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 ...

James Donald Hay, 84, Longtime Westfield Resident James Donald Hay, 84, passed away at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, N.J., on Saturday, October 19, 2024, with loving family at his bedside. Born on June 8, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York, Jim grew up playing handball with his brother, Doug, in Prosp...

CRANFORD — Cranford High School (CHS) students are getting a head start in careers in engineering by learning to do things like design and build bridges, while other students interested in biomedical careers are witnessing surgeries and listening to presentations by medical experts.The 43 engineerin...

WESTFIELD — The College Men’s Club of Westfield (CMC) held its eighth annual Poker Night fundraiser on October 18 to benefit the CMC Scholarship Fund. The 2024 tournament set a post-Covid record for net funds raised.More than 50 players and supporters assembled at the Kenilworth Veterans Center, whi...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The Scotch Plains Public Library will present an Afro-Peruvian Music Workshop on Saturday, November 23, from 2 to 3 p.m. Open to adults and teens, this interactive workshop will celebrate the heritage of Afro-Peruvian music and its main instrument, the cajón, or box drum.Peruvian mus...

CRANFORD – One of the most enchanting musicals of all time, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is coming to CDC Theatre, 78 Winans Ave. in Cranford, NJ with eight performances December 6th-15th.This ‘tale as old as time’ is based on Disney’s Academy Award-winning film and features the timeless story you ...