Scotch Plains News

CRANFORDa 'At the Nov. 17 Joint Meeting of Union County Collegea TMs Board of Trustees and Board of Governors, Dr.

The Investors Savings Bank Foundation, which provides charitable grants to programs that enhance the neighborhoods the bank serves, has awarded $5,000 in support of the Scotch Plains Public Library's scheduled Abraham Lincoln exhibit.

Most of us, if we love an author's work, recommend it to friends and maybe post a recommendation on-line. But when it comes to the late novelist Stanley Elkin, that just wasn't enough for Bill Robins.

A Career Counselor's Ride on the Job Search Roller Coaster at Scotch Plains Public Library SCOTCH PLAINS: The Scotch Plains Public Library will present a talk by Beth Randall Branigan, a career coach with over 20 years of experience, who will speak about her own personal journey as a job seeker.

An exhibit featuring art portraying Plainfield's people, architecture and culture will be on display through Dec.

Paula Gunther-Reilly has been called back by Mount Horeb Principal William Kimmick to continue teaching art for the remainder of the school year.

Sixth and seventh graders from Congregation Beth Israel in Scotch Plains dressed up as clowns to entertain residents of Sunrise Assisted Living in Westfield, Sunday, November 1. The children had attended a half-day training workshop at the synagogue earlier that day to learn how to apply face makeup, create balloon figures, and engage an audience.

A Plainfield man was arrested Monday after authorities received reports that he was selling drugs in the area of the borough Kmart on Route 22, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said Tuesday.

Two men who allegedly used a powerful assault rifle to attempt to rob a taxi driver Monday night were arrested shortly after the incident, police said.

Mars Chocolate North America, the makers of M&M's candy, together with PSEG Solar Source, unveil an 18-acre solar garden adjacent to their Hackettstown headquarters.

Five northern New Jersey communities that received swine flu vaccine over the weekend didn't get enough syringes.

Robert Bengivenga of South Plainfield was recently named First Deputy District Governor of UNICO National District X. In this position, Bengivenga will be second in command of District X, which includes Hillside, Hillsborough, Watchung, Clark, Elizabeth, Union, Scotch Plains, Westfield, the Plainfields and Raritan chapters of UNICO National.

Mendham vs. Scotch Plains 11-5-09. Mendham vs. Scotch Plains 11-5-09. Added by Saed Hindash/The Star-Ledger on November 5, 2009 at 5:00 PM Mendham's Jamie Hofstetter controls the ball as Emily Nagourney of Scotch Plains trails behind during their NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 quarterfinal Thursday.

On Tuesday, November 10, from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., Clara Maass Continuing Care Center at Kearny, located at 195 Belgrove Drive in Kearny, will host a free glucose screening for community members.

Police said they broke up an underage drinking party on Larchwood Avenue early Saturday morning after getting a call about someone who damaged a car in that neighborhood.

Main Category: Pediatrics / Children's Health Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry ; Sexual Health / STDs Article Date: 31 Oct 2009 - 2:00 PDT The much-anticipated movie Precious opens on November 6. The film, whose executive producers include Oprah Winfrey, tells the bleak story of an obese, illiterate 16-year-old Harlem girl who is pregnant ...

SCOTCH PLAINS a ' If you have diabetes, control is the goal to prevent complications from the disease.

Michael Oren addresses the national JNF conference in Philadelphia Oct. 26. NJ at JNF New Jerseyans who attended the Oct.

New Jersey has its challenges, but we are among the most progressive states in the U.S. Let me say this to all the good folks who celebrate our new president and the new era of hopefulness that we are so blessed to have ushered in: Don't let New Jersey fall into the hands of the party that brought you the Iraq war, tax breaks for the richest of ...

Despite an obvious aversion to agreeing on many topics - a theme highlighted during a turbulent candidates' forum held earlier this month in Plainfield - the Republican and Democratic slates running for a pair of District 22 Assembly seats do see eye-to-eye on one key issue.