ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Eight local residents were named to the Dean’s List at Rochester Institute of Technology for the Fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year. They include the following: Julia Blaschak of Scotch Plains, who is in the applied statistics and data analytics program; Alyssa Cisneros o...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Congregation Beth Israel will host a lecture by Irit Felsen, Ph.D., who will speak about the psychological effects of the Holocaust on survivors themselves, as well as on their children and families. The discussion will take place at the synagogue on Sunday, May 19, at 5 p.m., and is...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD — The Scotch Plains-Fanwood 2024 Memorial Day Parade Committee has announced that the parade will be held on Monday, May 27. The theme of this year’s parade is “80th Anniversary of D-Day — Never Was So Much Owed to So Few.”There will be a memorial service and presentation of wr...

WESTFIELD — Jewish Family Service of Central New Jersey’s (JFSCNJ) Lavy House Live Series will present “How to CreateYour Own Windowsill Garden” on Wednesday, May 15, and Thursday, June 20, at 11 a.m. It will take place at the Lavy House, located at 748 East Broad Street, Westfield.The two-part seri...

WESTFIELD — Fairview Cemetery and Arboretum will host its annual spring arboretum walking tour on Sunday, May 19, at 2 p.m., highlighting some of the numerous catalogued species of trees which reside within the cemetery grounds.“This is an especially wonderful time to tour the grounds, as the fruit ...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Regional Health Department is seeking volunteer peer leaders for Project Healthy Bones, a 24-week program for older adults with or at risk for osteoporosis. An estimated 10 million people have osteoporosis, a disease that thins and weakens bones, making them more likely to ...

SUMMIT AREA — Gary Fisch, founder and CEO of Gary’s Wine & Marketplace, will be the guest speaker for the Tuesday, May 14 meeting of the Summit Area Old Guard.In 1987, Mr. Fisch opened a small wine shop in Madison, N.J. Today, Gary’s Wine & Marketplace has become an industry-leading independent reta...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Service League (WSL) membership recently voted to approve $90,482 in grants to 41 civic and service organizations serving the residents of Westfield and Union County. The funds are raised from the thrift and consignment shops that the WSL operates in Westfield and donations...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Neighborhood Council, located at 127 Cacciola Place, Westfield, will hold its monthly Fish Fry Fundraiser on Friday, May 10, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Chicken or fish dinners are $15 and come with a choice of two sides. Corn bread is included. Desserts are $5. Pre-orders are r...

Mary Withers, Vice President of the Westfield Neighborhood Council, is a wonderful example of a model Lifelong Westfield resident. Mary moved to Westfield in 1958 to care for her ailing brother. They lived together in an apartment on Rahway Avenue and then moved to Cacciola Place after she married h...