WESTFIELD — The Westfield Area YMCA invites the community to dive into the holiday spirit at “Swim With Santa” on Saturday, December 16. This event will take place at the Main Y Facility, located at 220 Clark Street, Westfield.Participants choose a 30-minute session between 2 and 3:30 p.m. to splash...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The Scotch Plains Public Library will offer Drop In Crafting on Tuesday, December 12, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., and Thursday, December 28, from 7 to 8 p.m. Registration is not required; participants can just drop by the lower level of the library with their current work-in-progress or to ...

CLARK — The New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers has honored Clark Township Engineer, Richard O’Connor, with an Honorable Mention 2023 Project of the Year Award in Municipal Construction Management for communities under 20,000 residents.The recognition is for the Athletic Complex Improvements a...

CRANFORD – Cranford Public Schools invites members of the community to learn more about the upcoming bond referendum at a virtual forum on Thursday, December 7 at 7 p.m. Community members will hear from district leaders, board members, teachers, and the financial and architectural advisers who led t...

WESTFIELD—TheWestfieldHealth Department has announced a new 24week program entitled Project Healthy Bones,forolderadultswhoeitherhaveor are at risk for osteoporosis.Osteoporosis is a disease that thins and weakens bones, making them more likely to break. Project Healthy Bones exercises target the bo...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Ten local residents recently were named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2023 semester at Washington University in St. Louis. The honorees include the following.Julianne Aronson, Jakob Ayala, Isabel Boufarah, Jeremy Kronheimer, Evan Tompkins and Julia Tompkins, all of Westfield and...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester Institute of Technology conferred more than 4,800 degrees at all of its campuses in the 2022-2023 academic year. The following five local residents are among the recent graduates.Chris Brightman of Cranford, who received a degree in computer science (BS); Adam Glod of Sco...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Marking the culmination of their hard work and success, the University atAlbany celebrated more than 4,200 students who recently received their degrees at the university’s 2023 Commencement ceremonies. This included Summer, Fall and Winter semester recipients from the 2022-2023 academ...

WESTFIELD — The First Congregational Church (FCC) invites friends and family everywhere to celebrate the Christmas season at several live and live-streamed Advent worship services centered around the theme of “Wonder &Awe: Reclaiming the Magic of Christmas.”Advent Worship, which began December 3, wi...

WESTHARTFORD, Conn. —The University of Hartford has announced the students who have been named to the Dean’s List for Spring 2023, among them four local residents.They include Ryan Dayton of Scotch Plains, Uzezi Ijoma of Westfield, Dylan Irizarry of Scotch Plains and Matthew Meixner of Westfield.Spr...