WESTFIELD — The Westfield Service League Thrift & Consignment Shop will start selling holiday wreaths and trees, ornaments, garlands, lights, Christmas and Hanukkah housewares, baking tins and more the first week in November.“Our very merry holiday sale will begin in November and go through December...

WESTFIELD — The Hale Speaker Series will wrap up its 14th annual season with a talk by The Wall Street Journal staffer Jay Hershey.Mr. Hershey, a senior special writer for the paper, will discuss the news industry in his speech titled “A Career in News — Thrills, Chills, and Ink Spills,” on Wednesda...

MOUNTAINSIDE — The Rotary Club of Mountainside and the Mayor’s Wellness Campaign will present the Annual Pickleball Tournament. It will take place on Saturday, November 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Mountainside Echo Brook Tennis Courts behind Borough Hall. The rain date is Sunday, November 5.Re...

UNION -- It’s often said by chefs “We eat with our eyes.” And while that may be true in the culinary world, it’s also true that a dynamic set design can be something that draws an audience into an exceptional experience of a play. Such is the case with Kean Theatre Conservatory’s production of The C...

CRANFORD – The British female pop-rock group the Go-Go’s has been popular since the late ‘70s. In fact, they have sold more than seven million records worldwide. But even if you think you aren’t familiar with their music, the Cranford Dramatic Club (CDC) Theatre’s production of the musical of the gr...

WESTFIELD — The Rotary Club of Westfield on October 7 collected 69 bicycles and four sewing machines to send to developing countries. These donated items will be divided between Togo in WestAfrica and Belize in Central America.This program was started by an AmericanworkingwiththePeaceCorps in Ecuado...

WESTFIELD — Members of The Rake and Hoe Garden Club of Westfield met at the First Baptist Church of Westfield on September 26 and made 55 small floral arrangements to accompany Mobile Meals of Westfield deliveries that day.The club performs this service in Spring, Fall and Winter. Clients very much ...

WESTFIELD — Throughout this weekend, October 21 and 22, from noon to 5 p.m. both days, the Miller-Cory House Museum will showcase 18th-century colonial cuisine featuring authentic colonial-era open-hearth cooking using period recipes and techniques.The grounds, located at 614 Mountain Avenue, Westfi...

MOUNTAINSIDE — This weekend, October 21 and 22, marks Union County’s Four Centuries in a Weekend event. Each year, Union County celebrates its important place in history by featuring many historic sites throughout the county. Among them is Mountainside’s Deacon Andrew Hetfield House, which will be o...

WESTFIELD — For the next entry in the Westfield Historical Society’s First Wednesday Luncheon series, guests are welcome to the Echo Lake Country Club on November 1 to hear writer, journalist and speaker Fred T. Rossi discuss “Jersey Stories You May Not Have Heard,” from his latest book, “Jersey Sto...