SCOTCH PLAINS — Congregation Beth Israel (CBI) will hold a Community Seder on the second night of Passover on Sunday, April 13, at 6:30 p.m. The Seder is open to members of the community.Cantor Jacob Greenberg of CBI will lead the family-friendly Seder, with readings, songs and celebrations for all ...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Area YMCA has announced its 20th Annual Golf Classic, which will take place on Monday, June 9, at Echo Lake Country Club in Westfield. This full-day event includes a cookout lunch, a cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres and a buffet dinner, followed by live and silent auctions...

SUMMIT AREA — The Summit Area Old Guard will hear from Marianne McCrone, a licensed professional counselor and clinical director of child and adolescent services at the Rachel Coalition, at its meeting on Tuesday, April 1, at 9:30 a.m.Ms. McCrone will address the critical issue of domestic violence....

As The Westfield Foundation celebrates 50 years of fostering positive change, its commitment to education and economic opportunity remains strong. Through a recent grant, The Foundation is supporting Junior Achievement of New Jersey (JANJ) in providing 500 students in Union County with handson caree...

WESTFIELD — For over 100 years, the Rotary Club of Westfield has been supporting students as they pursue higher education. Applications currently are being accepted from Westfield students, and this year the club is poised to give approximately $150,000. In 2024, the Westfield Rotary Club Foundation...

WESTFIELD — The First Congregational Church of Westfield Board of Ministries currently is seeking nominations for the Marc Wesley Hardy Human RightsAward for 2025.Candidates for this annual scholarship must be young adults between the ages of 16 and 22, living in Westfield or the greater Union Count...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD — Tyiane (TJ) Rasberry, a senior at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School (SPFHS), was recently honored by the Union County School Boards Association with the Unsung Heroes Award.This prestigious award recognizes a senior from each high school in Union County who is making outstand...

CLARK — Art teacher Thomas Peitz, along with school play directors Danielle Keeley, Michele Greenspan and Claire Sheats, recently brought a group of select visual and performing-arts students from Carl H. Kumpf Middle School in Clark to attend the Union County Teen Arts Festival.For the first time i...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Six local residents recently were elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.The honorees include Joseph Bovasso of Cranford, at Ithaca College; Marissa Feehan of Clark...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Nine local residents have been named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2024 semester atWashington University in St. Louis. The university includes nine schools: Arts & Sciences; Brown School; McKelvey School of Engineering; Olin Business School; Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts;...