MADISON/TEANECK, N.J. — Students at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Florham Campus, located in Madison, and Metropolitan Campus, located in Teaneck, have been named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2023 semester. Nine local residents are among those recognized.Seven of the honorees are students at t...

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL, Minn. — The University of Minnesota Twin Cities has announced that Rachel Small of Fanwood has been named to the 2023 Fall semester Dean’s List. Ms. Small, a junior, is enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts at the university.To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must comp...

THE MOUNT’S TOP TWO...On the morning of May 1, Mount Saint Mary Academy Directress Sister Lisa Gambacorto, RSM, Ed.S., congratulated Nina Heim of Westfield on being named valedictorian and Lillian Del Rossi of Union on being designated salutatorian of the Class of 2024. The formal announcement was m...

BEVERLY, Mass. — Endicott College has announced its Fall 2023 Dean’s List students. Jordan Padovano of Cranford, daughter of Michelle Padovano and Frank Padovano and an Interior Architecture major, and Dakota Svec of Clark, daughter of Amy Svec and Joseph Svec and a Communication major, are among th...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Eight local residents were named to the Dean’s List at Rochester Institute of Technology for the Fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year. They include the following: Julia Blaschak of Scotch Plains, who is in the applied statistics and data analytics program; Alyssa Cisneros o...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Congregation Beth Israel will host a lecture by Irit Felsen, Ph.D., who will speak about the psychological effects of the Holocaust on survivors themselves, as well as on their children and families. The discussion will take place at the synagogue on Sunday, May 19, at 5 p.m., and is...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD — The Scotch Plains-Fanwood 2024 Memorial Day Parade Committee has announced that the parade will be held on Monday, May 27. The theme of this year’s parade is “80th Anniversary of D-Day — Never Was So Much Owed to So Few.”There will be a memorial service and presentation of wr...

WESTFIELD — Jewish Family Service of Central New Jersey’s (JFSCNJ) Lavy House Live Series will present “How to CreateYour Own Windowsill Garden” on Wednesday, May 15, and Thursday, June 20, at 11 a.m. It will take place at the Lavy House, located at 748 East Broad Street, Westfield.The two-part seri...

WESTFIELD — Fairview Cemetery and Arboretum will host its annual spring arboretum walking tour on Sunday, May 19, at 2 p.m., highlighting some of the numerous catalogued species of trees which reside within the cemetery grounds.“This is an especially wonderful time to tour the grounds, as the fruit ...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Regional Health Department is seeking volunteer peer leaders for Project Healthy Bones, a 24-week program for older adults with or at risk for osteoporosis. An estimated 10 million people have osteoporosis, a disease that thins and weakens bones, making them more likely to ...