WESTFIELD — The Westfield Area YMCA will hold a Clothing and Donation Drive on Wednesday, October 23. Anyone with clothing or other permitted items they wish to donate are invited to drop them off at the Robert and Virginia Bauer Family Branch YMCA, located at 422 East Broad Street, Westfield.The dr...

FANWOOD —Anyone interested in native plants and invasive species can now access a wealth of information online courtesy of Eli Krantz, a member of Scotch Plains-Fanwood Boy Scout Troop 104 and a candidate for Eagle Scout — the highest rank in Boy Scouting.Eli created both Native Plants and Invasive ...

GARWOOD — The Garwood Democratic Club awards two scholarships every year to qualifying Garwood students — one to an eighth grader graduating from Lincoln School and heading to high school, and one to a high-school senior graduating and bound for college.The scholarship winners for the 2023-2024 scho...

MADISON, N.J. — Twenty local residents were named to the Honors List for the Spring 2024 semester at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Florham Campus, located in Madison. To qualify for the Honors List, a student must carry a 3.5 or better grade point average out of a possible 4.0 and be enrolled in ...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Historical Society will hold its Annual AppleFest celebration on the lawn of the Reeve History and Cultural Resource Center, also known as the Reeve House, located at 314 Mountain Avenue, Westfield. It will take place on Saturday, October 19, from 12 to 4 p.m. The rain date...

WESTFIELD — All six elementary schools in the Westfield Public Schools district have received Gold level certification under the New Jersey Safe Routes toSchoolRecognitionProgram(SRTS), whichapplaudsschooldistrictsforimplementing programs and events to create safer environments for walking and bicyc...

COUNTY — The Union County Board of County Commissioners and City of Rahway invite residents with disabilities and special needs, ages 13 and older, to attend the Annual Halloween Bash on Friday, October 18, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The free event will be held at the Rahway Recreation Center, located at...

MOUNTAINSIDE — U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona has recognized 356 schools as the 2024 cohort of National Blue Ribbon Schools. The Mountainside School District has announced that Deerfield School is one of 11 schools in New Jersey to receive this prestigious recognition, which highlights s...

WESTFIELD — What is the secret to success in publishing a smalltown paper in the wake of the closure of the majority of local newspapers?Lauren S. Barr will provide relative answers in her upcoming Hale Speaker Series talk, titled “The Longevity of The Westfield Leader.”The speech is scheduled for W...

CRANFORD — The Union County College Foundation invites the community to attend its 32nd Annual Scholarship Gala on Wednesday, October 30. The event will be held at The Westwood in Garwood, beginning at 6 p.m., with the theme “Harvesting Dreams.” This year, the Foundation will honor Elizabethtown Gas...