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;...

CRANFORD – On March 13 the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police and the New Jersey Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission, by a unanimous vote granted the Cranford Police Department their official accreditation status. Executive Officers and staff from Law Enforcement agencies througho...

Grade 12 High Honor Roll Grace Abadir, Keziah Acedieu, Elizabeth Agnello, Pauline Elisha Aloot, Fiorella Amari, Shana Amsellem, Courtney Anthony, Brandon Au, Matteo Barcellona, Thomas Bastable, Christian Bates, Caitlin Bellistri, Michael Bellistri, Abigail Bender, Matthew Benedetto, Francesca Benedi...

GARWOOD — The Garwood Public Library, located at 411 Third Avenue, has announced multiple events for all ages happening during the month of April. Library hours are Monday and Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m. to ...