Click to view slideshow. LINDEN, NJ — At the AristaCare facility, there was a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the Bayway Industrial Complex Community Advisory Panel donation of a new bingo machine. Former AristaCare resident and Linden senior Jane Kosa championed the new bingo machine cause. Kosa said, “A bingo machine is a very important, fun activity that the residents of the AristaCare facility really enjoy and offers numerous benefits for seniors. When I realized that the old one was no longer working, I had to do something.” The bingo machine costs were covered by member companies of ..read more

LINDEN, NJ — For the year 2024, the Bayway Complex Community Advisory Panel is offering high school seniors who are residents of Linden, Rahway, Elizabeth and Staten Island the opportunity to be awarded a CAP scholarship. Several one-year scholarships will be awarded in the amount of $1,000 each to students in these four municipalities represented by the CAP. The winners will be selected by the CAP Scholarship Committee, who will be taking the following areas into consideration when reviewing the applications: The applications must be computer-generated and all sections completed; academics (t ..read more

Click to view slideshow. LINDEN, NJ — Rosa and Ramiro Rodriguez, of Linden, have been married for 60 years. While Rosa, at 81, is still strong, Ramiro’s health is failing. Fortunately, thanks to the states’ Medicaid programs such as New Jersey’s Personal Assistance Service Program, Ramiro can receive hospice care at home, surrounded by his wife and loved ones as he comes to the end of his life. “He can be home instead of at a hospital,” said their granddaughter, Michele Bisiacchi, who lives nearby, also in Linden. “It’s nice to be able to see him every day.” Rosa and Ramiro are parents to Bisi ..read more

Click to view slideshow. LINDEN, NJ — Rosa and Ramiro Rodriguez, of Linden, have been married for 60 years. While Rosa, at 81, is still strong, Ramiro’s health is failing. Fortunately, thanks to the states’ Medicaid programs such as New Jersey’s Personal Assistance Service Program, Ramiro can receive hospice care at home, surrounded by his wife and loved ones as he comes to the end of his life. “He can be home instead of at a hospital,” said their granddaughter, Michele Bisiacchi, who lives nearby, also in Linden. “It’s nice to be able to see him every day.” Rosa and Ramiro are parents to Bisi ..read more

LINDEN — On July 19, 2020, the son of Judge Esther Salas, Daniel Anderl, was shot and killed in their family home in North Brunswick by Roy Den Hollander. Den Hollander, a Manhattan lawyer and self-described antifeminist, had argued a civil rights suit before Salas in court. Motivated by hate, he found the judge’s personal information, posed as a FedEx driver and rang the doorbell of the judge’s home, hoping to confront Salas. Instead, Den Hollander encountered her son, Daniel, and her husband, Mark, who was seriously wounded in the attack. Judge Salas was not injured. “There isn’t a day that ..read more

Precious Opaola UNION, NJ — Union College student Precious Opaola from Linden has been named Kaplan Leadership Program scholars for the 2023/2023 Academic Year. Established in 2006, the Kaplan Leadership Program helps high-potential, low-income and historically underrepresented community college students complete their associate’s degree and successfully transfer and go on to earn a four-year bachelor’s degree at the nation’s most highly-selective schools. Opaola said her big dream is to start a nonprofit that begins mentoring underprivileged minority children at a young age, to empower them a ..read more

Click to view slideshow. LINDEN, NJ — The Linden Board of Education’s reorganization meeting took place at the School No. 1 gymnasium on Thursday, Jan. 4. Samuel De La Cruz Jr., Malaysia Thomas and Kimberly Ullisse were each elected to the Linden BOE for a three-year term. Mayor Derek Armstead congratulated them and announced, “The most important thing is to educate our children properly.” He thanked Atiya Y. Perkins, superintendent of schools; Annabell Louis, assistant superintendent for support; Paul J. Oliveira, assistant superintendent for academics; and John A. Serapiglia Jr., business ad ..read more

Click to view slideshow. LINDEN, NJ — The Linden Police Department has partnered with Linden Public Schools to offer L.E.A.D.— Law Enforcement Against Drugs — instruction to all fifth-grade students at Linden Elementary School No. 8. The emphasis of the program is to help students recognize and resist the many direct and subtle pressures that influence them to experiment with alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, inhalants or other drugs, or to engage in violence. The L.E.A.D. program offers preventive strategies and helps build the capacity of young people in making healthy, independent growth, despit ..read more

Click to view slideshow. LINDEN, NJ — Linden Airport was center stage on Monday, Nov. 27, when filming of the movie “Killing Castro” commenced, with none other than Al Pacino starring in the production. But for Paul Dudley, owner of Linden Airport Management Corp., it was just another day at the office. “This is a major production. It’s a very positive thing for the image of Linden,” said Dudley in an interview with LocalSource on Monday, Nov. 27. “While all of this is going on, operations continue uninterrupted. We have all the news helicopters and we have the largest tour operators east of t ..read more

James Marshmon LINDEN, NJ — NJBIZ recently honored James Marshmon, director, Student Development and Campus Life, and manager, Berkeley College Foundation Food Pantry, among its inaugural Veterans in Business Award nominees. Marshmon, a veteran of the U.S. Army National Guard, is a resident of Linden. Marshmon was honored alongside 40 award recipients from companies including Hackensack Meridian Health, EY, the New Jersey State Veterans Chamber of Commerce and Johnson & Johnson, at a virtual ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 7. “This inaugural awards program is just one way we can show our veteran ..read more