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By JOHN MOONEY
April 27, 2024
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Members of BSA Troop 104 organized a Celebration of the Life of longtime Scout adult leader Gail Rhein at All Saints Episcopal Church in Scotch Plains on Saturday, April 27. Scoutmaster Bill Sherman led proceedings, and family, friends and Scouts shared their remembrances ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ - The Union County Board of County Commissioners presents the 2024 Union County Senior Art Exhibit, featuring 158 original works created by county residents, aged 60 and above. The public is invited to view the exhibit now through May 29, in the Conference Center of UCNJ Union ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ - Scotch Plains-Fanwood softball is now on a four-game win streak after defeating Cranford at home on Friday, April 26 by a final score of 9-3. Junior Olivia DiSalvo pitched a complete game for the Raiders, earning eight strikeouts and allowing just four runs and three ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ - Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys tennis defeated Seton Hall Prep by winning four of five games on Thursday, April 25. SPF 1st singles player Anand Sahasrabudhe continues his undefeated run this season, defeating Seton Hall Prep's Alex Tran 6-4, 6-1. Anand was also the only ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Restaurateur Andy (Hoai) Vo opened his second Vietnamese eatery, vPho, in Westfield this week in the space formerly occupied by Mulberry House. Vo’s pho, a popular Vietnamese dish of noodles in slow-cooked broth, won his other restaurant, Saigon Café in Millburn, the honor of ...
UNION CITY, NJ - Scotch Plains-Fanwood baseball is now on a 6-game win streak after earning their 10th win of the season against Union City by a score of 13-4 on Thursday, April 25. The Raiders started the game strong by scoring four runs to open the game, scored another four runs in the fifth, ...
CRANFORD, NJ — If you are planning to travel between Cranford and New York City this weekend, be aware that the Raritan Valley Line trains will not be running between Cranford and Newark on Saturday, April 27, between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. This is being done in order to make signal improvements on ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys volleyball continued its undefeated season with a 2-0 (25-12, 25-14) home victory over Westfield on Thursday, April 25. The Raiders benefited from stellar play by Tim Ennis (12 kills), Ryan Pierson (4 blocks), Quinn Donahue (23 assists), ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Sripriya Challa of Scotch Plains, a student at Academy for Information Technology (AIT) at the Union County Vo-Tech school district, has been awarded the National Merit Scholarship sponsored by Bristol Myers Squibb. Sripriya says that her probable career field is computer ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ - The Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys volleyball team is on yet another historic run, winning back-to-back road games against Elizabeth and Southern Regional to improve to 12-0 this season. The Raiders defeated Elizabeth in two sets (25-23, 25-19) on Tuesday, April 23, with ...
CRANFORD, NJ – If you grew up in Cranford, someone in your family went to the Cranford Barber Shop. A fixture in the downtown since 1912, the shop hasn’t changed much since Amasio Marsiglia arrived from Italy in 1955 to take over the shop from his uncle, Fred Casoni. Generations passed through ...
FANWOOD, NJ -- The much-anticipated debut of Jessica's Restaurant in downtown Fanwood on Tuesday, April 23, was "a dream come true," according to Mayor Colleen Mahr, who along with the Fanwood Council, was among the first customers to dine at the new location at 250 South Ave. The mayor is ...
ROSELLE PARK, NJ — U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr., who represented the Union County towns of Cranford, Garwood, Hillside, Kenilworth, Linden (part), Roselle, Roselle Park, and Union Township as part of the 10th Congressional District, died today at 65. Rep. Payne Jr. had been hospitalized for ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The county launched its Street Smart NJ pedestrian safety campaign this month at a site where a pedestrian was seriously injured in 2023. The current campaign, consisting of large educational signs and distribution of safety information throughout the municipality, in schools ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- The Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys tennis team earned their fifth win of the season, winning three of five games against New Providence on Tuesday, April 23. The first win for the Raiders came from Anand Sahasrabudhe, who defeated New Providence's Samvit Choudhary 6-0, 6-1 in ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Fresh off an extra innings victory against UCC foe Jonathan Dayton High School last Friday, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood softball team faced off against division competitor Union on Senior Day and continued their win streak with a run rule shortened 10-0 victory on ...
