SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- The Jam Kancer in The Kan Foundation will hold its inaugural Summer Jam fundraising event on Saturday, August 19, at Darby Road (450 Park Ave., Scotch Plains), beginning at 11:00 a.m. when the restaurant opens.

Darby Road will donate 20% of its revenue that day/night back to the Foundation. In addition to food and drink specials, there will be Kan Jam ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- In honor of what would have been her granddaughter Summer's third birthday, Jo-Ann Crifasi will host a lemonade stand to help raise funds for pediatric cancer research on Sunday, August 20, after the 10:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. masses at St. Bart's in Scotch Plains.

To learn more about Summer's short but brave life, click here. The Noon mass ...

Are you a good listener? Do you want to make a difference in the life of someone in crisis?

Are you an empty nester or retiree looking for flexible and rewarding volunteering opportunities?

Become a volunteer listener at Caring Contact, the crisis listening line located in Westfield. Caring Contact will be offering Excellence in Listening training beginning Sept. 18 at the First ...

UNION COUNTY, NJ  - The Union County Clerk's office can help disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients in the county obtain documents to participate in a new statewide program that exempts them from paying at parking meters.

County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi said veterans' identification cards and copies of DD-214 honorable discharge forms can be obtained for free at her ...

FANWOOD, NJ -- The annual Ice Cream Social at The Chelsea at Fanwood, which co-sponsored the event with the Borough, was another huge success this year as rain could not keep away many of our senior friends from inside and outside the Chelsea.

Community Relations Directors Pam Gabel and Ken Gelb dished out the ice cream and toppings to the guests, including Joe Bruno, President of ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- What began as a backyard event has now evolved into a movement that has generated over $231,000 for cancer-related charities and organizations. The fourth annual Scotch Plains/Fanwood Jam Kancer In The Kan event will take place on Sept. 23, 2017.

The success has led to the creation of the Jam Kancer In The Kan Foundation. Its mission statement is simple: to provide ...

FANWOOD, NJ – Three students from Brunner Elementary School ran a lemonade stand in front of a Fanwood home on Saturday, July 22 to raise $529 for the Children’s Specialized Hospital in Mountainside.

Olivia Haley, Ian Weisholtz and Dante Castronuovo, classmates in Mrs. Amber Jarrett’s kindergarten class last year, came up with the idea at the end of the school ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- On Monday night at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, the Wolves Basketball Academy’s (WBA) summer basketball league played its championship game. Players from the two finalists went back and forth exchanging baskets in hopes of lifting the trophy.

From afar, the game looks no different from any other summer rec game: high school and college students shooting ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Play golf with the Somerset Patriots at their 18th Annual Golf Classic at Neshanic Valley Golf Course in Neshanic Station, NJ on Sept. 11.

The Golf Classic is a five-player celebrity scramble, with each foursome being matched up with a Somerset Patriots player or coach. There will be a shotgun start at noon and different contests on the course to win ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Rotary Club was honored at the Scotch Plains Township Council meeting last Tuesday for winning the Governor's Award as the best Rotary Club in the State. 

Pictured with Mayor Al Smith are Steve Goldberg, President of the Fanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary Club, and Carmela Resnick, the organization's Immediate Past President.

The ...