South Plainfield Top Stories
By MELINDA MYERS
November 4, 2024
This winter, brighten your mood and surroundings by planting and growing a few amaryllis. Your thoughts may turn to red when considering this plant but now you can find a variety of colors and flower shapes. Select the color that best suits your mood and indoor décor.Fill your home with these ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Soil is the foundation of a healthy garden, but let’s be honest, most gardeners don’t like spending time, energy, and money on it. It’s more fun to show off pretty flowers or share tasty vegetables. But creating a healthy soil foundation will increase your growing success ...
EDISON, NJ - Born with a complex cardiac defect, Marisa Tufaro lived with a medical condition that restricted her from some physical activity, but never prevented her from bowling.Marisa, who died in 2017 at the age of 13 from a rare form of cancer following six open-heart surgeries and a heart ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Join the community for a cozy, family-friendly evening at the annual Spaghetti Dinner hosted by the Our Lady of Czestochowa (OLC) Rosary Society. On Saturday, November 16, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm, enjoy a delicious spaghetti meal complete with dessert and salad. There will also ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The South Plainfield Public Library is celebrating Diwali, the Festival of Lights. One of India's biggest and most important celebrations, Diwali symbolizes the beginning of the Hindu New Year. Diwali, which focuses on the triumph of good over evil, is celebrated worldwide ...
NEW JERSEY — People really like to share ‘selfies’ on social media.Avoid this temptation on Election Day when voting at your local polling place. It’s illegal in the Garden State to take ‘selfies’ with your ballot. So are a few other things that New Jersey law considers to be ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Get ready for the holidays and enjoy a very festive month at the South Plainfield Public Library, complete with unique crafts, creative activities, and family-friendly fun. Enjoy November with the community by participating in some really exciting events. Read on for all the ...
NEW JERSEY – If anyone has been looking forward to that coveted extra hour of sleep, it’s finally here. This weekend marks the end of Daylight Saving Time, with clocks rolling back one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 3, 2024. This change means an extra hour of sleep for many as Daylight Saving ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – The Star-Ledger newspaper will cease print early next year, shutting down its Pine Brook printing facility, it was announced Oct. 30.The Newark Morning Ledger Company, owner of the Star-Ledger, said that the decision to shut down was due to rising costs, decreasing circulation and ...
NEW BRUNSWICK - Bill Romano was leaving Scarlet Fever on Somerset Street with a bag stuffed with Rutgers gear that he planned on wearing to the football team’s clash with UCLA a few Saturdays ago.A transplanted New Jerseyan now living in Naples, Fla., he likes to stock up on Scarlet Knights ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – Middlesex County welcomed families from across the region to celebrate the fall season with its first-ever Fall Harvest Festival at East Jersey Old Town Village, 1050 River Road, in Piscataway.Held this past weekend, October 25-27, the festival showcased a variety of seasonal ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Mayor Matt Anesh, at a recent council meeting, proclaimed Nov. 1, 2024 as ‘Love Your Lawyer Day’ in South Plainfield and encouraged community members to ‘show love, appreciation, and respect for the work lawyers do...’‘Love Your Lawyer Day’ was established in 2001 and is ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ – Middlesex College and Rutgers University–New Brunswick have signed an agreement offering students the opportunity to pursue a bachelor’s degree at Rutgers after they complete an associate degree at Middlesex College. The two schools gathered at an event held today on the ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - On Saturday, October 21, 2024, the 12U Green Tigers softball team, managed by Jackie MacLean, hosted a Pink Tournament at the South Plainfield Ponytail Park. Five teams, traveling from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Staten Island, took part in the tournament alongside the ...
NEW JERSEY — The Garden State apparently has plenty of haunted places. And it’s that time of year when folks seek out “the spooky,” to visit haunted venues, or tell ghost stories that set the mood for trick-or-treating.Our news sites have received a half-dozen media releases peddling spooky surveys ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Nicholas Gamba’s dreams to pursue a career in law enforcement began over a decade ago and, in just a few weeks, he will officially become an officer with the South Plainfield Police Department (SPPD). “I've wanted to be a cop ever since I was 10 years old and Berkeley ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – At a council meeting held Oct. 21, Lieutenant Lloyd McNelly, a lifelong South Plainfield resident and 20-year veteran with the police department, was officially sworn in by Mayor Matt Anesh as the new coordinator of the borough’s Office of Emergency Management ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Glen Burtnik is talking from his yard in Asbury Park, using words like humbling to describe his emotions about being included in a mural honoring recording legends who have graced the State Theatre New Jersey stage.He was ticking off the names of some of the other musicians who are ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – At a council meeting Oct. 21, South Plainfield Mayor Matt Anesh issued guidelines for Mischief Night and announced the designated hours for trick or treating in the borough. The eve of Halloween is commonly referred to as ‘Mischief Night,’ and, according to Anesh, has ...
ISELIN, NJ -- JFK-Iselin was a yard away from clinching a division title when A.J. Perales perfected the art of the steal.The defensive end from South Plainfield emerged from a pile at the goal line with a Mustang fumble and returned it 99 yards the other way for the deciding touchdown in the ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Feeding less-fortunate people and families is a concern that crosses political, cultural and socioeconomic boundaries.That’s the reason, for almost two decades, the “Cast-A-Can When You Cast Your Vote” food drive has become a successful election-season, charitable hallmark in this ...
NEW JERSEY — Step aside “Happy Gilmore. Here comes “The Boss.”An upcoming movie about Bruce Springsteen’s early career means amateur actors from the Garden State have more shots to be paid “extras.”Manhattan-based Grant Wilfley Casting has announced calls for “1980s type” extras for an upcoming ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - South Plainfield High School (SPHS) senior Maria Fuschetti served as student representative for the board of education at the Oct. 16 meeting,Fuschetti is senior class president and one of five SPHS students who will serve as reps on the South Plainfield Board of Education ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY — If you are registered to vote in any of Middlesex County’s 25 towns, you can cast your ballots starting on Saturday as New Jersey begins “early in-person voting” for the 2024 General Election.Early in-person voting is available at ten Middlesex County locations starting Saturday, ...
OLD BRIDGE -- Youth and experience is why the South Plainfield field hockey team is back in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) championship game on Saturday. Freshman forward Sophia Valle scored in the third quarter to tie the game at 1-1 and senior forward Ava Chapman scored the game-clinching ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The South Plainfield High School Varsity Gymnastics Team secured a season high all-around (AA) score last weekend to secure a second-place finish at the 2024 Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Championship. “Our goal was to place in the top two, so it’s always a good feeling ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - After nearly four decades of service, Lieutenant Phillip J. Aquilina's tour of duty with the South Plainfield Police Department has come to an end. On the afternoon of Oct. 22, family and friends, including current and former colleagues, gathered outside police headquarters ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD -- Senior forward Ava Chapman and senior midfielder Emily Baksh each had one goal with an assist to power third-seeded South Plainfield to a 7-0 home win over sixth-seeded South Brunswick in the quarterfinals of the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament on Tuesday, Oct.
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - To ensure that only borough residents are attending South Plainfield Schools, the district is requiring re-registration of all current 4th, 8th, and 11th graders, beginning Monday, Nov. 4. “Parents and guardians will be required to provide documentation to the district ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - On Saturday, October 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the South Plainfield Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration will host DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day at locations across the country. DEA and its partners will collect tablets, capsules, ...