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Take The Lead

Written by Local Media NJ Staff on March 3, 2025. Posted in Cover Feature, SUMMIT+CHATHAM LOCAL, WESTFIELD LOCAL. Leave a Comment

MILLBURN, NJ – February 18, 2025 – Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee, Producing Artistic Director; Michael Stotts, Executive Director), recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award, is pleased to announce “Take a Ticket,” a new initiative introduced for the upcoming world premiere of Take the Lead. Up to 1,000 tickets will be offered free of charge directly to ten local high schools and their students within New Jersey’s Essex County, home to Paper Mill Playhouse (22 Brookside Drive, Millburn, NJ), during the musical’s preview period (March 29th and April 2nd-6th at 7:30pm). The initiative,...

Overlook Medical Center marks completion of East Building, a 3-story, 78K-square foot expansion

Written by Local Media NJ Staff on February 4, 2025. Posted in Cover Feature, SUMMIT+CHATHAM LOCAL, WESTFIELD LOCAL. Leave a Comment

Overlook Medical Center, part of Atlantic Health System, on January 16, marked the completion of the East Building, a 3-story expansion to the hospital campus that houses new and updated space for vital specialties. The East Building represents a major expansion to the hospital as part of the ongoing Overlook Ahead project, a plan to extensively transform and enhance the Overlook Medical Center campus. The expansion provides new, updated, state-of-the art spaces for maternity care, cardiology and critical care and neuroscience. “This building, and most importantly the care that will be provided...

Written by Local Media NJ Staff on February 4, 2025. Posted in Cover Feature, SUMMIT+CHATHAM LOCAL. Leave a Comment

St. Patrick School 5th Graders are exploring the delicate balance between predators and prey in ecosystems through the Fox and Rabbit simulation. A hands-on way to bring science to life!

We Love Our Pets!

Written by Local Media NJ Staff on February 3, 2025. Posted in Cover Feature, Local Pet, SUMMIT+CHATHAM LOCAL, WESTFIELD LOCAL. Leave a Comment

Local Media NJ Celebrates all the pets we featured in 2024! Would you like your pet featured in an upcoming issue, please send us an email at support@localmedianj.com.

Hoops Thriller Ends in Four Overtimes

Written by Local Media NJ Staff on February 3, 2025. Posted in Cover Feature, Local Sports, WESTFIELD LOCAL. Leave a Comment

Photography Provided by Varsity Vantage In a thrilling encounter on January 11, 2025, the Chatham High School girls’ basketball team edged out Westfield High School with a 61-55 victory in a marathon four-overtime game. This win marked Chatham’s 11th consecutive victory, maintaining their unbeaten streak for the season. The game was a testament to endurance and skill, with both teams displaying remarkable tenacity. Chatham’s forward, Grace Kreuzer, delivered an outstanding performance, leading all scorers with 27 points. Guard Grace Cloud also made pivotal contributions,...

VACNJ Opens Winter/Spring Exhibitions in February

Written by Local Media NJ Staff on February 2, 2025. Posted in Cover Feature, SUMMIT+CHATHAM LOCAL, WESTFIELD LOCAL. Leave a Comment

Opening on February 7 and running through May 18, the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey will host a series of exhibitions focusing on the theme of place(less(ness)) that will feature various forms of media, including technology, textiles, and printmaking. Each exhibition explores ideas around the spaces we occupy and how we interact with them. In the Main Gallery, artists Mollye Bendell, Christopher Kojzar, and JLS Gangwisch, members of the Baltimore-based collective strikeWare, will use media and technology to examine transit-related occurrences in the traveling exhibition ETA: Rerouted. The...

“Build Westfield” in LEGO!

Written by Local Media NJ Staff on January 6, 2025. Posted in Cover Feature, WESTFIELD LOCAL. Leave a Comment

“Build Westfield,” a workshop where families recreate beloved buildings out of LEGO, will be held on Saturday, February 1, from 1 to 3 pm in Cafeteria B of Westfield High School, 550 Dorian Road. Working from photographs, fifty teams are invited to build models of commercial, institutional, and residential buildings representing a variety of architectural periods. Organized by the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) in collaboration with the Westfield Recreation Department, this is the third annual program designed to celebrate civic pride while fostering appreciation of Westfield’s rich...

TREE-MENDOUS HOLIDAY FUN

Written by Local Media NJ Staff on December 9, 2024. Posted in Cover Feature, SUMMIT+CHATHAM LOCAL. Leave a Comment

await at REEVES-REED ARBORETUM’S ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TREES! Reeves-Reed Arboretum is proud to announce its 5th annual Festival of Trees, a fun outdoor winter festival that celebrates community and culture. The festival will be held on Sunday, December 8, 2024 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm and promises to delight visitors of all ages with uniquely themed and decorated trees, festive activities, and seasonal cheer. All festival trees are sponsored and decorated by local businesses, community groups, and families, including Title Sponsor, Lois Schneider Realtor. The trees, spread throughout the Arboretum’s...

Santa’s Surprise:

Written by Local Media NJ Staff on November 30, 2024. Posted in Cover Feature, WESTFIELD LOCAL. Leave a Comment

Santa Claus famously comes to town on Christmas Eve, but for almost 1,000 homes in Cranford each year, he makes an early delivery. The Cranford Jaycees’ annual Santa Deliveries and Toy Drive collects toy donations for needy families. Parents also drop off a wrapped toy for Santa to deliver. In 2023, local residents donated nearly 3,000 toys, filling two U-Haul trucks to the brim. These gifts were distributed to families in need within Cranford and through organizations such as Cranford Family Care, the New Jersey Community Development Corporation in Paterson, and Union County Social Services. Cranford...