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SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Things are tutto bene in Scotch Plains with the announcement today that the Saint Bart's Festival will return for Labor Day Weekend 2021.

Paul Raphael, president of the Scotch Plains chapter of UNICO, the Italian-American service organization, and a member of the festival steering committee, told TAPintoSPF that plans are in the beginning stages for the popular ...

UNION, NJ – The deaths of two women in Hillside are believed to be connected to a death in Union, said acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo on Wednesday.

As reported by TAPinto Union early Wednesday morning, the case began at about 2:30 Monday morning when Union police officers discovered a suspicious car parked in the lot behind Enterprise Rent-A-Car at 1755 Morris ...

FANWOOD, NJ — Firefighters from at least three departments responded to a blaze at 244 North Martine Ave. just before midnight Tuesday, a spokesman for the borough said.

With the assistance of the Scotch Plains and Westfield Fire Departments, Fanwood firefighters knocked down the main body of the blaze within 45 minutes and declared the fire under control shortly after 1 a.m., ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — Police are investigating after authorities found two swastikas in a bathroom at Westfield High School Friday.

In a statement Tuesday, police said the swastikas were etched on a bathroom stall wall by a person using “an unknown metal object.”

“At this time, there is no suspect information, and it is an ongoing investigation,” police said in the ...

The development is mandated in the town’s 2017 agreement with Fair Share Housing Center.

WESTFIELD, NJ — A redevelopment plan for about 5.6 acres on South Avenue East bordering Garwood got a green light from the Town Council Tuesday following a public hearing during which several residents expressed concerns about traffic and parking.

The plan includes provisions for 193 ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- A Scotch Plains resident has been criminally charged with multiple animal cruelty offenses after three pets suffered severe neglect while in his care and two of them died, Scotch Plains Police Department Chief Ted Conley, Plainfield Police Director Lisa Burgess, and acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay Ruotolo jointly announced Tuesday.

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CRANFORD, NJ — Local and national news stations can't get enough of Robert Schott's Abraham Lincoln snow sculpture in his front yard.

Year after year, whenever mother nature coats Cranford with snow, residents head on over to Springfield Avenue to see what Schott will create next. In the past, Schott has sculpted a Mini Cooper convertible with Thelma and Louise, Bob the ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — A series of stickers posted on local streets in support of a white supremacist group were removed this week and later condemned by the authorities, who said they are investigating.

Officials with the Union County Prosecutor’s Office this week said investigators are aware of materials found affixed to public property in Westfield advertising a group identified by the ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — The emblem bird of the United States made an appearance in Westfield Thursday.

Justin Drazin and his family spotted the bald eagle just over the pond at Mindowaskin Park during the afternoon.

“My wife and I were out for some fresh air with our little girl. We stopped at the Mindowaskin playground and then took a walk over to the pond to see the ducks,” ...

CRANFORD, NJ — The Cranford Police Department is investigating two "bias incidents" that occurred in the township last week. 

According to the department, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, "God is Gay" was found spray painted on a commercial building along South Avenue across from Cranford Alliance Church. The next day, Thursday, Jan. 7, a Cranford resident ...