WESTFIELD, NJ -- Don’t wait until fall to celebrate Broadway’s return! Get a jump-start right here on Saturday, June 26, when NJ Festival Orchestra, under the baton of Maestro David Wroe, brings Broadway back with a rousing outdoor performance of favorites from the Great American Songbook. 

Back to Broadway promises a superb review of songs from great Broadway shows.

UNION COUNTY, -- The Union County Commissioners is reopening of The Model Railroad Club, Inc. on Saturday, June 12. The exhibit will be open to the public every Saturday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the A. Paul Mallery Model Railroad Center, located at 295 Jefferson Ave. in Union Township. 

Attendees will have the opportunity to experience the sights and sounds of an enormous HO ...

The New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra will hold its first concert in over a year this Sunday, June 13th, at 3 pm. This concert will be live-streamed for our audiences. 

YouTubeLive link:  https://youtu.be/BLB624syGVw. or view at njio.org.

Five different ensembles will be playing works by Mozart, Parry, Holst, Handel, Hayden, and Vaughan Williams. Our ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Local news is more important than ever. To fulfill our mission of providing our readers with objective, daily, local news, we’re conducting a survey on what our readers think about TAPinto and how they engage with the news. We invite you to take our 2021 Reader Survey.   

Your feedback is important to us and helps us improve the ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – Downtown redevelopment is moving forward in Scotch Plains with the planned introduction of the first downtown redevelopment plan in more than three decades targeted for July. However, the redevelopment may occur without Advance Realty, the conditionally designated developer, that the Township selected in early 2019.

Related: Scotch Plains to Review Downtown ...

Union County recognizes the contributions of small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Union County Commissioners have announced that nominations are now open for the Union County Small Business Community Champion recognition program. Businesses nominated for the program will receive a certificate of achievement and will be featured on the Union County Means Business ...

FANWOOD, NJ — Most of Fanwood’s government and departments turned out Monday to welcome our seniors to an indoor picnic, a first gathering of the borough's Seniors Club in almost 15 months.

In a sign of post-pandemic normalcy, all senior residents of Fanwood were invited to the Forest Road Park recreation building for a buffet sponsored by the Borough and served by members ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Senior Committee has organized the second annual Senior Send-Off Car Parade for the Class of 2021 on Thursday, June 17, at 4:00 p.m.

"We are hoping to get community (friends etc) out on to the parade route to cheer on our seniors, who will be riding in their cars with their parents/guardians," said ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Senior Committee has organized the second annual Senior Send-Off Car Parade for the Class of 2021 on Thursday, June 17, at 4:00 p.m.

"We are hoping to get community (friends etc) out on to the parade route to cheer on our seniors, who will be riding in their cars with their parents/guardians," said ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Residents can see the smiling faces of members of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Class of 2021 along Westfield Road.

The tradition started in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to cancel graduation. Now, lawn signs honoring the graduating class seem to have become signs of the times.

About 400 students will graduate this year. TAPintoSPF ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – The Scotch Plains Fanwood High School’s Alumni Association is now accepting donations for their ‘Brick Walk Project’.

Bricks purchased from the past few years will be installed as blanks in the Alumni Walk, which is located on the side entrance of the high school’s property up to the football stadium; the path Scotch Plains-Fanwood graduates ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — More than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, Governor Murphy’s once-skyrocketing ratings have now returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. Forty-seven percent of residents currently have a favorable impression of the Governor (down from 54 percent in October 2020), while 36% have an unfavorable one (up from 28 percent).

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Scotch Plains Democrats held a fundraiser at Jerseyland Community Center on Sunday, June 6, for Councilman Matt Adams, who is running unopposed to be the candidate for this November's municipal election against presumed Republican candidate Deanna Dell-Bene. 

The winner in November will fill Josh Losardo's unexpired Council seat that he ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Scotch Plains Republicans held a fundraiser for their candidate, Deanna Dell-Bene who is running to be the candidate for this November's Township Council election against Democrat Matt Adams, who is filling in the unexpired Council seat that Josh Losardo won in 2018. He vacated that seat when he was sworn in as mayor on Jan. 1, ...

