CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) is considered the gold standard treatment for sleep apnea because its use can improve sleep-related symptoms and quality of life. Despite these benefits, nightly CPAP use remains problematic for many patients. Difficulty with CPAP may stem from mask discomf...

WESTFIELD — For Mary Kate Santulli, owner of The Curious Heart: Apothecary & Spiritual Center, the quest for peace has always been more about the journey than the destination. “I was at a point in my life when I just wasn’t happy and I didn’t know why. I had everything — I have a fabulous husband, w...

COUNTY — The Union County Board of County Commissioners announced last week that it would be prepared to pay up to $100,000 to a Middlesex Borough woman whose son died in 2018 after allegedly being forcibly restrained by police while under the care of a county-run mental-health facility in Berkeley ...

Margaret Noon is returning to her Union County roots and paying it forward – with organic lettuce, snap peas, heirloom tomatoes, broccoli and much more. Noon is an award-wining lifelong advocate for healthy, sustainable farming and a leader in the Slow Foods movement. Organic produce from her unique...

Lately, everywhere you turn people are concerned about rising inflation. The costs of items from groceries to automobiles and even real estate have increased significantly since the beginning of the year. But is inflation a good thing or a bad thing? Before answering that, let us review some of the ...

WESTFIELD — For Lisa Sommers, owner of the new Elm Street Gallery (The Gallery), art and tranquility go hand in hand. “I just find it very fulfilling to make beautiful spaces,” Ms. Sommers told Union County HAWK during a visit to The Gallery last week. “When I first looked at this store, it was pain...

Mary Robinson, CNN Hero and Founder of two children’s grief support centers, including Imagine, A Center for Coping with Loss which opened in Westfield in 2011, has opened a private practice in Madison, NJ. “My focus and area of specialty is on grief and loss and life transitions of all types for ch...

One-on-one 60-minute guitar instruction: $45.00. PJ Cotroneo Guitarist, guitar instructor and college instructor of History of Jazz & Music Appreciation. We’ll cover the music and songs you want to play, as well as music theory and guitar sight reading. Private, virtual lessons are conducted via Sky...

On Monday, November 16, the Hope Chest Thrift Store at 26 Prospect Street in Westfield will welcome in the Christmas season with a wonderful array of new and used holiday items. There will be wonderful toys to brighten a child’s Christmas morning and holiday gifts to be shared with friends and famil...