SCRANTON, Pa. — Two area residents are among the 20 University of Scranton education majors who are serving as student teachers during the Spring semester at 12 schools in the following nine local school districts: Dunmore, Carbondale Area, Mid Valley, North Pocono, Riverside, Scranton, NEIU, Valley...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Area YMCA will host the Y’s annual Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, March 2, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. It will take place at the Main Y Facility, located at 220 Clark Street, Westfield. This free event features a variety of family-friendly activities and resources that encourage ...

NEWARK, Del. — Sixty-seven local residents have been named to the University of Delaware Fall 2023 Dean’s List. 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 honorees include the follow...

GARWOOD —The Garwood Public Library will welcome March with a diverse range of activities for adults and youth. Library hours are Monday and Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The library is closed on Su...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Memorial Library has announced the launch of a new virtual author talk series featuring bestselling, awardwinning and highly-acclaimed authors from around the world. These writers and thought leaders will cover a wide range of fiction and nonfiction genres.“Hearing an autho...

MOUNTAINSIDE — The Mountainside Restoration Committee’s MRC Estate Sales division will conduct an estate sale to raise funds for the maintenance and restoration of the historic Deacon Andrew Hetfield House and Levi Cory House.The sale will be held this Friday and Saturday, February 23 and 24, from 1...

MOUNTAINSIDE — The staff at Imagine will offer a free webinar entitled “Talking to Kids about Death and Dying,” to help community members navigate these difficult conversations. It will take place on Thursday, March 14, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.Those attending the webinar will learn to: Recognize that gri...

SCOTCH PLAINS — In the 1960s, more than 1,500 Torah scrolls were found in a barn in Czechoslovakia. These scrolls — the first five books of the Bible, written by speciallytrained scribes — had been gathered and stored after the Nazis destroyed the Jewish communities of Bohemia, Moravia, and the surr...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Historical Society invites members of the community to attend the next event in its First Wednesday Luncheon series, which will take place on March 6 at Echo Lake Country Club, beginning at 11:45 a.m. In honor of March being Women’s History Month, Joel Farkas will present a...

SUMMIT AREA — The Summit Area Old Guard will meet next on Tuesday, February 27. Amy Behr-Shields, the director of the Summit Free Public Library, will be the guest speaker.Ms. Behr-Shields will explain how libraries are needed to curate reliable sources of information and to manage the complexities ...