FANWOOD/SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Fanwood and Scotch Plains police officers took part in this year’s Special Olympics Torch Run, a statewide, daylong marathon along 26 separate routes, involving 3,000 New Jersey police officers. The annual event raises funds and awareness for the Special Olympics.

This year’s route took officers through downtown Fanwood along South and Martine Avenues, ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- When the Scotch Plains fire department responded to a call for help on May 28 in the pouring rain, they were disheartened to arrive at the home of John Mulligan, who told them a man posing as a roofer knocked on his door, told him the roof needed repairs, and then took his money without doing the work. Adding insult to injury, the scammer went on the roof and pulled off a few ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- The Exxon gas station located at 1800 Rt. 22 reported an armed robbery on Thursday, June 3, according to the Scotch Plains police blotter. 

At approximately 8:00 p.m., a male dressed in all black wearing an orange ski mask entered the store armed with a handgun and demanded money. The suspect fled the scene on foot with cash as well as a cash register ...

ROSELLE, NJ - Registration is now open for the Community Access Unlimited virtual Ira Geller Walkathon.  

The Community Access Unlimited virtual Ira Geller Walkathon runs the week of June 21-June 26. On June 26, individuals living near Warinanco Park in Roselle are invited to walk, run or roll in the park. Registration details are available ...

FANWOOD/SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Fanwood and Scotch Plains police officers took part in this year’s Special Olympics Torch Run, a statewide, daylong marathon along 26 separate routes, involving 3,000 New Jersey police officers. The annual event raises funds and awareness for the Special Olympics.

This year’s route took officers through downtown Fanwood along South and Martine Avenues, ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- The Knights of Columbus held its annual golf outing on Monday, June 7, at Ashbrook Golf Course in Scotch Plains. 

Golf outing organizer Bruce Moran said that this year's event was the most successful ever.

"There were 107 golfers and 180 sponsor signs this year," Moran said. "Without the help of our many sponsors, the event would not have raised ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — While 73% of New Jerseyans say they have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and another 10% say they will likely get a shot, there are still 16% who remain unwilling to take the vaccine, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll.

The large number of Garden State residents getting vaccinated is a drastic change from the widespread vaccine ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – Atlantic Medical Group, Atlantic Health System’s network of physicians, today opened a new office location in Scotch Plains, bringing together some of the network’s local board-certified providers in pediatric and primary care under one roof.

Atlantic Medical Group’s Pediatrics at Scotch Plains and Family Medicine at Scotch Plains offer a convenient ...

WESTFIELD, NJ -- Caring Contact, the Westfield-based crisis hotline and listening community, has named Mary Claire Givelber as Executive Director, taking over from Janet Sarkos. Ms. Givelber had been Caring Contact’s Director of Community Engagement since 2017 and a trained listener on the crisis line for the past three years. 

Her previous professional experience includes work ...

COLONIA and RAHWAY, NJ — The Archdiocese of Newark just announced that Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Newark, will celebrate a Mass commemorating Memorial Day within the new Chapel Mausoleum of the Resurrection at St. Gertrude Cemetery and Mausoleum in Colonia, NJ, on Monday, May 31, beginning at 11 a.m. St. Gertrude is located at 53 Inman Ave.

The Mass ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- The Union Catholic girls added to its remarkable resume and solidified its status as one of the greatest programs in state history with the most dominating performance in meet history when the Vikings racked up a record 189 points to runaway with its sixth straight State Non-Public A Track and Field title on Saturday in Neptune.

UC's boys also had a very ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School celebrated all of its senior athletes and congratulated those who will be continuing their academic and athletic careers in college on Wednesday, June 9.

Originally planned as an outdoor barbeque, the threat of thunderstorms moved the events inside. The athletes who are competing in college were recognized on the stage of the ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield’s Clare Logan had a week to remember at the Olympic Trials held in Omaha, Nebraska.

Logan, a 15-year-old member of the Westfield Area YMCA Devilfish, competed Monday night in the B final in the 50-freestyle.

“Going to the Olympic Trials was definitely one of the best experiences I’ve ever had and is something I will never forget,” ...