WESTFIELD — Pedals for Progress, in its continuing effort to recycle bicycles properly, will hold a used-bicycle collection sponsored by the Rotary Club of Westfield. Anyone with an adult or child’s bicycle in repairable condition is urged to donate his or her bike to this worthy cause.Pedals for Pr...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Congregation Beth Israel (CBI) will hold its annual family service on Erev Rosh Hashanah on Wednesday evening, October 2, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. This child-friendly service is free and open to the community. Registration is required at https:// www.cbinj.org/event/erevrh5785#.The one...

CLARK — The Clark Volunteer Emergency Squad (CVES) attended Clark Township’s 9/11 Memorial on September 11, during which attendees remembered the lives lost on that day 23 years ago. Among them was Clark resident James Nelson, an 18-year veteran with the Port Authority Police Department, who respond...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Historical Society invites guests to the next program in its First Wednesday Luncheon series, taking place October 2 at Echo Lake Country Club, and beginning with check-in at 11:45 a.m. Westfield resident Julie Diddell will present a program entitled “The Washington-Rochamb...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The Historical Society of Scotch Plains and Fanwood will present historian William T. Fidurski as the speaker for its opening meeting of the season on Tuesday, September 24. His talk will be entitled “Slavery and The Revolutionary War Comes to Oak Ridge.”Mr. Fidurski will discuss the...

CRANFORD — The Floraphile Garden Club of Cranford has announced the return of its Annual Georgia Pecan Fundraiser, with the addition this year of the Southern Praline Pecan. A sweet and buttery confection with a crunchy Georgia pecan in the middle, this treat is packaged in a 12-ounce, foilwrapped b...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Memorial Library is full of new programs for September as well as a Sustainable Home Fair. The library is located at 550 East Broad Street.On Tuesday, September 24, the Teen Advisory Group (TAG) will meet from 6 to 6:45 p.m. TAG is open to all Westfield teens who are intere...

MOUNTAINSIDE/NEWARK — The staff at Imagine, A Center for Coping with Loss recently welcomed 15 new youth facilitators who participated in its two-day youth-facilitator training program in August. These high-school-age volunteers will help create safe spaces for Imagine’s young participants who are g...

WESTFIELD — The Hope Chest, located at 26 Prospect Street, Westfield, has been busy preparing for the fall season. The shelves have been filled with autumn-themed home décor, pottery, candles, dishware, glasses and linens.Summer fashions have been replaced with fall clothing for men and women. Sanda...

WESTFIELD — Congressman Tom Kean, Jr., representing New Jersey Federal Congressional District 7, hosted his second annual Seniors of Distinction event on September 13 at the Bridgewater Township Senior Center to honor outstanding senior citizens in the community.Congressman Kean honored 29 seniors, ...