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ELIZABETH, NJ – Union County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi reminds Union County residents that Tuesday, October 16, is the deadline to register to vote and to make address changes within your town or Union County to vote in the upcoming Presidential Election in New Jersey.

“This year’s Presidential Election also offers residents an opportunity to vote for a U.S. Senator and your local member of the U.S. House of Representatives as well as county, municipal and school board officials and public questions. But first you must register to vote by October 16,” Ms. Rajoppi said. “I urge all eligible residents to be part of the process and vote on Tuesday, November 6. Your vote does count.”

To register to vote or to register an address change, forms are available in every municipality at the office of the municipal clerk. Forms also may be obtained by calling the office of the Union County Clerk at 908-527-4996, by visiting the County Clerk’s office at 2 Broad Street in Elizabeth or at 300 North Avenue East in Westfield, or by visiting the Union County website: www.ucnj.org/voter-registration.

Voter registration forms and change of address forms must be mailed to the Union County Board of Elections, 271 North Broad Street, Elizabeth NJ 07208 no later than Friday, October 12, in order to be eligible to vote in the General Election on Tuesday, November 6.

To qualify to vote, you also must be a citizen of the United States and at least 18 years old, not serving a sentence, probation, or parole because of a felony conviction, and a resident of New Jersey and Union County for at least 30 days.

Voters are encouraged to Vote-By-Mail, an easy process that has replaced Absentee Voting. To apply to Vote-By-Mail, voters can pick up an application from their municipal clerk, download the form at the Union County website, https://ucnj.org/vote-by-mail, visit the County Clerk’s offices in Elizabeth or Westfield, or contact the Union County Clerk at 908-527-4996.

For more information about voter registration, please call the Union County Board of Elections at 908-527-4123.

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MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ – The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the Department of Parks and Community Renewal are pleased to present “Project WET” – a teacher-training workshop for adults, ages 18 and older, on Thursday, October 25, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Trailside Nature and Science Center in Mountainside.

“This training workshop is a great opportunity for educators to use Trailside’s resources to learn how to bring a greater awareness and understanding of our environment and natural resources to students,” said Freeholder Chairman Alexander Mirabella. “Trailside is the perfect environment for teachers and scout leaders to refresh their skills in teaching education about water resources.”

In today’s society, water is often taken for granted. The workshop will provide the necessary tools, resources and lessons for teachers to utilize in the classroom to teach our future leaders about the importance of water in everyday life. Formal and informal educators are invited to join a certified Project WET facilitator for a day of interactive, educational and hands-on activities focusing on water as a valuable resource.

Participants will work cooperatively to discover the properties of water while earning six NJDOE teaching credits. Each person will receive a Project WET curriculum and activity guide with more than 90 interdisciplinary activities and lessons, teacher-tested and classroom-ready for K-12 students. Lessons are correlated to New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards. New Jersey Project WET is sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Watershed Management Division and the New Jersey Audubon Society.

Pre-registration is required for this workshop and space is limited. The fee is $15 per person.  Light refreshments will be served during morning registration. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch.

For information about the Project WET teacher-training workshop or upcoming programs and special events at Trailside, please call 908-789-3670 or visit www.ucnj.org/trailside. Trailside Nature and Science Center is located at 452 New Providence Road in Mountainside and is a service of the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders.

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For more information on any Union County press release, please contact Sebastian D’Elia, Communications Director for the County of Union, or a designee listed at the top of this press release. Please join the County of Union online at www.ucnj.org, on Facebook at www.ucnj.org/facebook, and on Twitter athttp://twitter.com/countyofunionnj .

