Around Town With Jill: Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas

Around Town With Jill would like to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday Season!

A Mother in Need

Lesley Ellis Linker is a 45-year-old Ridgewood, NJ mother of two young children who is unable to work due to advanced Multiple Sclerosis and who has been devastated by the breakdown of her family. Now her friends are reaching out and trying to find her some support and help. Lesley was diagnosed with MS at age 33, when […]

7 Places to Feast on the 7 Fishes

The Feast of the Seven Fishes is a beloved tradition for many Italian families on Christmas Eve. The Feast typically consists of seven different seafood dishes which may include some combination of anchovies, whiting, lobster, sardines, smelts, eels, squid, octopus, shrimp, mussels and clams but the most famous dish is baccalà, salted cod fish. No one is sure of the true significance of the 7 fishes. Some say it represents the seven sacraments […]

Something big is happening on December 24, 2015

Something big is happening on December 24th and I don’t just mean Santa’s visit. This year, Santa may not even need Rudolph to guide his sleigh because on Christmas Eve, there will be a full moon–the first one in 38 years! There were only 3 full moons on Christmas in all of the 20th century, only one of which I […]

Around Town With Jill: New Years Eve ‘Bubbly for the Ball’ Event presented by Amuse and CoolVines

CoolVines and Amuse will be hosting ‘Bubbly for the Ball’ in Westfield on New Years Eve!

Around Town With Jill: Season’s Greetings!

Check out this week's 'Around Town With Jill' to discover what Westfield has in store for you this week! Happy Holidays!

Embrace the spirit of giving in your community

I recently became aware of two local organizations that I thought, in the spirit of the giving season, were important to share.  Each one benefits our neighbors and friends in either Chatham and Madison. The Madison Eagle Christmas Fund began more than 40 years ago when a Madison family opened their hearts by sharing holiday gifts […]

Around Town With Jill: Celebrates Thanksgiving

Around Town With Jill Celebrates Thanksgiving in Westfield this Thursday, November 26th!