COUNTY — The Union County Board of County Commissioners has announced “Season of Giving: A Holiday Drive,” collecting new toys and coats to spread joy and happiness throughout the community this holiday season for those Union County neighbors in need.This initiative aims to collect new toys and coat...

KENILWORTH —The Kenilworth Historical Society invites the community to a holiday celebration this Sunday, December 3, from noon to 5 p.m., featuring “An Old-Fashioned Christmas.” The festivities will be held at the Oswald J. Nitschke House, located at 49 S. 21st Street, Kenilworth.Visitors will have...

WESTFIELD — The College Men’s Club of Westfield (CMC) will hold its annual holiday reception on Wednesday, December 20, at 6:30 p.m., at the Echo Lake Country Club to honor its current fouryear scholarship recipients. All current and past CMC scholarship awardees, their families, CMC members and tho...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD — A unique cultural-exchange experience last month bridged students and teachers from Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School (SPFHS) and SuwonAcademy of World Language, South Korea. One hundred visitors from the South Korean school visited SPFHS on October 2 as part of a years-long ...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Historical Society invites members and guests to its First Wednesday Luncheon on December 6, featuring a “Historic Journey through the Iberian Peninsula — From Portugal to Andalucia” with Lisa Wendel. The luncheon will take place at the Echo Lake Country Club, located at 51...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The Scotch Plains Public Library is now partnering with Support Services for Cancer Patients through Atlantic Health at Overlook Medical Center to provide comfort and warmth for those who are going through chemotherapy. To that end, the library is starting a hand-knitted or crocheted...

WESTFIELD — Four decades after a group of 40-year-old women initiated Club ’43, the organization is still going strong — even though all of its members are 80 this year.To celebrate, 11 members gathered recently at Chez Catherine to mark their special birthday year.Among those in attendance was foun...

WESTFIELD – The Westfield Youth Peer Leadership Group and Westfield liquor stores have partnered to remind adults over the age of 21 about the risks of providing alcohol to minors. The Sticker Shock campaign brings awareness to underage drinking, one of the priorities of the Peer Leadership Group. T...

MADISON, Wis. — A total of 8,625 students received degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison on May 12 and 13. Two live ceremonies were held, one for undergraduates at Camp Randall and one for all graduate-degree candidates at the Kohl Center.Graduating were 6,225 undergraduate students, 1,48...