Union County, NJ – Linda Carter (seated r.), Vice Chairman of the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders, joined in honoring members of the Union County Club of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc. for their outstanding community leadership at a ceremony and scholarship benefit earlier this year (standing, l-r): Mary L. Clowney, NANBPWC Co-chairperson; Leland McGee, A.L.J., Professional Man of the Year; Jennifer Lewis-Hall, Professional Woman of the Year; Diane Toliver, Business Woman of the Year; Lonzella P. Brice, Sojourner Truth Award; Malcolm Nettingham, Valor Award; Sheldon Williams, Man of the Year; Sheila R. Greenwood, Co-chairperson; (seated l.) Delois I. Dawson, President. (Photo: NANBPWC)

 

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For more information on any Union County press release, please contact Sebastian D’Elia, Communications Director for the County of Union, or a designee listed at the top of this press release.   Please join the County of Union online at www.ucnj.org, on Facebook at www.ucnj.org/facebook, and on Twitter athttp://twitter.com/countyofunionnj.

As part of the Clark UNICO’s sixth annual Italian-American Feast, UNICO celebrated Italian Heritage and Columbus Day on Sunday, Oct. 7th at a noon ceremony on the grounds of the feast.

Town Council members, UNICO members and officers, township,county, and school district personnel participated in the heritage ceremony. Student essay winners read aloud their essays. (PHOTO BY SEBASTIAN D’ELIA, COUNTY OF UNION AND PLAINFIELDS’ UNICO)

BOTTOM ROW: Ryan LaRosa, fifth grade, Hehnly Elementary School (essay on Leonardo DaVinci), Benjamin Sweeney, fifth grade, Valley Road Elementary school (essay on Christopher Columbus), Anthony Rizzuto, ninth grade, Arthur L. Johnson High School (essay on Rudy Giuliani), Marissa Petronella, seventh grade, Kumpf Middle School (essay on Vince Lombardi), Kelly Meade, seventh grade, St. John the Apostle (essay on Christopher Columbus).

TOP ROW: Clark Schools Superintendent Kenneth Knops, Clark Board of Education Vice President and Clark UNICO member Henry Varriano, Clark Councilman Richard Kazanowski, Clark Councilwoman Angel Albanese, Clark Councilman Brian Toal, Clark Councilman Alvin Barr, Clark Mayor Sal Bonnacorso, Union County Freeholder Chairman Alexander Mirabella, UNICO District X Governor Robert Bengivenga, Clark UNICO President and Clark Recreation Director Ralph Bernardo, UNICO Past National President and Plainfields’ UNICO member Renato Biribin.

Union County Freeholders Mohamed Jalloh (L) and Bette Jane Kowalski (R), Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (2nd L) and Literacy Volunteers of Union County Executive Director Elizabeth Gloeggler joined Roselle Mayor Jamel Holley as he cut the ribbon officially opening the new Literacy Volunteers of Union County office on Chestnut St. in Roselle. For more information, visit www.lvaunion.org. (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)

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For more information on any Union County press release, please contact Sebastian D’Elia, Communications Director for the County of Union, or a designee listed at the top of this press release.   Please join the County of Union online at www.ucnj.org. On Facebook at www.ucnj.org/facebook. On Twitter athttp://twitter.com/countyofunionnj.

(From left) Union County Freeholder Chairman Alexander Mirabella and Freeholders Mohamed Jalloh and Bette Jane Kowalski present a resolution to Elizabeth Library Director Dorothy M. Key in honor of the library celebrating 100 years. They are joined by Elizabeth City Councilmen William Gallman and Frank Mazza. (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)

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UNION, NJ – The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders is pleased to announce that the 2012 Union County Teen Arts Touring Exhibit is on display at the Les Malamut Gallery located in the lower level of the Union Public Library, 1980 Morris Avenue in Union. The art exhibit is on display through October 26th during regular library hours. For more information on the gallery, please visit:http://lesmalamutartgallery.wordpress.com/.

The exhibit consists of 61 pieces of art selected from more than 700 visual art works shown at the 2012 Union County Teen Arts Festival held in March at Union County College. The annual event is administered by the Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs in the Department of Parks and Community Renewal.

“The artwork in this exhibit is exceptional,” said Freeholder Chairman Alexander Mirabella.  “The fact that the artists are teenagers makes the show even more outstanding. I encourage everyone to get out and see this fun, lively exhibit as it goes on tour throughout Union County.”

