Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
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More than 100 high school students and young people marched through downtown Summit on Aug. 13 demanding Rep. Tom Kean Jr. return a $7,000 donation tied to Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel and divest from AI stocks, with organizers pledging to reach 100,000 NJ-7 voters before November.
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Union County announced five free fall recycling events for residents, including paper shredding in Westfield and Cranford, scrap metal drop-offs, and a final household hazardous waste collection Oct. 25 in Scotch Plains.
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Summit will hold a public 9/11 memorial ceremony on Friday, Sept. 11, at fire headquarters on Broad Street, with Mayor Elizabeth Fagan and first responders marking the 25th anniversary of the attacks.
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New Providence students return to class Monday, Aug. 31, with new-student orientations at Allen W. Roberts, New Providence Middle School and Salt Brook School happening this week.
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New Providence will cut the ribbon on its renovated Oakwood Park Playground on Sept. 1, unveiling an $874,000 grant-funded inclusive space with wheelchair-accessible equipment, sensory play elements and new pathways.
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Union County is offering free back-to-school vaccinations and school physicals for children pre-K through 18 on Sept. 21 at the Union County Family Clinic in Elizabeth, with a registration deadline of Sept. 11.
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The City of Summit has released the full 2026 schedule for its student-led, volunteer-run Free Market, which operates twice monthly at the Transfer Station on New Providence Avenue and has diverted more than 175 tons of reusable goods since 2008.
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Gina's Tennis World, a 43-year-old indoor tennis club at 649 Springfield Ave. in Berkeley Heights, will celebrate the opening of its new third court with a free public event on Saturday, Sept. 12, featuring a ribbon-cutting with Mayor Angie Devanney and racket demos.
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Québec artist Pascale Bouchard's solo encaustic exhibition Féminin Pluriel is on view at Reeves-Reed Arboretum's Wisner House through Oct. 31, with 30% of sales benefiting the arboretum and a live demonstration planned for fall.
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Summit florist Daica Skrobala of Polycarp Flowers will lead a Fall Wreath Workshop at Reeves-Reed Arboretum on Sept. 3, with tickets starting at $160 for members.
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Boy Scout Troop 368 and the American Red Cross will host a blood drive Thursday, Aug. 27, at the Berkeley Heights Volunteer Rescue Squad, as the region faces an unprecedented summer blood shortage.
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The Union County Sheriff's Office graduated 120 middle and high school students from its free 2026 Youth Police Academy on Aug. 18, with three recruits earning special recognition for outstanding achievement.
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Drew University professors Merel Visse and Ryan Woodring have launched a research project with 55 international collaborators exploring human experiences that resist data and language, with a public two-day course Aug. 29–30 and an October exhibition at the campus Korn Gallery in Madison.
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Summit's Memorial Playground redesign at Soldiers Memorial Field enters an August-through-October fundraising campaign after the community survey closed Aug. 1, with the amount raised determining whether the athletic-focused makeover proceeds all at once or in phases.
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Atlantic Health System and the Westfield Regional Health Department will offer a free bone density screening on Thursday, Sept. 17, at the Library of the Chathams, open to residents age 35 and older from Summit, Madison, New Providence and six other area towns.
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