June 12, 2016 at 12:22 PM
EDISON, NJ -- Corsages, and tuxes, and photos, oh my! Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School seniors celebrated the year in style at their senior prom.
The event was held on Friday Night at Pines Manor in Edison.
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By JOHN MOONEY
April 26, 2018FANWOOD, NJ -- For the second year in a row, Nick's Pizza has teamed up with Park Middle School and will feature over 300 original poems written by 7th grade students taped to the outside of its pizza boxes on Friday, April 27.
The pairing of pizza and poetry was the idea of Alexandra Hanner, a writing teacher at Park Middle School. It proved to be a big hit with both the students and with ...
By TAPINTOSPF STAFF
April 26, 2018SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Fanwood and Scotch Plains police, fire and rescue squad responders were recognized on Wednesday, April 15, at the annual Shield Awards presented by the Knights of Columbus, Father John Nelligan Council, at St. Bartholomew the Apostle Church in Scotch Plains.
This event is special because it brings together all police and volunteer first responders from both ...
By TAPINTOSPF STAFF
April 25, 2018SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Scotch Plains-Fanwood used a balanced attack to defeat Livingston, 12-9, at home on Wednesday.
Sabrina DiLollo had four goals, Amber Bretz added two goals, as did Kelly Mehorter. Bridget Jacob,Emma Philip,Erica Peprocki and Carly Walker all had 1 goal a piece. Libby Daniskas had 10 saves in goal.
TAPintoSPF.net is Scotch ...
By TAPINTOSPF STAFF
April 25, 2018Union County, NJ – The Union County Freeholders have announced the opening of a new senior café in Scotch Plains on Tuesday, May 1, at the Shady Rest Clubhouse at the Scotch Hills Country Club (820 Jerusalem Road). The historic site is a meeting place for Scotch Plains seniors, and is currently owned by the Township of Scotch Plains. Built in the 1920s, it was the first ...
By KATE BROCHU
April 25, 2018WESTFIELD, NJ — The Presbyterian Church in Westfield hosted 40 overnight guests on Saturday, April 21, in a temporary “Box City” set up on the church’s front lawn.
The event was organized to drive awareness of homelessness and to raise funds for the FISH Hospitality Program, a rotating shelter staffed by volunteers that houses 14 people per night, a week ...
By JOHN MOONEY
April 25, 2018SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- On a day when Scotch Plains-Fanwood's top starter Danny Wilkinson didn't meet his usual standard of dominance, senior Matt Kipp came in and kept hitters off balance with 4 1/3 innings of relief and the Raiders overcame a 4-0 deficit to beat Westfield, 7-5.
"The kids have shown themselves to be very tough competitors. They are battling every ...
By LEAH SCALZADONNA
April 24, 2018CRANFORD, NJ – In a quaint white house near the border of Cranford and Garwood, 105-year-old Kurt Steiner sat at his dining room table, surrounded by cabinets that held his collection of Viennese glass and antique Limoge plates. At his table, he had his carefully taped together passport and exit papers from Vienna, Austria, stamped with a large “J” and “Jude,” the ...
By YOSSI GOLDMAN, BROUGHT TO YOU BY UNION COUNTY TORAH CENTER-CHABAD
Why We Keep Kosher
This week's parshah, Shemini, introduces the Torah's dietary laws. Animals must chew their cud and have split hooves to be kosher, fish need fins and scales, and a list of forbidden fowl is enumerated.
To those of us in Jewish education, it is a continuing source of disappointment that so many Jews still believe the kosher laws to be outdated.
By JOHN BURY
April 21, 2018Dear Editor:
After Bruce Patterson of Garwood was stopped from speaking at the Union County Freeholder meeting of March 22 regarding the politics behind refusing to give the party line to a sitting Freeholder, I thought this brazen suppression of free speech could not go unanswered.
At the April 19 meeting I answered with these comments.
After ten years of following government in Union ...
By MARIA SIKOUTRIS DI IORIO
April 18, 2018Prom can be one of the most exciting times for your teenager but at the same time one of the most stressful.
It can also be very stressful for parents as they prepare themselves to accept that their teenager is graduating and soon going away to school, while planning a weekend away after prom night. Going to the Shore for the weekend or somewhere overnight has become more of the ...
By JIM LAMBERT
April 26, 2018PHILADELPHIA - The Union Catholic girls have a history of making their presence felt on the biggest track and field stages.
The opening day of the 124th Penn Relays on Thursday proved to be no different as UC once again showed everyone that even without Olympian Sydney McLaughlin (now starring at the University of Kentucky) the Vikings are one of the best programs in the ...
Sat, April 28, 10:00 AM
Out Run Your Fork, Westfield
