Judge swears in 14 CASA volunteers Robin Karp and Alyssa Seiden of Scotch Plains among new foster child advocates Submitted by Gretchen M. Boger-O’Bryan   Eleven Union County residents from Scotch Plains, New Providence, Berkeley Heights, Cranford, Elizabeth, Fanwood, and…

Scotch Plains resident Matthew Kalafat is among 18 Americans to be awarded a Carnegie Medal for heroism by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. Kalafat rescued a 26 year old woman from drowning at Point Pleasant Beach in September of 2016.…

By Susan Baldani, a life member of the Scotch Plains Rescue Squad. Have you ever heard a gunshot or other loud noise when falling asleep or upon waking, but the person right next to you didn’t hear a thing? If…