ELIZABETH, NJ — Alexander Mirabella on Thursday night ran the last meeting of his two-year tenure as chairman of the Union County Board of Commissioners. The 24-year veteran commissioner is finishing his eighth, three-year term and will be sworn into a ninth term in January. Mirabella had started in his role as chairman in January 2020….Read More >>
RAHWAY, NJ — As the Rahway City Council closed the year with its final meeting of 2021 on Monday, December 13, it marked a more remarkable closing: the end of James Baker’s fifteenth and final year as a Rahway City Councilman. A 1969 graduate of Rahway High School and former Board of Education member, Councilman Baker’s…Read More >>
As expected, Senate Democrats today selected Nicholas Scutari, the longtime chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, as the next Senate President.
Union County’s 2021 Gun Amnesty Buyback event was a success, with residents turning in more than 525 unwanted guns in exchange for rewards of as much as $250 per weapon. The countywide event was on Saturday, October 23, at locations in Elizabeth, Plainfield and Westfield.
The Union County Board of County Commissioners is pleased to announce that all residents, from age five on up, are now eligible to receive a vaccine against the COVID-19 virus. Union County has added the 5-11 age group to its ongoing free vaccination program.