MOUNTAINSIDE — This weekend, October 21 and 22, marks Union County’s Four Centuries in a Weekend event. Each year, Union County celebrates its important place in history by featuring many historic sites throughout the county. Among them is Mountainside’s Deacon Andrew Hetfield House, which will be o...

WESTFIELD — For the next entry in the Westfield Historical Society’s First Wednesday Luncheon series, guests are welcome to the Echo Lake Country Club on November 1 to hear writer, journalist and speaker Fred T. Rossi discuss “Jersey Stories You May Not Have Heard,” from his latest book, “Jersey Sto...

WESTFIELD — Westfield Public Schools’ Visual and Performing Arts Supervisor Shawna Longo is among 30 music educators (10 nationwide) to receive the 2023 Music Teachers of Excellence award from the Country Music Association (CMA) Foundation.According to its website, the Foundation was established in ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD — Five Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School seniors have been named Commended Students in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program. These students include Alexander Allegra, Emily Juckes, Diti Nainwal, Benjamin Nathan and Emily Park.The honorees are among the 34,000 Commended S...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Local artist Sandra Cerchio will present a drawing class for adults at the Scotch Plains Public Library on Monday, October 16, at 10 a.m. Participants will learn how to develop drawings from start to finish, including techniques for shading, contrast, texture and detail.Registration ...

WESTFIELD — Three local experts on traffic safety, personal-injury law and insurance will give a joint presentation to the Rotary Club of Westfield on Tuesday, October 17. The featured speakers will be Howard P. Lesnik, Esq.; Rich Reiner and Ralph Moskal.Thepresentationwilltakeplace at noon at Limán...

WESTFIELD — Pedals for Progress, in its continuing effort to recycle bicycles properly, will hold a used-bicycle collection sponsored by the Rotary Club of Westfield.Anyone with an adult or child’s bicycle in repairable condition is urged to donate it to this worthy cause.Pedals for Progress does no...

WESTFIELD — The community is invited to Fairview Cemetery and Arboretum for an early-morning birdobservation walk.Fall is a busy time for migrating birds, when a variety of species will commence their journey south. Bird enthusiasts will have an opportunity to observe some of these species on Saturd...

WESTFIELD — On Saturday, October 21, the Westfield Historical Society will hold the annual AppleFest celebration from noon to 4 p.m. on the lawn of theReeveHistoryandCulturalResource Center, popularly known as the Reeve House, located at 314 Mountain Avenue, Westfield.The same weekend, the Westfield...

KALAMAZOO,Mich.—Maximus Mercurio of Scotch Plains has been namedtotheKalamazooCollegeSpring 2023 Dean’s List. Dean’s List recognition is earned with a grade point average of 3.5 or better.Kalamazoo College, founded in 1833, is a nationally-recognized, residential, liberal-arts and sciences college. ...