WESTFIELD — The Optimist Club of Westfield held its annual Halloween Parade on October 22 in Mindowaskin Park. The parade featured entertainment provided by the Westfield High School Marching Band, roaming costumed characters and multiple other activities in conjunction with the Westfield Police Dep...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield United Fund (WUF) has announced that it will again host Westfield United by Light, a fund-raising event to shine a light on mental health. Building on last year’s success, when the program raised $20,000 for WUF-supported programs that address mental health, the focus this ...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Congregation Beth Israel (CBI) will commemorate the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht on Friday evening, November 10, at 7:30 p.m. This night of remembrance will feature presentations by Mark Lindenberg and Sylvia Cohen, who are children of Holocaust survivors. The program will take ...

FANWOOD — Jean Hoffman Lewanda, an author and editor, will be hosted by the College Club of Fanwood-Scotch Plains on Monday, November 13. The program will take place in the Fanwood Presbyterian Church meeting hall, located at 74 S. Martine Avenue, Fanwood (McDermott Street entrance). It will begin a...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD — American Legion Post 209 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10122 will conduct ceremonies on Saturday, November 11, in observance of Veterans Day.The services will begin at 11 a.m. with the laying of wreaths at the War Memorial at Park Avenue and Front Street in Scotch Plains....

SCOTCH PLAINS — Temple Sholom will present a program commemorating Kristallnacht that will be held this Sunday, November 5, beginning at 7 p.m.Kristallnacht, a mass assault on the Jewish communities in Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia, took place on November 9 and 10, 1938. Guest speaker Norbert ...

WESTFIELD — The Martin Wallberg American Legion Post No. 3 will host this year’s Veterans Day ceremony on Saturday, November 11, at 11 a.m., at Westfield’s monument to veterans of World War I, located at the North Avenue and East Broad Street Plaza. The date commemorates the signing of the armistice...

WESTFIELD – Bonds of Courage, the NJ Cavalry and Armor Association and the 1-102nd Cavalry Family Readiness Group will be hosting the 12th Annual Support Our Troops Casino Night on Saturday, November 18 at 7 p.m. at the Westfield Armory, 500 Rahway Avenue in Westfield. The night will benefit Bonds o...

WESTFIELD – Edison Intermediate School Theater Guild in Westfield announced its fall student drama production, “Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic.” This comedic take on Harry Potter, told from the perspective of the Hufflepuffs, runs for a limited tim...

AREA – Jason Bishop of Fanwood will debut his new illusion called Smithereens at the upcoming Masters of Illusion Live show at UCPAC in Rahway on Thursday, November 2 at 8 p.m. This is also Mr. Bishop’s first tour with the Masters of Illusion Live show. His new illusion, Smithereens, is one of the m...