The South Plainfield Cultural Arts Commission is hosting a community art project for your front lawn! Create your own 2- or 3-D display depicting Super Heroes and/or Fairy Tales and install it on your lawn for the week of June 13. Here's an extra challenge--make at least some of your sculptures out of recycled materials! Remember that it will be out in the weather for as long as a week, ...

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — A cyberattack against a “vital” U.S. oil pipeline has contributed to a spike in already high gasoline prices. New Jersey gas prices now average $3.04 per gallon, according to AAA, compared to roughly $3.01 per gallon nationally. 

In Middlesex County, the price at the pump has hit $3.035 as of May 12. This is part of a national trend in high ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – In 1974, Peggy Regan-Monagle took on a position as a speech therapist with South Plainfield Schools and, for the past 46 years, has called the district home. 

"I have loved every day spent in South Plainfield Schools," said Regan-Monagle. "It has been wonderful."

A lifelong resident of Clark, Regan-Monagle earned a ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – A virtual ceremony celebrating the charter of the recently established Key Club of South Plainfield High School (SPHS) took place April 29. The newly chartered chapter, which is  sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Edison, was the idea of SPHS junior Rohan Gupta who, during the Zoom event, was officially sworn in as the club's first ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ –  Beginning Friday, May 7, indoor bar seating across New Jersey may resume, with some restrictions, and, in the coming weeks, capacity limits for indoor dining will be lifted. On a local level, these relaxed restrictions come as very good news to Walter Kurilew, owner of KC's Korner – the Norman House in South Plainfield. 

"It ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD – The South Plainfield Senior Center held a drive-thru Mother’s Day brunch on the morning of May 7. With a line of cars stretching into the back parking lot, attendees drove past the back door of the center to pick up their Mother’s Day goodies while senior center staff and volunteers wished them a Happy Mother’s Day.

“What a lovely day to ...

EDISON, NJ – Greg Tufaro, a lifelong Edison resident and award-winning journalist with more than three decades of experience, has recently traded his press pass for a state ID. Last month, Tufaro embarked on a new chapter in his professional career, taking on the role as chief of staff for Senator Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr. (18th L.D.). 

"The opportunity to transition ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - During the week of April 17-24, South Plainfield citizens came together to welcome spring by bagging the litter that emerged with the wildflowers as winter’s snow melted.   Volunteer Litter Cleanup Week is a signature event in South Plainfield’s Clean Communities Calendar. We have been meeting every year for the last 35 years for this purpose. Except ...

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — The Pfizer vaccine opened to children 12 – 15 in New Jersey Wednesday night, state health officials said.

The state Health Department in a statement said that following federal authorization of the Pfizer vaccine for children in that age range, it is allowing the vaccine to be administered to those children.

“With today’s ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD – The South Plainfield Elks Lodge #2298 held their annual Mother’s Day brunch on May 9 with a twist this year. Instead of a sit-down breakfast with made-to-order eggs, the Elks offered a Mother’s Day Drive Up breakfast to go, hosted by Past Exalted Rulers, complete with scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, and friend potatoes.

“This is our ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The chilly Spring season is wrapping up as teams prepare to enter the tournament-style playoffs. USA Softball’s District 2 Spring Softball League is composed of 65 NJ travel teams over four age groups. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be played on May 16, 2021 across three centrally located NJ sites (South Plainfield, Warren, and Westfield) while the championship ...

Can’t win them all.

The South Plainfield High School varsity baseball suffered just its second loss of the season on Monday afternoon as the Tigers fell to North Brunswick, 2-1, in walk-off fashion in the bottom of the seventh inning in North Brunswick.

Yomar Carreras came home to score the winning run for the Raiders on a ground ball by Frankie Garbolino.

Two days earlier, the ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD – The South Plainfield High School (SPHS) Music Department “Pledge to Practice” fundraiser closed on Mar. 31 with a total of $6,556.50 generated to benefit not only music students but the South Plainfield Food Pantry as well. Sponsored by the SPHS Tri-M Music National Honors Society, band, orchestra, and chorus students from 8th through ...

Planning a few long weekends or a vacation may have you rethinking your garden plans. Don’t let time away from home stop you from growing flowers and vegetables in containers.

Irrigation systems with timers and self-watering pots are options to make container gardening and vacation care easier. You may, however, just be looking for ways to adapt your existing container gardening care ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The South Plainfield Police Department is seeking funding to install body cameras on all officers, as per a state order for all law enforcement agencies. In April, the Police Department submitted an application for the State’s Body Worn Camera Grant. This grant is designed to provide funding for body worn camera equipment. Funding levels provided by this grant will ...

Criminal jury trials will resume in person next month, under a Supreme Court order issued Tuesday that revises juror service based on the easing of COVID-19 restrictions in New Jersey.

The Court’s order directs the resumption of in-person criminal jury trials beginning June 15, with cases that involve detained defendants receiving the highest priority. 

Civil trials will continue ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The chilly Spring season is wrapping up as teams prepare to enter the tournament-style playoffs. USA Softball’s District 2 Spring Softball League is composed of 65 NJ travel teams over four age groups. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be played on May 16, 2021 across three centrally located NJ sites (South Plainfield, Warren, and Westfield) while the championship ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD – The South Plainfield Elks Lodge #2298 held their annual Mother’s Day brunch on May 9 with a twist this year. Instead of a sit-down breakfast with made-to-order eggs, the Elks offered a Mother’s Day Drive Up breakfast to go, hosted by Past Exalted Rulers, complete with scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, and friend potatoes.

“This is our ...

New Jersey Date Night is a series on NJ Flavor by relationship writer Craig Rogers.

There’s always something growing in New Jersey, be it excitement for warmer weather or the flowers in everyone’s yard. Celebrating springtime in the Garden State requires a garden date. We have so many options at our fingertips — possibilities guaranteed to inspire romance and ...

Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone announced today that several county residents have been charged with possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation or abuse of children.

On May 13, officers of the East Brunswick, Edison, Highland Park, Monroe, New Brunswick, North Brunswick, Perth Amboy, and Sayreville Police Departments along with detectives of the New Jersey State ...

SOMERVILLE, NJ - Help Wanted: The Downtown Somerville Alliance is looking to hire a full-time Program Coordinator.

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Program Coordinator provides support for the Downtown Somerville Alliance, Inc., with marketing, planning, development, coordination, and execution of special events, programs, and promotions for the downtown improvement district.

These ...

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — The Pfizer vaccine opened to children 12 – 15 in New Jersey Wednesday night, state health officials said.

The state Health Department in a statement said that following federal authorization of the Pfizer vaccine for children in that age range, it is allowing the vaccine to be administered to those children.

“With today’s ...