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By JOHN MOONEY
April 22, 2018FANWOOD, NJ — At the Fanwood Borough Council meeting on Monday, April 16, Mayor Colleen Mahr read a resolution acknowledging Mobile Meals' 50th anniversary and presented it to volunteers Nancy Otchy and Josephine Walsh.
Mobile Meals, based in Westfield, delivers meals to thousands of area residents every day. The organization passed its one millionth meal delivery several ...
By JOANN NEYLAN, WESTFIELD COUNCILWOMAN
April 18, 2018Having chaired the town council’s finance committee in the recent past, I appreciate the hard work that goes into developing a municipal budget for a town as large and dynamic as Westfield. But as I have expressed publicly and also to the mayor and my council colleagues, I do not support the adoption of Westfield’s 2018 municipal budget. Although the budget contains much that I ...
Tue, April 24, 4:00 PM
Westfield Memorial Library, Westfield
By WESTFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT
April 18, 2018April 11, 2018 10:23 a.m.
Raymond Rodgers, 56, of Westfield, NJ was arrested in the area of E. Broad Street. Rodgers was arrested pursuant to an unrelated traffic investigation. Rogers was transported to Westfield Police HQ without incident. At WPD HQ, Rodgers was processed and released after posting the full bail amount ($250). Rodgers was arrested on the strength of an outstanding Westfield ...
By POINT VIEW WEALTH MANAGEMENT
April 22, 2018Point View Wealth Management's Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, John Petrides, live on FOX Business AM discussing several upcoming pivotal earnings and possible market reactions:
ptview.com/medias/tv-radio
For nearly 25 years, Point View Wealth Management, Inc. has been working with families in Summit and beyond, providing customized portfolio management ...
By LIZ KEILL
‘The Sting ‘slithers and shakes at Paper Mill Playhouse
By LIZ KEILL
MILLBURN, NJ – In a premiere production of “The Sting,” Harry Connick Jr. commands the Paper Mill Playhouse stage in Millburn.
Based on the sensational Paul Newman/Robert Redford film in 1973, the 1930s plot centers on a con game and gambling, sometimes on a train between New York and ...
By MARY ANN MCGANN, WESTFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Students and teachers at Edison Intermediate School participated in a recent beta test of a Google application that uses augmented reality technology to explore the inner workings of plant cells, the functions and framework of the human skeletal system, and other educational subjects.
Edison Media Specialist Andrew Cusumano arranged for a Google representative to visit the school on April 9 to ...
By SUSAN MASSA CRS SRES ABR BROKER ASSOCIATE
Finally, the weather is getting warmer and you are shedding those down coats. Now is a great time to start thinking about summer and getting your home prepared. Paying attention to a few maintenance items can alleviate painful repairs later on if you wait too long. The line ahead of you will build as the summer rush starts. So, let’s not wait.
Check your roof (hire the expert ...
By YOSSI GOLDMAN, BROUGHT TO YOU BY UNION COUNTY TORAH CENTER-CHABAD
Why We Keep Kosher
This week's parshah, Shemini, introduces the Torah's dietary laws. Animals must chew their cud and have split hooves to be kosher, fish need fins and scales, and a list of forbidden fowl is enumerated.
To those of us in Jewish education, it is a continuing source of disappointment that so many Jews still believe the kosher laws to be outdated.
By MARIA SIKOUTRIS DI IORIO
April 13, 2018Dropping Off Our Kids At College – Learning How To Adjust
Hellenic Therapy Center
Whether your kid is a freshman entering college for the first time or returning back to college, there are so many emotions we experience as parents. There are differences in a parent’s reaction to the departure of a first child, an only child or even the last child. Feelings ...
By MARC SCHWARTZ
April 20, 2018BRIDGEWATER, NJ — The Somerset Patriots have announced that right-hand pitcher Scott Copeland’s contract has been purchased by the New York Mets.
So, instead of stretching out and getting in shape at TD Bank Ballpark, he's been sent to extended spring training at the Mets' complex in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
The 6’3” righty broke into the big leagues in ...