CRANFORD — The Cranford YMCA recently marked a significant milestone — its first anniversary. Members and the community came together for a week of celebrations filled with giveaways, special events, free classes and more, all in honor of the facility’s inaugural year of strengthening the community ...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Area YMCA is honored to have recently received a donation of $20,000 from the Westfield Area Y Men’s Club. The majority of the funds will directly support the Y’s Strong Kids+ Campaign, which provides financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing bona fide f...

ELIZABETH — Union County Superior Court Judge Gavin I. Handwerker presided over the swearing- in March 27 of Deirdre Gelinne of Westfield, who trained with Court Appointed SpecialAdvocate (CASA) of Passaic and Union Counties to advocate for vulnerable children in foster care. She trained alongside A...

CRANFORD – The Cranford Public Library has formally broken ground on the new Children’s Room. On March 3 Township Commissioner and Mayor’s Designee to the Library Board of Trustees BrianAndrews, along with Senate President Nicholas Scutari (LD22), Assemblywoman Linda Carter (LD-22), Mayor Terrence C...

TRENTON – The Senate passed a bill sponsored by Senate Majority Leader M. Teresa Ruiz and Senate President Nick Scutari that requires a board of education or school district to offer students, parents, and guardians a no-fee option for making direct payments for school meals, field trips, activity f...

WESTFIELD — Founded in 1938, the Westfield United Fund is a local nonprofit committed to supporting high-impact programs and services by helping fund 17 local nonprofit organizations that benefit both the Westfield community and Union County. With just $63,000 remaining to reach its $500,000 annual ...

MOUNTAINSIDE/NEWARK — With the knowledge that grief is complex, and that big feelings need a safe place to be expressed, Imagine, A Center for Coping with Loss has created the Volcano Room — a dedicated space where children can release their emotions in a healthy way.Recently redecorated with charac...

SUMMIT AREA — The Summit Area Old Guard will welcome Dr. James Korman, a practitioner of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), to its meeting on Tuesday, April 8, at 9:30 a.m.Dr. Korman will delve into the transformative power of this therapeutic approach. He will explain how CBT effectively addresses...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Memorial Library has a calendar full of the arts and music in April. The library is located at 550 East Broad Street.On Thursday, April 10, at 7 p.m., law professor Solangel Maldonado will speak on her book, “The Architecture of Desire: How the Law Shapes Interracial Intima...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Five 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 Ibette Abril-Madera of Clark, at Kean University; Alnae Bailey of Sco...