8th Grade Distinguished Honor Roll Alya Abedrabbo, Raegan Amberg, Leandro Arcila, Fiona Ashe, Elizabeth Berry, Lara Bugmann, Ethan Chen, Ray Chen, Aaric Churi, Maya Coyle, Brody Cruz, Jacob Dankin, Jackson DeGaetano, Aubrey DelCorsano, Jianna Diaz, Lev Ferencevych, Ayda Garmroodi, James Gearhart, Vi...

WESTFIELD — The First Congregational Church of Westfield (FCC) presented the 2025 Marc Wesley Hardy Human Rights Award on June 1 to Crystal Burke, a senior at the Union County Academy for Performing Arts, located in Scotch Plains, and Ruby Moskowitz, a senior at Westfield High School. Awarded annual...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The Sisterhood of Congregation Beth Israel (CBI) in Scotch Plains honored Laura Queller at the Women of Achievement Gala, held on June 9 at Congregation B’nai Tikvah in North Brunswick.The event was sponsored by the Garden State Region of Women’s League for Conservative Judaism, the ...

WESTFIELD — Westfield Service League (WSL) Intern Committee Chair Jan Herringer recently thanked the high-school students who volunteered as interns in the WSL Thrift & Consignment Shop during the past school year.“It has been such a pleasure working with the interns and getting to know each of them...

SUMMIT AREA — The Summit Area Old Guard will welcome the Reverend Brooks Smith of the Presbytery of Northeast New Jersey to its Tuesday, July 8 meeting at 9:30 a.m.Reverend Smith will delve into the strategies behind philanthropy (even if one is not Bill Gates or Warren Buffett). He will describe wh...

AREA — Literacy New Jersey-Union and Middlesex Counties has announced its Tutor Training Program. There will be two information sessions from which to choose: Monday, July 14, at 6 p.m., or Wednesday, August 6, at 6 p.m. Anyone interested in registering for tutor training must attend one of the info...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Memorial Library Collaborative Summer Reading program for adults, teens, children and young children has begun, and the library is bustling with activity. The library is located at 550 East Broad Street.With the theme of “Color our World,” this year’s reading program began ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD — Scotch Plains-Fanwood Public Schools has announced the appointment of Marisa Stefani as the district’s new director of special services, effective July 1.Ms. Stefani brings to the position years of experience in special education, social work and related services. Most recent...

WESTFIELD — The College Men’s Club of Westfield (CMC) held a reception June 19 at the home of CMC Trustee Terry O’Connor to honor the four 2025 recipients of the club’s multi-year college scholarships.Ryan Clark, CMC Scholarship Committee chair, introduced this year’s scholarship winners. He noted t...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The JCC of Central New Jersey has announced its new board of directors for the 2025-2026 year. At the JCC’s annual meeting June 9, Lauren Barr, publisher and editor-in-chief at The Westfield Leader and Union County HAWK, was appointed as the JCC’s next board president; seven new boar...