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By JOHN MOONEY
September 5, 2022
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- It was another exciting night at the St. Bart's Italian Festival in Scotch Plains on Sunday, the third day of the annual four-day event. The crowd included many elected officials and candidates, who took advantage of the festival's big turnout to connect with voters. Tom ...
UNION, N.J. — Kean University will commemorate the anniversary of 9/11 with the New Jersey premiere of Are We Safer Today?, a documentary that tells the story of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, known as the 9/11 Commission. The Commission investigated the deadly ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Beautiful weather and the traditional Mass in Italian brought crowds not seen since before the pandemic at the 48th annual St. Bart's Italian Festival in Scotch Plains on Saturday night. Mike Aromando and the Metropolitan Italian Strolling Band provided a taste of Italian ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- WCBS-TV's weekend meteorologist John Elliott came to Scotch Plains to sample the offerings at the Scotch Plains Farmers Market -- and local businesses including Apple Blossom Flower Shop and John's Meat Market -- as part of WCBS'TV's "Shop Local Saturday" ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- It's the first real sign of summer giving way to fall in Scotch Plains, as the 48th annual St. Bart's Italian Festival kicked off Friday night. It's four days of fun sponsored by the Scotch Plains-Fanwood chapter of UNICO, St. Bartholomew Church, and St. Bartholomew ...
COLONIA, NJ - Prior to the big game against Scotch Plains-Fanwood, the big question in the press box: Does a young Colonia team have what it takes to compete against this heavy-hitter from Union County? Colonia provided the answer, winning a scrappy one in front of a vocal hometown crowd and a ...
FANWOOD, NJ - Fanwood's Fanny Wood Day, will take place this year on Sunday, Sept. 18. Starting at 10 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m., the popular annual event will have contests, vendors, live music, and food for all who will attend. A Kid's Zone will also be offered. Some events will ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Branch and twig pickup will begin in Scotch Plains the week of September 12, and there will be one full sweep throughout the town. Residents are asked to please place all branches and twigs in separate piles leaving a small gully before the curb for pickup. Please note ...
SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD, NJ -- Scotch Plains-Fanwood teachers held a convocation signifying the start of a new school hear at the Perry Tyson Football Field of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School on Thursday, Sept. 1. Speakers included teachers and students from the Scotch Plains-Fanwood area. The ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- The Raiders had one winning season prior to last season, and in that 2021 campaign, the Raiders skyrocketed to a state championship with a 13-3 record. Scotch Plains-Fanwood captured their first sectional title in 48 years leading up to their state supremacy, and do not feel ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Local nonprofit organizations, treatment centers and law enforcement officials joined to distribute life-saving resources on Wednesday for International Overdose Awareness Day. Sixty-one people died from drug overdoses in Union County during the first six months of this year, ...
CRANFORD, NJ — Cindy Charles, a case manager with Prevention Links, a nonprofit that provides drug prevention programs in Union County, demonstrates how to use the opioid overdose antidote naloxone, which is provided in a Narcan kit. Charles advises people to first call 911 if they believe ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Raider girls soccer is a known public school commodity throughout the state of New Jersey. Semifinalists in the sectional state tournament for over a decade and a perennial Union County champion contenders every season, Scotch Plains-Fanwood looks to continue their ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- A banner in front of All Saints Episcopal Church (559 Parke Ave) invites local residents to write in a name(s) of someone you would like prayed for on 9/11 or to write a prayer or note. The banner will be out for the next 2 weeks, and then it will be brought to the altar for ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Three dogs that escaped a fire in Westfield are back with family after a stint with a local dog sitter who took them in following the three-alarm blaze that destroyed a home in the First Ward last week, sending four first responders to the hospital. Jacqui Lenner, a neighbor of ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Perhaps the best-kept secret in New Jersey is the annual St. Bart's Italian Festival in Scotch Plains on Labor Day Weekend. Hosted by the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Chapter of UNICO, St. Bartholomew Church, and St. Bart's Academy, the festival has been an annual tradition ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Join fellow Scotch Plains residents for the annual Rose Checchio Walk to Wipe Out Breast Cancer to support breast cancer research through Play for P.I.N.K. on Saturday, October 1. The event will begin at the municipal building, 430 Park Ave. at 8:30 a.m. Sign up before the ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ - The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Boys Varsity Soccer season is just around the corner, another year for success. After finishing last season with a 13-4-3 record, placing 3rd in the Watchung Division of the Union County Conference and making it to the final round of the Union County ...
METUCHEN, NJ - As the Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen ice hockey team’s head coach, Ryan Carter has forever instilled in his players the importance of giving back to the community. The Falcons have conducted a fundraiser for a different beneficiary each year since Carter took over the ...
NEW JERSEY -- The choice of whether (and where) to go to college is a major decision with lifelong impact, and this issue is now in America's forefront as the Biden Administration announced student loan debt forgiveness last week. The skyrocketing cumulative federal student loan debt—$1.6 ...
MARTINSVILLE, NJ — Years before Chris Brown earned his license, his real estate career began at the family dinner table, listening to stories from his father. “We would hear about his exploits of the day,” Brown said. “So, I feel like it’s been in my blood for a long time.” In 1982, new ...
SUSSEX COUNTY, NJ – Like a scene from a horror movie, more than 100 black vultures have been found on and near the Sussex Branch Trail in Lafayette causing them to close the trail from Route 94 to Morris Farms Road. According to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protections Fish and ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ - The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education celebrated McGinn Elementary teacher Candice Testa for being named the Union County Teacher of the Year at the BOE meeting on Thursday, Aug. 25. Testa was one of 21 educators who were selected to be New Jersey's 2022-23 ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — County commissioners have approved an anti-nepotism policy and a conflict-of-interest policy, both of which an attorney for the county said are required for entry-level law enforcement officers to be hired without taking their civil service exams. The policies adopted at the ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ - Scotch Plains announces new programs and services for senior citizens of the community. These programs will be open to all Scotch Plains seniors 55 years or older. On Mondays, the Shady Rest Country Club will host free miniature golf while Frazee House Park will have free ...
NEWARK, NJ - Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé announced that Ramunas Katkus, of Summit, has been arrested for the murder of Angelika K. Miles, 28, of Summit. Katkus is being charged with murder, possession of a weapon for ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ — Township police confirmed Saturday that a “small bear” was seen wandering the area of Shackamaxon Country Club. Later in the day, a bear was seen on the North side of town. "Big black bear just strolled through my backyard!!!" posted Jill Bertocci Haggerty on Facebook's ...
Newark, NJ – Five relics and a life-sized statue of St. (Padre) Pio, the first priest in the Catholic Church’s history to bear the stigmata wounds of Christ’s crucifixion, will be on public display at Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart this September as part of the Saint Pio ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The county’s paratransit system has scheduled a public hearing on its application for grant monies from NJ Transit’s Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Assistance Program, the county announced on Tuesday. Union County is applying for an allocation of $1.47 ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jerseyans will soon be able to have alcoholic beverages — including to-go drinks from restaurants — delivered to them by third-party services like DoorDash, Instacart and Amazon Flex. “This is a game changer for New Jersey’s alcoholic beverage industry and a tremendous ...
