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Blue Devils, Cougars Face Off In Football Scrimmage Game
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Blue Devils, Cougars Face Off In Football Scrimmage Game
Prepared by DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, August 28, 2025
The Cranford High School football team entertained the Westfield Blue Devils in a preseason live scrimmage game at Memorial Field in Cranford on August 22. With their season-opening games just a week away, the Cougars and the Blue Devils were hoping to see positive results from their offensive, defe...
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Union County Sr. 50+ Men’s Softball Final Standings & Playoff Highlights:
Thursday, August 21, 2025
FINAL STANDINGS: 50+ A DIVISION: A TEAMS W L T Douglas VW *(Clinch) 17 4 Deegan Roofing 16 5 Rocky’s Bar & Grill 10 11 Phenomenal Boyz 9 12 Rappa Construction 8 1250+ B DIVISION: TEAM W L Terawulf * 13 8 Thirsty Turtle 12 9 Dowling’s Tavern 8 13 Echo Tap & Grille 6 15 Sonia’s BCE 3 18Rappa Construct...
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ALJ H.S. Footballers Visit First Children’s School
Thursday, August 21, 2025
On August 14, members of the Arthur L. Johnson High School Crusader Football Team participated in a visit to the First Children’s School, located in Plainfield.The First Children’s School is a stepping off point for children who need highly specialized educational services for some period of time in...
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St. Bart’s Oldtimers Men’s Softball Final Standings & Playoff Results:
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St. Bart’s Oldtimers Men’s Softball Final Standings & Playoff Results:
Thursday, August 21, 2025
FINAL STANDINGS: TEAM W L T St. Ignatius 17 4 St. Anthony 13 8 St. George 10 9 2 St. Wolfgang 10 10 1 St. Vincent 8 11 2 St. Francis 8 13 St. Justin 8 13 St. Sebastian 7 13 1ROUND 1 PLAYOFF R ESULTS: UPSETS AND WALK-OFFS: #8 St. Sebastian 14, #1 St. Ignatius 3 ( see featured article) #7 St. Justin 1...
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Union County Sr, 60+ Softball Playoffs:
Thursday, August 21, 2025
Swan Hotel 31, Rocky’s Bar & Grill 20 (Swan Hotel wins series 2-0) Swan Hotel closed out this best of three 60s A Semifinal series by defeating a determined Rocky’s Bar &UC 70+ Softball:TEAM W L T Redd Foxxes 18 1 Mellow Yellow 10 12 Green Machine 8 11 Moody Blues 5 17 Green Machine 9, Mellow Yellow...
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Westfield 14U Makes History At ‘Babe Ruth’ World Series
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Westfield 14U Makes History At ‘Babe Ruth’ World Series
Thursday, August 21, 2025
Hot Springs, Arkansas - The Westfield 14U rising freshman baseball team has been making history as the first team from Westfield ever to compete in the Babe Ruth World Series. Representing not only their hometown but the entire Mid-Atlantic Region - spanning New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Maryland,...
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St. Ignatius Rotates Positions In 8-5 Victory Over St. Justin
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ST. JUSTIN’S FRAGUAS, VOORHEES GO 4-4; FAZIO 3-4
St. Ignatius Rotates Positions In 8-5 Victory Over St. Justin
By DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, August 21, 2025
St. Ignatius has wrapped up the top seed by far for the upcoming St. Barts’ Oldtimers Men’s Softball League playoffs, so they decided to experiment a bit in their final regular-season game with St. Justin. The Iggies rotated their fielding positions every inning and switched the bottom half of their...
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St. Sebs Stun St. Iggies, 14-3, In St. Barts 1st Round Playoff
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GANG 6 SHUTOUT INNINGS; CARRERO 3-4, 3 RBI, 2 DPS
St. Sebs Stun St. Iggies, 14-3, In St. Barts 1st Round Playoff
By DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, August 21, 2025
David faced Goliath again and the result turned out the same as the first encounter in Biblical times. Eightseeded St. Sebastian arrived with a full sling of “stones” and pelted topseeded St. Ignatius, 14-3, in the first round of the St. Bart’s Oldtimers Men’s Softball League Playoffs at Brookside P...
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Swan Hotels & Suites Rattle Rocky’s Bar in Game 2, 31-20
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McMAHON GRAND SLAM, 7 RBI; ULICHNY, MAZUR 4 RUNS
Swan Hotels & Suites Rattle Rocky’s Bar in Game 2, 31-20
By DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, August 21, 2025
Spotting the opponent one run per inning as per league rule, the topseeded Swan Hotels & Suites had to make sure that it stepped up its offense when it faced fourth-seeded Rocky’s Bar & Grill in Game 2 of the Union County Senior 60+ Softball League A Division playoffs at Memorial Field 3 in Linden o...
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St. Ignatius Pulls Away From St. Francis Softball Men, 11-2
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GANO, ISOLDA 3-3; TOMASULO 2 RBI, 2 RUNS; ‘J.Lo’ 3-3
St. Ignatius Pulls Away From St. Francis Softball Men, 11-2
By DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, August 14, 2025
St. Francis, presently the “Little Dogs” in the cellar of the St. Bart’s Oldtimers Men’s Softball League, took on the “Big Dogs” of St. Ignatius, who have solid footing at the top of the ladder, at Brookside Park in Scotch Plains on August 7. St. Francis held its own for the first four innings but t...
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Scotch Plains Council OKs Ordinances, NJIT Flood Study
By FRED T. ROSSI 
Thursday, December 25, 2025
SCOTCH PLAINS – The Township Council last week approved four ordinances, including one updating its Building and Housing Ordinance and three others th...
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Frank E. Nolde
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Frank E. Nolde
Thursday, January 8, 2026
Frank E. Nolde, Beloved Westfield History Teacher, Dies at 87 Frank E. Nolde, well-known Westfield history teacher, died of heart failure peacefully a...
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16 Prospect Closes Its Doors After 25 Year Run
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16 Prospect Closes Its Doors After 25 Year Run
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, January 8, 2026
WESTFIELD — A beloved Westfield eatery announced last week that it would be closing its doors after a decades-long run as a downtown staple. “Happy Ne...
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Cranford Legal Battle Draws To A Close After Three Years
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, January 15, 2026
CRANFORD – A legal battle that has been stretching out for almost three years between the Township of Cranford and an active member of its Police Depa...
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Alexander F. Smeaton, Jr.
Thursday, January 8, 2026
Alexander F. Smeaton, Jr., age 93, formerly of Westfield, passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2026. Born on January 10, 1932, in Spring Lake, New Jersey...
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