AREA — Jewish Family Service of Central New Jersey (JFSCNJ) will present a four-session virtual support group entitled “Empowering Yourself Against Abusive Relationships.”Facilitated by Marta Otero, LSW, and Monique Carpenter, the sessions will be held on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. starting November 6 ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD — A memorial scholarship has been established in Phil Orsini’s memory through the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Scholarship Foundation. Phil was a 1998 graduate of Westfield High School and a member of the WHS baseball team from 1995 to 1998. In recent years, he was a resident of Scotc...

WESTFIELD AREA — The Westfield Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) cohosted the “Welcome Back To Elizabeth Lafayette Reception” on September 23, with the American Friends of Lafayette and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Historic Site, Boxwood Hall, to mar...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Memorial Library event calendar is packed with creative, musical and exercise programs for the end of October and the beginning of November. The library is located at 550 East Broad Street.Lifelong Charles Addams fan Ron MacCloskey will present a program about Addams and hi...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield United Fund (WUF) has announced that it will again host Westfield United by Light, a fund-raising event to support local mental-health initiatives. Last year’s program featured 18,000 candles and raised more than $20,000 for WUF-supported programs focused on mental health. ...

WESTFIELD — For the Westfield Historical Society’s First Wednesday Luncheon program on November 6, guests are welcome to Echo Lake Country Club, where author Michael Virgintino will speak about the famed amusement park Freedomland U.S.A. The luncheon will begin with checkin at 11:45 a.m. Echo Lake C...

SUMMIT AREA — The Summit Area Old Guard will present Chris Droussiotis, co-founder and senior partner at Kinisis Ventures, a venture capital firm, as the speaker for its Tuesday, October 29 meeting.Mr. Droussiotis will discuss the methods of valuing early- stage companies, including such assets as t...

CLARK — Eleven students from Bernadette Jacobi’s Anatomy & Physiology classes at Arthur L. Johnson High School in Clark were selected to attend a “Nursing Camp” program at Trinitas Hospital this summer. This program is a unique opportunity for students to get a taste of what it is like to work in th...

READING, Pa. — Alvernia University Baseball player and Fanwood resident Matt Drubulis earned Team Academic Excellence honors for the 2023-2024 academic year, as announced by the American Baseball Coaches Association and presented by Sports Attack. A graduate of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, Mr....

Kathy Dulan is a special woman who has spent the majority of her life educating and caring for others. Kathy moved to Westfield in 1972 when her young children, Jim and Dave, were only two and four years of age. She and her husband, Jim, fell in love with Westfield when visiting a friend in town and...