CLARK — In the wake of the devastation Hurricane Milton has caused along Florida’s west coast, and its impact throughout the state, New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center (NYBC), is issuing an urgent appeal for blood donations. Donors are needed to ensure the availabil...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Historical Society invites visitors to Union County’s Four Centuries in a Weekend Open House at the Reeve History and Cultural Resource Center, popularly known as the Reeve House, this Saturday and Sunday, October 19 and 20, from 12 to 5 p.m. each day.Tours of the Reeve Hou...

SUMMIT AREA — The Summit Area Old Guard will present Robert Gehorsam, contributor to “The Carbon Almanac: It’s Not Too Late” at its Tuesday, October 22 meeting.Mr. Gehorsam will speak about how “The Carbon Almanac,” a bestseller, came to be written. The project involved 300 volunteers from 42 countr...

CRANFORD — Principal Mark Cantagallo of Cranford High School has announced that Danielle Burke, Owen Kennedy and Molly Parker have been named Commended Students in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which cond...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD — Students, teachers and staff displayed smiles and pride as they officially celebrated the opening of eight new learning spaces in a wing of Evergreen Elementary School at a ribbon-cutting ceremony October 9.Amid increasing enrollment and district-wide space constraints, the d...

CLARK — Valley Road Elementary School held its Reading Kickoff Assembly on September 30. Students and staff dressed up as their favorite storybook characters as they learned about the reading program and its goals for this year, which include completing a monthly reading log.The program, sponsored b...

LEWISTON, Me. — Bates College graduated students from 36 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and 19 countries on May 26, with 437 members of the Class of 2024 accepting congratulations and diplomas from President Garry W. Jenkins. It was the first Commencement for Mr. Jenkins, who took the helm a...

AREA – Pushcart Players, the award-winning educational theater for young and family audiences, has received a generous investment from The New Jersey State Bar Foundation (NJSBF) with a grant to subsidize performances in New Jersey schools. Part of Pushcart’s Diversity and Outreach Initiative, the p...

SPRINGFIELD – The Atlantic Federal Credit Union (“The Atlantic”) recently had the privilege of facilitating $50,000 in grant funding across ten local nonprofit organizations through the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York Small Business Recovery Grant Program (“SBRG”).The SBRG was created to support ...

KENILWORTH — Visitors to Kenilworth’s Oswald J. Nitschke House during Union County’s Four Centuries in a Weekend historic sites tour will experience everyday life in a developing late 19th-/early 20thcentury suburb through interactive, multicultural “living history” and garden programs, exhibits and...