For information about the Teen Arts program contact the Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs at 633 Pearl Street, Elizabeth 07202; telephone (908) 558-2550. NJ Relay service users should call 711, or email: culturalinfo@ucnj.org.

2012 TEEN ARTS EXHIBIT – The exhibiting students are:

Berkeley Heights

Columbia Middle School
Allison Yang

Governor Livingston HS
Amanda Berlinski
Laura Young

 

Clark

AL Johnson HS
Samantha Ring
Jimmy Douglas

Mother Seton Regional HS
Catherine Bialkowski

 

Cranford

Cranford HS
Lya Finston
Emily Schindler
Aaron Black

Cranford Achievement Center
Di-Jon Hodges

Hillside Avenue School
Sabrina Landsman

Orange Avenue School
Mackenzie Moonan

St. Michael School
Kianu Montenegro

 

 

Elizabeth

Abraham Lincoln School
Aldaberto Martinez

Charles Hudson School
Jayson Araaujo

Dr. Orlando Edreira School
Christian Heredia

Elizabeth HS – Dwyer House
Leydy Ramirez

Elizabeth HS – Edison House
Andre Acevedo

Elizabeth HS – Hamilton Academy
Alondra Guzman

 

Elizabeth HS – Jefferson House
Stephanie Rodriguez
Joel Zamora

Elizabeth HS – Lower Academy
Beatriz Carvalho

Elizabeth HS – Upper Academy
Christian Marin

Madison-Monroe School
Lizcary Amarante

Nicholas M. Butler School
Tatiana Herr

Nicholas S. LaCorte School
Zafiro Lopez

St. Mary of the Assumption
Elmi Ventura

T.C. Reilly School
Nelson Rodriguez

William F. Halloran School
Stephanie Liscano

Woodrow Wilson School
Noelia Aqudela

 

 

Hillside

Hillside HS
Rushana Boswell

Walter O. Krumbiegel MS
Chisom Nwosu

 

 

Kenilworth

David Brearley HS
Daniel Lezcano
Eric Soriano

 

 

Linden

Linden HS
Jose Ferero

McManus MS
Anthony Munoz

Soehl MS
Deanna Sheehy

Mountainside

Deerfield MS
Rory McQuillan

 

New Providence

New Providence HS
Coleen Preston

New Providence MS
Kristen Potter

 

Plainfield

Central Jersey Arts School
Corainna Frias

Cook School
Kiantau Darrell

Hubbard MS
Ely Sandoval

Maxon MS
Kevin Jimenez

Plainfield Academy of Arts
Jason Palan
Jasmine Medina

 

Roselle

Abraham Clark HS
Bryan Williams
Giavanni Shim

Grace Wilday Jr. HS
Bryce Moore

 

Scotch Plains

Union County Vo-Tech HS
Antonio Bejarano
Gabrielle McCavey

Springfield

FM Gaudineer MS
Ahmed Zaky

Jonathan Dayton HS
Rachel Zolotarsky
Tanya Vernik
Danielle DiFiore

 

Summit

Oratory Preparatory School
Alex McDonald

Union

Union HS
Steven Trujillo
Kevanique Bennett

 

 

Westfield

Edison Intermediate School
Hailey Reilly

Lamberts Mill Academy
Liz Marie Soto

 

Winfield

Winfield School
Lindsey Caverly

 

For more information on any Union County press release, please contact Sebastian D’Elia, Communications Director for the County of Union, or a designee listed at the top of this press release. Please join the County of Union online at www.ucnj.org, on Facebook at www.ucnj.org/facebook, and on Twitter athttp://twitter.com/countyofunionnj .

Union County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi will open her offices in Elizabeth and Westfield on Saturdays, October 13, 20, 27 and November 3, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for voters seeking last-minute Vote-By-Mail ballots. The office in Elizabeth at the Union County Courthouse, 2 Broad Street, Room 113, and the office in Westfield at 300 North Avenue East, will be open as a public service for those voters who choose the Vote-By-Mail option for the Presidential Election to be held on Tuesday, November 6.

