Credit Mat Boyle

Maybe it's the summer heat.  Gov. Chris Christie can't seem to keep a lid on his temper these days.  For the second time in a week, Christie lost his cool in public.  While...

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 This July and August, the Scotch Plains Public Library is hosting an exhibition of prize-winning posters designed by New Jersey City University art students and alumni commemorating the ...

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It's going to feel like it's over 100 degrees outside this weekend—making it a great time to see a movie. Here are Patch reviews of five summer films that are showing locally. For showtim...

Credit Sam Robb Memorial Beach Run

Fireworks are through, barbecues are shuttered, but there's still plenty to do down the shore this weekend. Whether you're heading to the beach, looking for family-friendly fun, or some f...

Credit Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs

The following story was submitted by the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs: Patti Slobogin drove slowly so that her mother could take in all the changes to “t...

Credit Sandy McGee

To the Editor: I am writing you because at about 4 p.m. on July 3, I wiitnessed a concerned teacher carry out a remarkable act of kindness and I feel this man deserves to be recogniz...

Credit Marty Marks

Pictured here is Scotch Plains Mayor Mary DePaola who had the honor of reading The Declaration of Independence on July 4 at the annual Independence Day Celebration at Shackamaxon Country ...

Credit Food Network

In honor of America’s favorite and most “independent” holiday, taste buds across the country are craving the American classics. Taste of Home, the No. 1 cooking magazine read by 16 millio...