the public.

The Improvables will return Saturday to the Watchung Arts Center for an adult-geared show.

The borough's Veterans Day ceremony will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Veterans Memorial, 10 Mountain Blvd., weather permitting.

The talents of classical guitarist Christopher Kenniff and Katherine Harris, a soprano who has appeared at Carnegie Hall and many other notable locations worldwide, will be showcased Sunday, Nov.

A multiethnic group of high school Spanish students recently returned from a two-week immersion in the customs and educational practices of their counterparts in Madrid.

While the adage "silence is golden" is liberally preached by librarians, the Friends of the Watchung Public Library invites patrons and visitors to practice silence of another kind this week, through participation in a holiday silent auction fundraiser.

Edward Garber recently merged his accounting practice in Edison with the office of Anne Marie Bober in Watchung and Piscataway.

Robert Bengivenga of South Plainfield was recently named First Deputy District Governor of UNICO National District X. In this position, Bengivenga will be second in command of District X, which includes Hillside, Hillsborough, Watchung, Clark, Elizabeth, Union, Scotch Plains, Westfield, the Plainfields and Raritan chapters of UNICO National.

Remember that lawsuit that screenwriter Aaron Schnore brought against Johnny Utah's a little over a year ago after he was injured by the mechanical bull? Well, according to City File , it's been dismissed by a New York State Supreme Court judge who didn't buy Schnore's argument that his state of inebriation invalidated the waiver he signed.

DRUNKEN DRIVING, 12:18 a.m. Oct. 13. Marlon Velasquez-Lopez, 30, of Bernardsville was charged with drunken driving following a motor vehicle accident with injuries on Hillcrest Road.

Last year, for the first time in too many years, Watchung had a contest for a Borough Council seat.

Valley View's Community Outreach Club is hosting its fourth annual MIles for Smiles walk-a-thon from 2 to 3 p.m. today, Oct.

After two years of flexing its 'green' wings, GrEEn Day has become a regional fair day devoted to energy conservation, recycling, sustainable farming and environmental education.