“Every voter should have the opportunity to cast his or her ballot in the general election for federal, county, municipal and school board offices, and public questions,” Rajoppi said. “We want to ensure that even those who have a last-minute change of plans can have a chance to vote.”

Sample ballots for the Presidential Election in each Union County municipality may be viewed by going to the County Clerk’s website: https://ucnj.org/sample-ballots.

“By opening the Elizabeth office on the four Saturdays before the general election, along with the Westfield office, which has regular Saturday hours throughout the year, we hope to assist those citizens whose work schedules or other commitments keep them from applying to Vote-By-Mail during the work week,” Rajoppi said.

Voters will be able to drop off their completed mail-in ballot, formerly known as an absentee ballot, at the Union County Clerk’s offices in Elizabeth and Westfield. This option allows voters to pick up their ballots, vote in privacy and deposit them in a secured lockbox – all at the same office through 3:00 p.m. on Monday, November 5. Completed ballots will be kept in a secure lockbox under the control of the Union County Board of Elections, who will collect them for counting.

“Voters used to pick up absentee ballots at the Clerk’s office and then had to drive across town to deliver them to the Board of Elections,” Rajoppi said. “This option makes voting more accessible, particularly for senior citizens.”

The regular office hours at the Westfield Annex of the County Clerk are 8:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays; 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; and 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays. The regular office hours in Elizabeth are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The County Clerk’s office has processed more than 10,000 mail-in ballots to date for the Presidential Election and expects the number to exceed 17,000 by Election Day, Tuesday, November 6.

To obtain a Vote-By-Mail application, voters may download the form at the Clerk’s website: https://ucnj.org/vote-by-mail, but they must bring the completed application to either of the County Clerk’s offices by Saturday, November 3, between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., or on Monday, November 5, before 3:00 p.m. For more information, please contact the County Clerk’s office at 908-527-4996.

Union County Freeholder Chairman Alexander Mirabella emceed a prominent list of speakers celebrating the raising of the flag at the fourth annual Union County Columbus Day Flag raising event. Governor James J. Florio was the keynote speaker for this year’s event.

Freeholder Angel Estrada, Freeholder Mohamed Jalloh, Freeholder Chairman Alexander Mirabella, Father Thomas Provenzano, SDB, Pastor, St. Anthony’s Church, UNICO Past National President Renato Biribin, Italian Voice Publisher Cesarina Earl, Union County Surrogate James LaCorte, Governor James J. Florio, UNICO District X Governor Robert Bengivenga, Italian American ONE VOICE Coalition founder Manny Alfano, Union County Communications Director Sebastian D’Elia, Bayway Catering President Michael Giunta, Elizabeth Councilman Frank Mazza, Freeholder Vernell Wright. (photo: James Lowney)

Front row: Elizabeth Councilman Frank Mazza, Freeholder Chairman Alexander Mirabella, Governor James J. Florio, Father Anthony Provenzano of St. Anthony’s Church, Freeholder Mohamed S. Jalloh, Bayway Catering President Michael Giunta, UNICO District X Governor Robert Bengivenga, UNICO Past National President Renato Biribin, Italian voice Publisher Cesarina Earl, Italian American ONE VOICE Coalition founder Manny Alfano. (Photo: James Lowney, County of Union)

The Honorable former Governor James J. Florio (photo: James J. Lowney)

Union County Freeholder Vernell Wright (R) and Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (2nd R) congratulate Freeholder Angel G. Estrada as he is honored by the YWCA Eastern Union County at the organization’s 2012 Empowering Women Cocktail Reception. They are joined by YWCA EUC Executive Director Janice Lilien (L) and Board of Directors President Teresa Austin. (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)

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For more information on any Union County press release, please contact Sebastian D’Elia, Communications Director for the County of Union, or a designee listed at the top of this press release.   Please join the County of Union online at www.ucnj.org. On Facebook at www.ucnj.org/facebook. On Twitter at http://twitter.com/countyofunionnj.