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BOE Completes Training Following HIB Concerns
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BOE Completes Training Following HIB Concerns
By MADOLYN LAURINE 
Thursday, August 28, 2025
WESTFIELD — The Westfield Board of Education met Tuesday to complete a board training from the New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA), and to review the results of a self-administered NJSBA survey. The training was led by Field Service Representative Jeanne Cleary, who explained what the association sees as best practices for their roles and responsibilities. Leila Morelli was absent from th...
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Wonder Hearing to Continue Amid Lingering Concerns
By MADOLYN LAURINE 
Thursday, August 28, 2025
CRANFORD — The Cranford planning board met Thursday to continue a public hearing for Wonder Foods, LLC, an upscale, grab-and-go eatery that wants to e...
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Union County Senior 60+ Softball League Playoffs:
Sports
Union County Senior 60+ Softball League Playoffs:
Lauren 
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Swan Hotel 19, AJ Jersey 18 In this opening game of the 60s A best-of-three championship series at Linden Memorial Park, the contest could not get any...
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BOE Completes Training Following HIB Concerns
Main, News
BOE Completes Training Following HIB Concerns
By MADOLYN LAURINE 
Thursday, August 28, 2025
WESTFIELD — The Westfield Board of Education met Tuesday to complete a board training from the New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA), and to re...
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Pharmaceutical Pioneer Inducted Into Westfield Hall Of Fame
Community
Pharmaceutical Pioneer Inducted Into Westfield Hall Of Fame
By Carol Tener 
Thursday, August 21, 2025
WESTFIELD – The Westfield Historical Society is proud to announce that William McLaren Bristol has been selected for induction into the prestigious We...
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Old Guard to Hear Life Coach Presentation
Community
Old Guard to Hear Life Coach Presentation
Thursday, August 21, 2025
SUMMIT – On Tuesday, August 26, at 9:30 a.m., The Summit Area Old Guard will welcome Life Coach Kelly Falcone, whose clients face career reinventions,...
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Family Launches GoFundMe To Aid Son’s Medical Bills
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Family Launches GoFundMe To Aid Son’s Medical Bills
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, August 28, 2025
MOUNTAINSIDE — A Mountainside family whose threeyear- old son, Buzzy, was diagnosed with a rare condition last year is reaching out to ask the local c...
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Ice Rink Plans Face Environmental Opposition
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Ice Rink Plans Face Environmental Opposition
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, August 28, 2025
COUNTY — Environmentalists from across the area are pushing back against Union County’s plans to remove approximately 60 mature oak trees from Warinan...
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WPD Chief Announces Promotion of Forcenito
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WPD Chief Announces Promotion of Forcenito
Thursday, August 28, 2025
WESTFIELD – Westfield Police Chief Christopher Battiloro has announced the recent promotion of Officer Christopher Forcenito to the rank of Sergeant o...
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Raider Footballers Gear Up, Scrimmage East Brunswick
Sports
Raider Footballers Gear Up, Scrimmage East Brunswick
Lauren 
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Prepared by DAVID B. CORBINThe doors for a starting spot on the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School varsity football team are wide open. On August 21, t...
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Union County Senior 60+ Softball League Playoffs:
Sports
Union County Senior 60+ Softball League Playoffs:
Lauren 
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Swan Hotel 19, AJ Jersey 18 In this opening game of the 60s A best-of-three championship series at Linden Memorial Park, the contest could not get any...
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Participants Relate Experiences At Babe Ruth 14U World Series
Sports
Participants Relate Experiences At Babe Ruth 14U World Series
Prepared by DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Special thanks to Coach Marcus Mattielli who got all the quotes from the participants.Once in a lifetime opportunities rarely occur but the Westfield ...
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Susan Myrill Dougherty
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Susan Myrill Dougherty
Thursday, August 21, 2025
Susan Myrill Dougherty Susan Myrill Hoos Dougherty, daughter of parents Thelma Bullard and Walter Sellon, passed away peacefully in Lee’s Summit, MO, ...
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Eileen V. Marino
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Eileen V. Marino
Thursday, August 21, 2025
Eileen V. Marino Beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother Eileen Veronica (née Fallon) Marino, 92, of Fanwood, New Jersey, died peacefu...
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Carolkay Lissenden Barre
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Carolkay Lissenden Barre
Thursday, July 24, 2025
Carolkay Lissenden Barré Carolkay Lissenden Barré, 87, died on July 17, 2025 in Stone Harbor, New Jersey with loving family by her side. Whether answe...
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Sons of American Revolution Recaps Summer Activities
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Sons of American Revolution Recaps Summer Activities
Thursday, August 28, 2025
AREA – This summer has been a very busy time for the West Fields Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. In June the chapter presented the SAR...
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Friends Of Union County Support ARRIVE Together
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Friends Of Union County Support ARRIVE Together
Thursday, August 28, 2025
COUNTY — Recently, the Friends of Union County proudly presented critical equipment to the Union County Prosecutor’s Office to support its innovative ...
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Levi Cory House Village Shop Announces Fall Dates
Community
Levi Cory House Village Shop Announces Fall Dates
Thursday, August 28, 2025
MOUNTAINSIDE — The Village Shop located in the Mountainside Restoration Committee’s Levi Cory House will open again after a summer break. Volunteers a...
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Cranford Dramatic Club Prepares For 107th Season
Thursday, August 28, 2025
CRANFORD — The curtain rises once more at CDC Theatre, the heart of Cranford’s vibrant arts scene and New Jersey’s oldest continuously producing commu...
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Union County To Host Special Needs Fishing Derby
Thursday, August 28, 2025
COUNTY — The Union County Board of County Commissioners, in partnership with the Newark Bait Fly Casting Club, invites residents with disabilities and...
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Creative Team Announced for Premiere Stages’ Walden
Thursday, August 28, 2025
UNION – Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Kean University, presents the New Jersey Premiere of Walden by Amy Berryman, ...
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Ice Rink Plans Face Environmental Opposition
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Ice Rink Plans Face Environmental Opposition
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, August 28, 2025
COUNTY — Environmentalists from across the area are pushing back against Union County’s plans to remove approximately 60 mature oak trees from Warinan...
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Lawsuit Challenging Westfield Cell Tower Is Dismissed
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Lawsuit Challenging Westfield Cell Tower Is Dismissed
By FRED T. ROSSI 
Thursday, August 21, 2025
SCOTH PLAINS/WESTFIELD – A Superior Court judge last week dismissed a lawsuit filed by several Scotch Plains residents seeking to block the installati...
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Participants Relate Experiences At Babe Ruth 14U World Series
Sports
Participants Relate Experiences At Babe Ruth 14U World Series
Prepared by DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Special thanks to Coach Marcus Mattielli who got all the quotes from the participants.Once in a lifetime opportunities rarely occur but the Westfield ...
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St. Bart’s Oldtimers Men’s Softball Final Standings & Playoff Results:
Sports
St. Bart’s Oldtimers Men’s Softball Final Standings & Playoff Results:
Thursday, August 21, 2025
FINAL STANDINGS: TEAM W L T St. Ignatius 17 4 St. Anthony 13 8 St. George 10 9 2 St. Wolfgang 10 10 1 St. Vincent 8 11 2 St. Francis 8 13 St. Justin 8...
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St. Justin 6th Jars St. Francis In Third Round Playoffs, 7-1
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FAZIO GRAND SLAM; MARINELLO & SARNA RULE ‘D’
St. Justin 6th Jars St. Francis In Third Round Playoffs, 7-1
By DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Defensive acrobatics and very effective pitching performances kept both teams on edge when St. Francis hosted St. Justin in the third round of the St....
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