South Plainfield News

PISCATAWAY, N.J. Six members of the Rutgers wrestling team appeared in multiple national rankings released this week after a shutout victory against Sacred Heart.

A South Plainfield woman was awarded $1.5 million by a Middlesex County jury for injuries she suffered while being attacked by a pit bull at her father's Jackson home.

Crunch time is here. With two more major races to go in the high school girls' cross country season, Kingsway High School's Chelsea Ley will have one last opportunity in her fabulous career to conquer the competition at Holmdel Park.

The school district again is on the hunt for business administrator candidates, trying to fill a position that has been held by several people on an interim basis since last year.

Residents have another opportunity to express their thoughts on a proposed Greenway extension at an open house meeting that will be held 7 p.m. Nov.

Sidewalk curb cuts for handicap access on the southbound portion of the newly constructed Route 36 Highlands-Sea Bright bridge will be installed this month, said Tim Greeley, spokesman for the state Department of Transportation.

Genuine political competition isn't easy to find in Central Jersey. Our counties are dominated by one-party control - Democrats in Middlesex, Republicans in Somerset and Hunterdon.

Graduating high school students soon will be adding one more course to their list before leaving school - and it could be the difference between life or death.

For a teenager, getting behind the wheel of a motor vehicle for the first time can be challenging.

Alice DiNizo's resume may include entire decades spent as a children's librarian, but the recent retiree's rookie effort as a novelist is anything but PG-rated. The former South Plainfield resident and ex-Plainfield Public Library librarian is the author of 'Imperfect Past,' a recently published novel that treads over dark ground such as childhood ...

For Dennis Scalera, it is a practice that is as near to his heart as any. Scalera regularly would visit the gravesites of his father and uncle, paying respects and making sure they were well-maintained. Then, during one stop during the last year at the Holy Redeemer cemetery, Scalera noticed something was wrong.

One might call it deja vu all over again. In January, a year after formally relinquishing control of the Borough Council to Democrats, Republicans in this historically Democratic-leaning municipality will again be in charge.

The Home News Tribune has urged the ouster of the most incumbent legislators this year: six.A The HNT called for the defeat of Linda Greenstein , Wayne DeAngelo , Joseph Egan , Upendra Chivukula , Patrick Diegnan , and John Wisniewski .A Only Peter Barnes survived the wrath of the editorial board.A But the HNT also endorsed three incumbent ...

A man charged with stalking a woman after she lent him her minivan, accused him of driving it drunk, then called police when he refused to leave her home is being sought by authorities.

One of New Jersey's most significant environmental areas may soon get new protections that probably would limit development projects.

It's always a big deal when Frankie Valli comes back home to Newark. This trip back means something a little extra.

Barnes & Diegnan on Dismal Swamp Preservation Law In this video press release, Assembly Members Peter J. Barnes III and Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr.

I find it appalling that our current assemblymen Patrick Diegnan and Peter Barnes would resort to sending out mailers with so many untruths.

A midday blaze damaged a house and left one police officer with minor injuries, police said.

Math Genie, a program that combines ancient Asian instruction methods with modern research to teach young children to mentally perform complex calculations, recently opened its third location: 5001 Hadley Road South Plainfield, just past the Middlesex Mall.