WESTFIELD, NJ -- Westfield boys lacrosse scored 10 second-half goals to overcome Scotch Plains-Fanwood's 4-3 lead to stun the Raiders at Kehler Stadium in Westfield on Tuesday, April 23. The second-half comeback by the Blue Devils was led by juniors Colin Coyle and Garrett Ferguson, who scored ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Realistic dinosaurs that interact with the crowd, more live music and improved seating to enjoy food and drinks are all in the works for Westfield’s upcoming street fair, Spring Fling, on May 5. Run by the Greater Westfield Area Chamber of Commerce, Spring Fling is now in its ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School graduate Ethan Morrobel has long been an advocate for people, like himself, who live with Usher Syndrome, an inherited disorder that causes blindness and deafness. Morrobel, now a Student at Rochester Institute of Technology, recently wrote ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Joe LaRosa's RBI double in the bottom of the sixth inning broke a tie, and Scotch Plains-Fanwood held on for a 5-4 baseball victory over New Providence on Tuesday. It was the fourth straight victory for the Raiders (8-4), while New Providence (3-6) has lost three in a row -- ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ - The Scotch Plains-Fanwood girls lacrosse team earned their second home win of the season by defeating Kinnelon, 8-6, on Tuesday, April 23. This win for the Raiders marks the 8th straight game with a hat trick for junior Juliana Doran, as she continues to lead the team ...
FANWOOD, NJ – The Carriage House Poetry Series invites the public to a free poetry reading on Tuesday, April 30, at 7:30 p.m. to celebrate the conclusion of National Poetry Month. The featured reader will be Edwin Romond of Wind Gap, PA, and it will take place in the Kuran Arts Center, (“The ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – U.S. News & World Report has announced its 2023-24 Best Public High Schools, which evaluated nearly 18,000 U.S. public high schools. The top-ranked schools are those whose students 1) earned outstanding scores in math, reading, and science state assessments; 2) took ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Families who live on the Scotch Plains postal route of mail carrier Mickey Casey are expressing an outpouring of love for their longtime mailman. He not only knows the addresses along the route, but also the first names of family members, and even their pets. To many, he has ...
FANWOOD/SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- An overcast yet dry morning greeted those who volunteered for Fanwood's 35th annual Clean Community Day event on Saturday, April 20, a celebration of Earth Day and the borough’s commitment to ecology. The event was organized by Clean Community Committee and the Public ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- NAMI Union County will hold a presentation about Bridgeway’s Urgent Care Crisis Center and Outpatient services, led by Christine Backiel, LPC, on Tuesday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m., RWJ Fitness Center in Scotch Plains. Ms. Backiel is Director of Bridgeway Crisis Intervention ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ - Another weekend of Scotch Plains-Fanwood sports sees three different Raiders teams earn victories, including back-to-back wins for baseball, as well as softball and boys volleyball. Baseball Scotch Plains-Fanwood earned their first win of the weekend over Roselle ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports is widely recognized as the country's premier pizza reviewer. His reviews can transform a local pizzeria into a destination. Portnoy, who does "One Bite Reviews," stopped at a number of places in New Jersey on Sunday, including Scotch ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- The Scotch Plains Council honored members of the township's fire department and recognized National Public Safety Telecommunications Week during the governing body's meeting on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. In recognizing International Firefighters Day, the township paid homage ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Beloved Mother, Leader, and community member Gail Rona Rhein passed away from leukemia surrounded by her two children on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Born on October 2nd, 1960, to Anthony and Beatrice Seritella, Gail was born in Newark and grew up in Rahway. She worked ...
