SUMMIT AREA — The Summit Area Old Guard will welcome the Reverend Brooks Smith of the Presbytery of Northeast New Jersey to its Tuesday, July 8 meeting at 9:30 a.m.Reverend Smith will delve into the strategies behind philanthropy (even if one is not Bill Gates or Warren Buffett). He will describe wh...

AREA — Literacy New Jersey-Union and Middlesex Counties has announced its Tutor Training Program. There will be two information sessions from which to choose: Monday, July 14, at 6 p.m., or Wednesday, August 6, at 6 p.m. Anyone interested in registering for tutor training must attend one of the info...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Memorial Library Collaborative Summer Reading program for adults, teens, children and young children has begun, and the library is bustling with activity. The library is located at 550 East Broad Street.With the theme of “Color our World,” this year’s reading program began ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD — Scotch Plains-Fanwood Public Schools has announced the appointment of Marisa Stefani as the district’s new director of special services, effective July 1.Ms. Stefani brings to the position years of experience in special education, social work and related services. Most recent...

WESTFIELD — The College Men’s Club of Westfield (CMC) held a reception June 19 at the home of CMC Trustee Terry O’Connor to honor the four 2025 recipients of the club’s multi-year college scholarships.Ryan Clark, CMC Scholarship Committee chair, introduced this year’s scholarship winners. He noted t...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The JCC of Central New Jersey has announced its new board of directors for the 2025-2026 year. At the JCC’s annual meeting June 9, Lauren Barr, publisher and editor-in-chief at The Westfield Leader and Union County HAWK, was appointed as the JCC’s next board president; seven new boar...

WESTFIELD — The Board of Trustees of the Westfield Memorial Library has announced a grant award from The Westfield Foundation, in the amount of $100,000, to fund the purchase of equipment and supplies for a public makerspace to be located at the library.The Golden Impact Grant award was announced by...

WESTFIELD — Raymond González, Ed.D., superintendent of the Westfield Public Schools district, has been named Union County Superintendent of the Year for the 2025-2026 school year. This honor was awarded by the Union County Superintendents’ Roundtable, a professional group dedicated to sharing best p...

SUMMIT AREA — The Summit Area Old Guard will present Greg Schwartz, founder of GSIT, an IT company specializing in assisting small businesses, as its guest speaker on Tuesday, July 1, at 9:30 a.m.GSIT focuses on risk mitigation as well as other digital services. Mr. Schwartz will describe the system...

GARWOOD — The Garwood Public Library has announced its scheduled activities for the month of July. Located at 411 Third Avenue, the library will be open Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The library is closed on Saturday in July and August, and is closed on S...