St. Bart's Festival Concludes Tonight

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- In a Union County Conference Divisional battle, the Union Catholic girls dominated play and rolled to a 3-0 victory over Rahway on Tuesday in Scotch Plains.

The Vikings are now 4-1 on the season and 2-1 in the division. Rahway fell to 1-3.

Offensively, senior captain Coral Briber continued her red hot start to the season by scoring her eighth goal, junior Sofia Alves ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Members of the 1958 graduating class of Scotch Plains Fanwood High School will celebrate their 60th reunion on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018 at Shackamaxon Country Club.  There will be a cocktail reception at 1:00 pm followed by the main event at 2:00 p.m. 

What makes this reunion newsworthy? 

The former students, most of whom are now age 78, were the first ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- After enduring a terrifying ordeal and being displaced from her home by Hurricane Harvey, Nicole Rada has found comfort in her new home at Union Catholic.

Rada and her family felt they found their dream home when they moved from Elizabeth, NJ, to Spring, Texas before Rada began her freshman year of high school. But that all changed in August of 2017 when Rada and her ...

WESTFIELD, NJ -- Things are about to get creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky at First United Methodist Church Westfield!

As the Westfield community prepares to celebrate the works of Charles Addams at Addams Fest, FUMC Westfield will be taking a look at some “Addams Family Values” during Sunday morning worship in October.

Sunday, October 7th: We will be exploring Colossians 3:12 and ...

FANWOOD, NJ -- Long-time residents and new families gathered together on Sept. 8 on the Glenwood Road portion of Fanwood for the return of the neighborhood's annual block party included the North and South Glenwood loop as well as Timberline Drive, Shasta Pass, Rainier Road and Sun Valley.

Mild clouds and occasional  sprinkles didn't keep people away as an about 200+ were in attendance. Our ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Joint Motion Physical Therapy will once again sponsor the Athlete of the Week on TAPintoSPF.net for the 2018-19 school term.

Following a disappointing season last year, the Raider boys soccer team has started the 2018 season with a perfect 4-0 record, including victories over North Brunswick, Plainfield, New Brunswick, and arch rival Westfield. 

The most ...

PLAINFIELD, NJ -- A Somerset County man has admitted to fatally shooting a Plainfield resident in 2011, acting Union County Prosecutor Michael A. Monahan announced Tuesday.

Jose Romero-Aguirre, a.k.a. “Coñejo,” 32, a North Plainfield resident and member of the Plainfield Locos Salvatrucha (PLS) clique of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang, pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated manslaughter ...

Fanwood, NJ -- The Borough of Fanwood has announced the sale dates for 2019 parking passes at the Fanwood Train Station. 

October 9, 2018
Fanwood Renewals
A link and password will be emailed to all REGISTERED permit holders on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018.
* Renewals are guaranteed a space, but not the same spot as this year.

Oct. 15, 2018
Fanwood New Applicants
A link will be available at ...

FANWOOD, NJ -- Mayor Colleen Mahr presented a proclamation to Fanwood children (left to right) Olivia Haley, Dante Castronuovo and Ian Weisholz who raised $1,265 for the Valley Brook Village Community for homeless veterans by selling lemonade. 

The second graders, who attend Brunner School, received a proclamation naming Sept. 17, 2018, in their honor along with a Key to the City.

A portion ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) have announced the names of approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 64th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

Four academically talented seniors from Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School and 13 students from the Union County VoTech Schools made the prestigious list. They have an opportunity to continue ...