AREA — The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Union County honored long-time Cranford childhood friends, Jim O’Brien of Scotch Plains and Bob Sloan of Westfield, as Irishmen of the Year at the organization’s 62nd Annual Irish Heritage Tribute Dinner on March 7. The event was held at Shackamaxon Country...

Virtual Author Event with Madeline Miller, Thursday, March 21 at 7 p.m. This is a VIRTUAL author event with Madeline Miller, bestselling author of “The Song of Achilles and Circe”. She'll discuss her body of work and her process in retelling Greek classics into modern epics in fiction. Register at h...

WESTFIELD — March is Women’s History Month, and the Westfield Memorial Library will celebrate it with two programs spotlighting women during different eras. The library is located at 550 East Broad Street.On Tuesday, March 26, at 7 p.m., historian and lecturer Joel Farkas will present “Remember the ...

IBA Annual St. Patrick's Networking Breakfast, Holiday Inn, 36 Valley Road, Clark, March 14, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Kick Of Your St. Patrick’s Day Weekend with a traditional Irish breakfast. This will be full sit-down Irish Breakfast with a cash Bar with Guinness and Irish Coffee. Coffee, tea and juic...

WESTFIELD — Blake Width, Rotary Club of Westfield Community Service Grants chairperson, has announced that Rotary Grant applications are now being accepted for consideration. Nonprofit organizations may receive a copy of the official application directly from the Rotary website at www.westfieldrotar...

WESTFIELD — A Westfield resident and former FBI agent whose work has been featured in a Netflix documentary will be the kickoff speaker in this year’s Hale Speaker Series at the Westfield Memorial Library.Jim Kossler was the coordinating supervisor for the FBI’s Manhattan office and directed its Org...

COUNTY — The Union County Board of County Commissioners is pleased to announce a new series of acrylic painting workshops for adults will take place this spring on Saturdays from 10 a.m. until noon at the Trailside Nature and Science Center, located at 452 New Providence Road in Mountainside.“We are...

IBA Annual St. Patrick's Networking Breakfast, Holiday Inn, 36 Valley Road, Clark, March 14, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Kick Of Your St. Patrick’s Day Weekend with a traditional Irish breakfast. This will be full sit-down Irish Breakfast with a cash Bar with Guinness and Irish Coffee. Coffee, tea and juic...

Singers wanted. Singers from the community and nearby towns (including singers of high school age) are warmly invited to join the choir of St. Paul’s Church in a Steeple Concerts presentation of Beethoven’s masterpiece, “Missa Solemnis.” Rehearsals are on Monday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00pm beginnin...

KENILWORTH — The Kenilworth Historical Society will host a soup-tasting event on Thursday, March 21, from 6p.m.to8p.m.,attheKenilworthSenior Center, located at 526 Boulevard.Thisever-popularevent,“Soup’sOn,” will give participants the opportunity to taste a variety of favorite soups from local resta...