SCOTCH PLAINS — During its regular meeting last Thursday, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education spoke about its plans to meet the demands of increased enrollment. The board explained that while the district does have an annual operating budget, the district’s proposed expansion project would ...

MEDFORD, Mass. — Tufts University awarded more than 2,800 degrees across all schools during its ceremony commemorating the accomplishments of the Class of 2023.The following three local residents each graduated summa cum laude from the university.Melanie Litwin of Scotch Plains, who received a Bache...

WESTFIELD — The arm relic of Saint Jude Thaddeus, venerated in Rome from ancient times, is on a pilgrimage in the United States and is coming to Saint Helen Roman Catholic Church, located at 1600 Rahway Avenue, Westfield, this Saturday, December 9.The relic, one of the treasures of the church, will ...

WESTFIELD — The Rotary Club of Westfield on November 14 heard a speaker recall firsthand the devastating impact of polio during the 20th century.The polio virus infects the nerves going to muscles of young children and paralyzing them. Entire hospital wards were filled with children in “iron lungs” ...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Area Y Men’s Club Christmas Tree Sale is underway, with a wide selection of trees, wreaths and roping. All proceeds benefit local charities and organizations. The tree lot is located on the Elm StreetAthletic Field, across from Stop & Shop, in Westfield. Lot hours are 9 a.m...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Non-profit Wreaths Across America (WAA) has announced that the historic Scotch Plains Baptist Church Cemetery has joined in the effort to support the WAA’s mission to Remember, Honor, Teach, as an official location for 2023. This is the eighth consecutive year that this cemetery will...

MOUNTAINSIDE — At a brief agenda-setting meeting held on Tuesday evening, the Mountainside Council introduced two new capital improvement ordinances that will be voted on during the governing body’s next regular meeting. That meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 19, beginning at 7:30 p.m.The f...

WESTFIELD — A group of Westfield students, under the direction of the town’s health educator, Amy Lewis, was recognized by the local board of health on Monday for their efforts to combat underage drinking.Ms. Lewis, who was recently recognized by Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. for her work with the Westfield Pe...

COUNTY — As temperatures edge closer to freezing with each passing day, county and state officials are likely racing against the upcoming winter season to pull a $300,000 excavator (plus two other pieces of county-owned equipment that were sent in to try to retrieve it) out of a wetlands swamp in Sc...

WESTFIELD — A modest, single-family Westfield home that once played host to the poet Langston Hughes will escape demolition for the time being thanks to a recommendation issued by the Westfield Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) earlier this week.On Monday, the commission unanimously voted to ag...