Establishing a starting quarterback got thrown off course from the start for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School football team. Once senior starting quarterback Jacob Handy was injured in the opener against Monroe, the Raiders had to juggle their offensive tactics, stuck almost exclusively to a ru...

CRANFORD Monday, December 2, two Elizabeth men were charged with theft after the Cranford Police Department investigated a report of packages being stolen from a residential front porch on Sunday, December 1. At approximately 6 p.m., units were dispatched to the 50 block of Elizabeth Avenue on the r...

WESTFIELD — Last year, more than 900,000 New Jersey residents experienced some degree of food insecurity. According to information provided by the state, those numbers are becoming more alarming each year. “The numbers really spiked during the pandemic, and they have not retreated,” said Elizabeth M...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield community is mourning the tragic loss of one its high-school seniors. According to information provided by the Westfield Public Schools district, senior Brandon Genlot, an honor roll student and a member of the Varsity Boys Volleyball team, was killed in a motor vehicle acc...

WESTFIELD — Amendments to the One Westfield Place redevelopment project were approved by a narrow margin during a regular meeting of the local governing body on Tuesday after nearly three hours of public discussion and debate. The vote — like the one held last month to introduce the changes — was sp...

SCOTCH PLAINS – Despite the delays in starting actual construction, the Lidl supermarket chain “is committed to building in Scotch Plains,” Mayor Joshua Losardo said on Tuesday night. In response to a resident’s query at the township council’s meeting, the mayor said Lidl is working on several outst...

CLARK — During Wednesday night’s Clark Township Council workshop meeting, Mayor Sal Bonaccorso and council members thanked the Clark voters for the reelection on November 5 of the mayor, Councilwoman AngelAlbanese, Councilman William Smith and Councilman James Minniti.“I’d like to thank the voters o...

MOUNTAINSIDE/NEWARK — In recognition of November as Children’s Grief Awareness Month, Imagine, A Center for Coping with Loss is seeking to raise awareness in the community regarding children’s experiences of grief and loss.On Thursday, November 21, National Children’s Grief Awareness Day, Imagine wi...

MOUNTAINSIDE — The Mountainside Restoration Committee’s MRC Estate Sales division will conduct an Estate Sale to raise funds for the maintenance and restoration of the historic Deacon Andrew Hetfield House and Levi Cory House. The sale will be held on Friday and Saturday, November 15 and 16, from 10...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Memorial Library event calendar for November is full of programs for the artistic, historically and health oriented. The library is located at 550 East Broad Street.Visual Arts for Seniors will begin a new session of classes on Tuesday, November 19, and Wednesday, November ...