PARSIPPANY -- Blue Foundry Charitable Foundation, Blue Foundry Bancorp’s foundation for supporting philanthropic efforts in New Jersey, continues to demonstrate its dedication to making a difference, exemplifying what it means to give back to the community with its latest round of grants. The Founda...

AREA–At its annual awards meeting, the Big Give, on June 11, Impact100 Garden State announced four recipients of $100,000 grants and three recipients of $10,000 Merit Awards at its annual Big Give at the Birchwood Manor in Whippany. The grants were awarded based on a vote by Impact100 Garden State m...

8th Grade Distinguished Honor Roll Emilie Ancri, Delia Balakhan, Brynn Barker, Jed Belosa, Gavin Berman, Madelyn Borders, Julianna Cardoso, Sophie Carlucci, Gordon Chen, Carolina Corcoran, Alannah Cuffaro Frederique Daneault, Eli Diamant, Alexander Edelman, Alexis Eskow, Brian Fisher, Madeleine Froe...

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 ...