Ingredients4 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for raisins or currants 4 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch dice.1 3/4 cups cold buttermilk shake before adding.1 extra-large egg, lightly beaten. 1 te...

WESTFIELD – Steeple Concerts at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Westfield is pleased to announce the fourth concert in its 2023-2024 series. On Sunday, March 10, Steeple invites the general public to hear the celebrated Aizuri String Quartet at 5 p.m.Formed in 2012, Aizuri is comprised of four distin...

PLAINFIELD – “Just Strings” is the theme for the Plainfield Symphony Orchestra concert on March 16 concert at 7 p.m. Maestro Charles Prince will lead the PSO string ensemble in a rich and varied representation of strings-only orchestral literature.Juan Bautista Plaza (1898-1965) is considered to be ...

AREA— Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) recently announced the launch of the 2024 Congressional Art Competition. All high school students (grades 9-12) in New Jersey’s Seventh Congressional District are invited to participate. The deadline for submissions will be 5 p.m. on Friday, April 5.“I am exci...

COUNTY — The Union County Board of County Commissioners is pleased to announce a new series of acrylic painting workshops for adults will take place this spring on Saturdays from 10 a.m. until noon at the Trailside Nature and Science Center, located at 452 New Providence Road in Mountainside.“We are...

FANWOOD — The Fanwood Performance Series presents an evening of jazz with the Ted Brancato Trio andAlejandroAtaucusi onApril 13 at the newly refurbished Kuran Cultural Arts Center (a.k.a. the Carriage House), next to Fanwood Borough Hall.Brancato is a pianist with four decades of experience composin...

COUNTY — The Union County Board of County Commissioners is pleased to announce that registration has opened for the 2024 Union County Senior Art Exhibit, to be held from April 19 to May 30. Coordinated by the Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, the Senior Art Exhibit will be held a...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD — Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Repertory Theatre is gearing up to present this year’s musical production of The Addams Family. Based on the original characters created by Charles Addams, a native of Westfield, The Addams Family follows the Addamses, a macabre clan who deli...

COUNTY — The Union County Board of County Commissioners is pleased to announce a new series of acrylic painting workshops for adults will take place this spring on Saturdays from 10 a.m. until noon at the Trailside Nature and Science Center, located at 452 New Providence Road in Mountainside.“We are...

WESTFIELD — “Brooklyn ’76: A Novel” by local author, Anthony Ausiello, was released on February 20. Mr. Ausiello describes his debut novel as a funny, dark, and unsentimental family drama and coming- of-age story set against a working- class neighborhood on the brink of transformation.The Agnello fa...