Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
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Union County's Bellies 2 Bottoms drive accepts diapers, formula and baby wipes at five locations through Sept. 30, with the nearest drop-off for Summit-area residents in Westfield.
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Downtown Summit's free live music series is running every Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. through Oct. 30, with six bands performing at outdoor locations across town.
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Chatham's annual Sustainability Fair and EV Expo returns Sept. 19 at Railroad Plaza South with electric vehicle displays, a Smart Home zone, biodiversity garden tours and free native plants.
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Summit will hold a memorial ceremony on Sept. 11 as the World Trade Center Health Program reports that cancer diagnoses among first responders exposed to Ground Zero toxins are still rising 25 years later.
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PSE&G milling operations will close portions of Oak Ridge Avenue, Greenbriar Drive, Cleveland Road, Windsor Road, Ashland Road and Mountain Avenue between Tuesday, Sept. 8, and Monday, Sept. 14, with daytime road closures and no-parking orders in effect.
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The New Providence Education Foundation will host its annual kindergarten mixer on Thursday, Sept. 10, at Crestview Swim Club for parents of incoming kindergarteners and first-graders new to the district.
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The City of Summit's annual Fiesta Latina celebration returns to the Village Green on Friday, Sept. 18, with live music, dance performances, Latin food trucks and cultural demonstrations to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.
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The Summit Area YMCA's Welcome Week runs Thursday, Sept. 10 through Sept. 19 at both its Summit and Berkeley Heights branches, offering 10 days of free open programming including 9/11 tribute activities, fitness classes, family swims and a new Parkinson's exercise class.
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The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey and Overlook Medical Center will present "Pioneers of Change: Shaping the Future Together," an exhibition of work by Mexican-American artist Santiago Cohen, from Sept. 16 through Nov. 13 at the Summit hospital.
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Award-winning watercolor artist Aprajita Lal's exhibition "Where Light Lingers" opens Tuesday at The Gallery at the Summit Free Public Library, running through Oct. 31 during regular library hours.
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Union County will hold a free Fall Fishing Derby for residents with disabilities and special needs on Sept. 19 at Echo Lake Park in Mountainside, with pre-registration required.
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The Lincoln-Hubbard Elementary School PTO is carrying its Playground Improvement Fund into 2026-27, building on a spring fundraiser that targeted $35,000 for a playground upgrade.
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Tickets for Union County's annual Hayrides & Campfires program went on sale Tuesday, Sept. 1, at $6 for county residents, with five October dates at Trailside Nature & Science Center in Mountainside and Warinanco Park in Roselle.
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Summit city offices close Monday, Sept. 7, parking is free all day, and recycling collection shifts one day later for the entire week of Sept. 6–12.
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Reeves-Reed Arboretum in Summit closes its 2026 Sounds of a Summer Night concert series with folk-pop artist Ginger Winn on Wednesday, Sept. 2, a rescheduled date after her July show was rained out.
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