KENILWORTH — AARP will present its “Smart Driver Safety Course” on Thursday, January 16, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The event is being hosted by the Borough of Kenilworth’s Senior Citizens Center, located at 526 Boulevard.The six-hour AARP driver-refresher course, which is open to anyone who ...

CLARK — The Clark Township Council recently honored two Clark Volunteer Emergency Squad (CVES) members, Alan Reilley and Gary Wagner, for having each served the community for 50 years.Proclamations were read during the October 21 meeting of the Clark Township governing body, and Mayor Sal Bonaccorso...

GARWOOD — The Garwood Public Library has announced multiple events taking place at the library during the second half of December, topped off by a celebration to ring in the new year.The Union County Board of County Commissioners invites senior citizens and their caregivers to attend the Aging Servi...

AREA — Victorian Society in America Northern New Jersey Chapter (VSA-NNJ) will meet on Monday, December 16, at 7 p.m. Author, photographer and lecturer Kevin Woyce will present “Christmas Traditions” as the program for the evening.The meeting will take place at the Montclair Women’s Club, located at...

WESTFIELD — Literature and artistic activities will be in full swing during the month of December at the Westfield Memorial Library, located at 550 East Broad Street.This evening, Thursday, December 12, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Westfield, in partnership w...

WESTFIELD — Twenty volunteers from the Westfield Service League (WSL) put on a fashion show November 22 for the residents of Cranford Senior Housing, the fifth year this event has been held. All of the clothing and accessories shown on the models was then available for sale to the residents.“We star...

FANWOOD — BSA Troop 33 of Fanwood recently celebrated the achievements of Ethan Grant, Robert Lambert, Thomas Mui and Matthew Mui — four young men in the Scotch Plains-Fanwood community who have reached the rank of Eagle Scout. They were honored on November 24 during a ceremony at the Fanwood Presby...

WESTFIELD — Three Westfield High School (WHS) students have been recognized with the Lift While You Climb Award, given in honor of late WHS Principal Derrick Nelson, Ed.D.Dr. Nelson, who died in 2019 from complications suffered while donating bone marrow to a boy he did not know in France, once said...

CLARK — Students at Frank K. Hehnly Elementary School and Valley Road Elementary School, both in Clark, recently participated in ceremonies to honor veterans in recognition of Veterans Day.At Frank K. Hehnly School, veterans, many of whom are family members of current students, were introduced by Pr...

ONEONTA, N.Y. — Laura Salway of Cranford was one of 26 SUNY Oneonta students recently involved in the Theatre Department’s production of The Tempest, the final production of the Fall 2024 semester.The Tempest, written by William Shakespeare, features the King of Naples and his followers after being ...