PLAINFIELD, NJ -- The Union Catholic boys basketball team hung on to win a nail-biter over Plainfield, 54-53, on Tuesday night.

The Vikings, who have won three of their last four games to improve to 8-7, were clinging to a one-point lead when Plainfield missed two free throws with five seconds to go in the game. After the second free throw bounced off the rim, UC's Yaw Ansong grabbed ...

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- When Pam Holmes was an eighth grader back in 1976 at St. Bernard's School in Plainfield, she spent a lot of time reading the sports pages and attending basketball games at Union Catholic.

And each time she opened the paper or sat in the stands, her eyes would always lock in on one name, one player - the legendary Kristin Kirchner, who at the time was a junior ...

TRENTON – Everyone hates telemarketers. If we want an extended car warranty, we will go buy it ourselves, thank you very much. Some state officials share our pain, proposing a bill that would require telemarketers 30 seconds to give their real name, their real company and the real product/service they are actually selling. New Jersey Globe reports this proposed law has been in the works for ...

STATEWIDE – Anyone who relies on our “Weather in a Word” at the bottom of this newsletter for weather-related precision is quick to note an odd trend: There has been no indication, whatsoever, of snow this winter. Looking ahead to our official, never-questioned 10-day forecast, it looks like this could end up being the least snowy January since the first climatologist stuck his ...