Westfield:
 BOA Denies Savannah Project Trailers
Scotch Plains/Fanwood:
 Capacity Crowd Attends Meeting on FW Budget
 FW Receives $425K In Extraordinary Aid from NJ
 FW Studies Sharing PD/Emergency Services
 Bd. OKs 2 Deck Plans; Loses Water Co. Appeal
 Szuch Replaces Stroz For GOP in FW Race
Mountainside:
Residents React To Arrest of Youth Director
Cranford:
Applicant Closes Case In Cell Tower Application
Garwood:
Residents Voice Ideas for Master Plan
BOE OKs Contract For Superintendent Quigley
Resident Takes His Own Life
Area:
Freeholders Question Ownership of Dikes
 Valerie Fund Second Beneficiary of Walk/Run

LET FREEDOM RING...Westfield Town Crier Tom Sherry shared local news for the last time with residents during the Westfield Community Band concert on July 3 in Mindowaskin Park. Mr. Sherry was presented with a certificate of appreciation for his service to Westfield. He is moving out of the area and passing the bell to a new Town Crier.

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Editorial: Unaffiliated Voters Shift To DEMs - Aberration or Real?...Unaffiliated voters have shifted to the Democratic Party in recent months. Even traditionally “Republican towns” are showing higher levels of registered Democrats. However, is this surge an aberration or reality?

Editorial: With the King of Beers Gone, Where Will the Clydesdales Go?...It looks as though yet another American trademark will be lost to foreign hands. The A-B takeover comes in the wake of past American brewery foreign mergers and buyouts that outsourced “homegrown” beers, including Coors and Miller.

Editorial: 'kei kop' or a 'smeer lap,' This Bud Is For the Belgians...f an American company were buying a European company, people wouldn’t skip a beat. Don’t fret. Anheuser-Bush makes a world-class product. Do you think any self-respecting foreign corporation would want to touch a sinking ship with a mile-long pole?
 

IN A VERY CONFUSING SITUATION...St. Bart’s All-Stars Kevin Spellman, left, and Craig Burfeidt, right, find themselves in a predicament near third base as Police All-Star Jeff Briel attempts to collar one of them. The confusing situation resulted in both players being tagged out.
 
Week In Sports: SPF Gold Tops WF White 9s In Cal Ripken Semifinals; SP Police Nab St. Bart’s, In First Annual All-Star Game; Montrose Avenue Men Sink Midway Softballers; St. Luke Softball Men Drudge St. Dave 'Men in Black' - Photos