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Organization: Lion’s Roar Brewing Co. Location: 517-519 South Ave W, Westfield, NJ 07090 Contact Information:  9085916344 maddie@lionsroarbrewing.com instagram: @lionsroarbrew Our official 3 year anniversary was on February 5th! We celebrated on the 3rd with live music by The Jenks, Sandwich Freak food truck, the release of We Friggin Made it – Red Ale and Five Cheers for Three Years – small batch Hazy IPA. Our favorite tradition is hanging disposable cameras around the brewery for people to take photos on throughout the day that we get developed and post when the roll is full.     Corinne...

The Wicked Windows of Westfield art design done by Hannah and Stacy Plummer By Hannah Plummer Art is a special thing. Creating something from your own imagination and the inspiration it takes to create it feels amazing. However, at least in my experience, art means so much more when you share it with someone, when you make it with someone else; someone that is dear, and close to your heart. Enter my mother. My mom has always encouraged me when it comes to creativity and art. She’s big into art herself, and has been for most of her life. I’ve always looked up to her in that sense. She calls herself...

The American Scholastic Press Association has awarded Westfield High School’s Optic Magazine “First Place with Special Merit” for its reporting during the 2022-2023 school year.  This category recognizes the top-scoring high school and college student magazines nationally for the organization’s Scholastic Newspaper Awards. The student-run Optics also was recognized in the category of  “Most Outstanding High School Literary-Art Magazine for 2023.” “The students work very hard to put out magazines of this caliber four times a year. Each magazine takes hard work, passion, talent, and teamwork to...

Congratulations to Cranford High School’s Cheerleading Competition Team for taking 1st Place in the Varsity Cheer and Dance Large Divisions of the North Valley Old Tappan Regional Cheer Competition Gold Rush on January 20th, 2024. Photo credit Elizabeth Fitzsimmons (CHS Cheer Coach)  

The team achieved additional YMCA Championship qualifying times including: 3 new National, 25 new State, and 61 new Silver times. Two new Devilfish relay records were set by the 13-14 boys: 800 Free Relay: Jonathan Peterson, Jacob Galczynski, James Kavanagh, Alex Giangone and 400 Medley Relay: Ben Lane, Jonathan Peterson, Alex Giangone, Jacob Galczynski, a record that stood since 1991! Numerous Devilfish swimmers placed in the top 10 at the meet: 11-12 Girls: Jemma Galczynski (10th 50 Free, 10th 100 Free, 10th 100 Fly, 9th 100 IM), Gemma Giordano (1st 500 Free, 1st 50 Free, 3rd 100 Free, 1st...