CLARK — Art teacher Thomas Peitz, along with school play directors Danielle Keeley, Michele Greenspan and Claire Sheats, recently brought a group of select visual and performing-arts students from Carl H. Kumpf Middle School in Clark to attend the Union County Teen Arts Festival.For the first time i...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Six local residents recently were elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.The honorees include Joseph Bovasso of Cranford, at Ithaca College; Marissa Feehan of Clark...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Nine local residents have been named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2024 semester atWashington University in St. Louis. The university includes nine schools: Arts & Sciences; Brown School; McKelvey School of Engineering; Olin Business School; Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts;...

CRANFORD – On March 13 the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police and the New Jersey Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission, by a unanimous vote granted the Cranford Police Department their official accreditation status. Executive Officers and staff from Law Enforcement agencies througho...

Grade 12 High Honor Roll Grace Abadir, Keziah Acedieu, Elizabeth Agnello, Pauline Elisha Aloot, Fiorella Amari, Shana Amsellem, Courtney Anthony, Brandon Au, Matteo Barcellona, Thomas Bastable, Christian Bates, Caitlin Bellistri, Michael Bellistri, Abigail Bender, Matthew Benedetto, Francesca Benedi...

GARWOOD — The Garwood Public Library, located at 411 Third Avenue, has announced multiple events for all ages happening during the month of April. Library hours are Monday and Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m. to ...

WESTFIELD — For the next program in the Westfield Historical Society’s First Wednesday Luncheon series, taking place April 2, Professor Rick Feingold will talk about “Andrew Carnegie — From Steel to the Building of Libraries.” The luncheon will be held at Echo Lake Country Club, located at 515 Sprin...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The Scotch Plains Public Library invites the community to an in-depth seminar on Thursday, March 27, at 6:30 p.m., that will explore strategies for securing one’s financial future. It will focus on retirement planning, investment tax strategies and the importance of a disciplined, lo...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Brian E. Dunleavy will present “Betrayal: George McClellan, The Peninsula Campaign & the Death of General Philip Kearny” at the Tuesday, March 25 meeting of the Historical Society of Scotch Plains and Fanwood. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be held at the historic Shady...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Memorial Library will end March with three programs, including music, landscaping and author events. The library is located at 550 East Broad Street.On Tuesday, March 25, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Bonnie Rapp, a homegrown Westfield vocalist, will sing the songs of composers Rodg...