The No. 9 Westfield High School boys ice hockey team rapped the 129-1 West Essex Knights, 10-1, in the semifinal round of the McInnis Cup on February 10. Two days later at Codey Arena, the 16-3 Blue Devils knocked the No. 11 Livingston Lancers off their saddles in a 6-2 triumph.Aidan Alon and Jackso...

The 11th-seeded AL Johnson Crusaders sent the sixth-seeded, 16-5 Union Catholic Viking girls basketball team reeling with a 54-41 setback in the first round of the Union County Tournament on February 12. Three days later, however, the Crusaders dropped a 67-65 heartbreaker to the third-seeded Plainf...

WESTFIELD – 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the WestfieldArea Chinese American Association (WACAA), and on February 8th, WACAA celebrated the Year of the Snake with its 10th Chinese New Year Gala at Edison Intermediate School. High school volunteers helped run the majority of the activities of th...

SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD – The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Choir department is eager to present this year’s Cabaret for a Cause concert on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Manya Ungar Memorial Auditorium at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School (667 Westfield Road, Scotch Plains, NJ). The concert ...

WESTFIELD – Break out your vintage concert t-shirts and Vans sneakers! Roosevelt Intermediate School (RIS) is psyched to announce its upcoming spring musical production of Rock of Ages: Youth Edition, a fun, high-energy show packed with classic 80s rock anthems you’ll (like, totally) remember from t...

FANWOOD – Contemporary folkmusic groups, singer-songwriters and an acclaimed blues guitarist will be featured as the Fanwood Performance Series presents its spring season of live music at the Carriage House.The series returns from its winter break on Saturday, April 5, with folk trio Lara Herscovitc...

CRANFORD – For The Cranford Dramatics Club’s third production of the season, they tackle Tony Kushners 1990 thought-provoking play Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches.Set in 1980s New York City during Ronald Reagan’s presidency and the AIDS epidemic Angels in America covers a cast of c...

WESTFIELD — After several years of waiting and wondering, Westfield residents got their first looks earlier this week at the Westfield Art Collective’s (WAC) plan to convert the Rialto Theatre into a new, stateof- the-art entertainment venue.“We’re here tonight to answer the question that everyone h...

AREA — Four GOP candidates vying for New Jersey’s top office clashed over policy, priorities and allegiance to President Donald Trump last week during a gubernatorial debate held at Rider University. The four candidates — State Sen. Jon Bramnick, former state Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, former sta...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The recreation commission began discussions this week on plans for a top-to-bottom renovation of the historic clubhouse at the Shady Rest Golf and Country Club.A commission subcommittee headed by Commissioner Tom Donatelli, who also is the group’s liaison to the Preserve Shady Rest C...