SCOTCH PLAINS — After a two-week, end-of-summer closing, the nonprofit Thrift Shop operated by the Fanwood-Scotch Plains Service League will reopen on Tuesday, September 3, with its annual designer handbag event.Featured will be gently-used handbags donated throughout the year and purposely kept “of...

WESTFIELD — From second grade through turning 18 the day before his high-school graduation this past June, Westfield resident and now Eagle Scout Zachary Carvalho has always wanted to help others.“Through Scouting America, I have done many service projects with my Boy Scout troop, and every time the...

COUNTY — The Union County Board of County Commissioners is pleased to announce that applications for the 2025 Union County History Re-Grant Program for Special Projects and General Operating Support are available on Thursday, August 8. All eligible non-profit organizations in Union County are invite...

SUMMIT AREA — The Summit Area Old Guard will present centenarian and World War II veteran Sydney Levit at its meeting on Tuesday, August 27. Mr. Levit will tell attendees about his combat experience and some lifetime recollections before, during and after the war.Mr. Levit served in the U.S. Army 17...

SUMMIT AREA — The Summit Area Old Guard will present speaker Leslie Workman, board president of The Farmstead Arts Center in Basking Ridge, at its meeting on Tuesday, August 20. Ms. Workman will describe the center’s mission and activities, including classes, art exhibitions, concerts and performanc...

WESTFIELD — The Washington- Rochambeau Revolutionary Route New Jersey (W3R-NJ) has announced that the Fifth Annual March to Yorktown Day Commemoration and Encampment Festival will be held this Sunday, August 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Westfield’s Mindowaskin Park.This free family event is ded...

NEWARK, Del. — The University of Delaware has announced its Dean’s List for the Spring 2024 semester. To meet eligibility requirements for the Dean’s List, a student must be enrolled full time and earn a GPA of 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale) for the semester. The following 65 local residents are amon...

EWING, N.J. — Twenty-one local residents, representing six towns, were among the students who graduated from The College of New Jersey on May 16 and 17. They are listed as follows, along with their degrees and any honors awarded. Clark Amanda Dias, Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering, Cum ...

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. — Seton Hall University has announced the Spring 2024 Dean’s List and congratulates students on their outstanding academic achievements. After the close of every semester, undergraduate students completing all courses with a GPA of 3.4, with no grades lower than “C”, qualify for t...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A total of 13,103 students enrolled during Spring Semester 2024 at The University of Alabama were named to the Dean’s List with an academic record of 3.5 (or above) or the President’s List with an academic record of 4.0 (all A’s). These students are participating in the university...