Giving Back

WESTFIELD, NJ — As important as the match was for both Westfield and Union Catholic, the cause both teams played for put the volleyball result in the back seat Saturday. 

Union Catholic captured a three-set win in a likely preview of the upcoming Union County Tournament final. But the Scotch Plains win wasn’t the main event at Westfield High School's ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- The Knights of Columbus will host their annual Wine Tasting event on Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 2400 North Ave., on the Westfield/Scotch Plains border.

Tickets are $30.00 per person. (Group rate: Buy 5 tickets and get sixth ticket free.) For further information, ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — The 54-year-old single mom and longtime Union County resident didn’t think her life would get worse after her home in Westfield was foreclosed on.

Then Annie Vann-Ashkenazi, a mother of four, got the call from Overlook Medical Center.

“Two days after I got here, I received a call from Overlook Hospital that changed everything,” Vann-Ashkenazi, 54, ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ — With a grant from the Westfield-based Stad’s Crabfest Foundation, the JCC of Central NJ in Scotch Plains is offering an eight-week cancer exercise training/recovery program for six qualified individuals who are undergoing or recently underwent treatment for cancer.

The program, which will run from Oct. 23 until Dec. 11, will provide hands-on training with ...

SCOTCH PLANS, N.J. -- Union Catholic's first ever Special Needs Sports Day for kids and teens last Saturday, run by UC's C.R.A.Y.O.N Club, was a huge success.

The event, held in the courtyard at Union Catholic prior to the "Spike Out'' Autism volleyball match between UC and Paramus, attracted more than a dozen Special Needs kids. During the event, participants enjoyed ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- NFL players are coming to Scotch Plains-Fanwood to raise money for two good causes on Saturday, Oct. 20.

The All-Star Basketball Game sponsored by the Fanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary Club will be a great family FUN-raiser in which NFL players from Giants, Jets, and Eagles will take the court and play the town's All-Star students, ...

NEW JERSEY -- Chelsea Senior Living's annual golf outing raised more than $20,000 for volunteer rescue squads across New Jersey.

The Fanwood Rescue Squad is among the squads receiving $1,500.

Pictured are Councilman Tom Kranz, Director of Communications for Chelsea, Annette Watson, Executive Director of The Chelsea at Fanwood, and Brian Downing, Rescue Squad EMT.

The golf outing ...

UNION COUNTY, NJ — State Superior Court Judge James Hely administered oaths to 13 Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Union County, including Carolyn Colonna of Fanwood and Judy Sturm of Scotch Plains. The volunteers came from 11 towns from across the County. 

CASA Volunteers are extra eyes and ears for family law judges hearing cases involving abused, neglected or ...

FANWOOD, NJ -- Mayor Colleen Mahr presented a proclamation to Fanwood children (left to right) Olivia Haley, Dante Castronuovo and Ian Weisholtz 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 ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- The second annual "From Farm to Table" fundraising dinner treated attendees with a six-course meal prepared by Brian Kirpan, from BK Private Dining and Catering, and other local chefs on Saturday, Sept. 15, on the "hedge property" next to the Scotch Plains Municipal Building.

Kirpan created the gourmet meal using farm fresh ...