A lifelong resident of Union County, Connie McNamara has lived in Mountainside since 1974. She graduated from Douglass College and earned an MA from Seton Hall University. She taug...view moreA lifelong resident of Union County, Connie McNamara has lived in Mountainside since 1974. She graduated from Douglass College and earned an MA from Seton Hall University. She taught high school English for more than thirty years, during which time she served as advisor of the school paper, which won numerous awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association of Columbia University. A stint at Newsweek magazine as a researcher and reporter interrupted her career in the educational arena for a time. Later, as assistant editor at New Jersey Savvy Living, she renewed her calling to the communications field. Since then, she has been a freelance writer.view less