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Fanwood Cultural Arts Council Presents World Class Musicians
May 29, 2012FANWOOD, NJ - The Fanwood Cultural Arts Performance Series will continue on Saturday, June 9th as they present The Ensemble MazzMuse, ...
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Fanwood and Scotch Plains Have Perfect Memorial Day Weekend
May 28, 2012SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – After much worrying about the weather, Scotch Plains and Fanwood experienced the perfect Memorial Da...
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Scotch Plains in Process to Appoint New Mayor
May 24, 2012SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – Councilwoman Mary DePaola has been asked to assume the duties of acting Mayor after the final resignation of...
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Fanwood Council Names Volunteer of the Month
May 23, 2012FANWOOD, NJ – George Weiss was named volunteer of the month at the Fanwood Council Meeting in recognition of his work as videogr...
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The College Report: Trinity and Summit's Megan Leonhard Capture Div. 3 Lacrosse Crown
May 23, 2012Trinity College of Connecticut won the NCAA Division 3 Women's Lacrosse Championship in Montclair on Sunday with an 8-7 victory ov...
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Farmer's Market Begins Saturday
May 23, 2012SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ - The Scotch Plains Business and Professional Association will again be sponsoring the Framer's Market, beginnin...
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Temple Shalom Student Helps Improve the Earth
May 22, 2012FANWOOD/SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – When Madolyn Ilana Robins, a religious school student at Temple Sholom of Fanwood/Scotch Plains and ...
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TRINITY AND SUMMIT'S MEGAN LEONHARD CAPTURE DIV. 3 LACROSSE CROWN
May 22, 2012Trinity College of Connecticut won the NCAA Division 3 Women's ...
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Scotch Plains Mayor's Resignation Now Official
May 21, 2012SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – When Scotch Plains Mayor Nancy Malool closed the door on her office for the last time on Friday, she did so ...
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Scotch Plains Builder Receives Award
May 17, 2012SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – Scotch Plains builder Steve Needle was the recipient of one of the Achievement in Planning awards presented ...
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New Shop on Bartle Avenue
May 16, 2012SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – Downtown Scotch Plains has a new gift and collectibles shop called “The Last Firefly” at 1906 Ba...
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2nd Annual Woof Walk
May 11, 2012SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -Dogs and their human companions are cordially invited to Rotary’s 2nd Annual Woof Walk on Sunday, May...
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Fanwood Arts Series Saturday Night
May 11, 2012FANWOOD, NJ -On Saturday, May 12th, at 7 pm the Fanwood Performance Series presents The Clayhole Brothers and Loretta Hagen at the Pat...
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"Shop Local" is a Very Important Concept
May 9, 2012SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ - Rough economic times are making it even harder for local businesses to be successful against the ons...
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'Today Show' Hidden Cameras Catch Local Businessman Being Honest with Customers
May 8, 2012SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – What started as a routine business call for Doug Lynch, owner of A-1 Basement Solutions, turned into the bes...
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Park Avenue Celebrates
May 7, 2012SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – Downtown Scotch Plains was the place to be this weekend. John’s Meat Market was celebrating thei...
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Little Shop of Comics Brings in Storm Troopers
May 7, 2012SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – Scotch Plains residents could be forgiven for thinking they were being invaded Saturday morning, as Storm Tr...
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The College Report: Rider's Burroughs of West Orange Hurdles to Two Wins at MAAC Meet
May 7, 2012James Burroughs (West Orange, Jr.) won two events over the hurdles on Sunday to lead Rider’s men to a runner-up finish in the Me...
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Fanwood Mayor Mahr Attends Policy Roundtable With Irish-American Leaders Hosted by U.S. Senator Menendez
May 5, 2012FANWOOD/NEWARK, NJ - Fanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr was among a dozen Irish-American leaders who met this week to discuss the needs of the...
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Comprehensive Anti-Bullying Program in Scotch Plains/Fanwood Schools
May 3, 2012SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – The Scotch Plains/Fanwood School District and the PTA Council co-sponsored a comprehensive program o...
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Florence Ravioli and John's Meat Market Join Forces
May 2, 2012SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – Florence Ravioli and John’s Meat Market are banding together to host a unique day of events and ...
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"United for a Cause" 5k Great Success
May 1, 2012SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ - On Saturday, April 28th over 400 participants “United for a Cause” and completed the a 5K Run and One ...
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Wellness Challenge Concludes
April 30, 2012SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ - The second annual Scotch Plains Wellness Challenge concluded its 10 week run at a special community presentation a...
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Anti Bullying Laws Explained
April 29, 2012SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ - The Scotch Plains-Fanwood PTA Council is sponsoring a program for parents, teachers and caretakers of all ...
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Fanwood Scotch Plains Rotary hosts Volunteer of the Year Dinner
April 26, 2012SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – Denise Hughes, Vice President of the Valley National Bank in Scotch Plains, will be the recipient of the Rot...