Community Corner

Five Things: Funeral for Lienhard; Lectures on Immigration, Art and Parks

The events and issues to keep in mind today.

  1. The funeral for Scotch Plains firefighter Francis J. Lienhard, 65, is taking place today at 10:30 a.m. The service will be held at  in Scotch Plains, and Lienhard will be interred at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield. He will be buried in a traditional firefighters' ceremony, and will be transported from the funeral home to the cemetery by motorcade. For his obituary, click here.
  2. Fanwood resident Joseph Qutub, a Palestinian immigrant who founded a foundation that has awarded more than 37,000 scholarships to students from the Middle East, will deliver a talk at 7 p.m. at the  on Thursday evening. Stay tuned for a profile of Qutub and a preview of his lecture late this morning on Patch.
  3. The Scotch Plains and Fanwood Arts Association hosts a presentation tonight by children's book author and illustrator Dave Neuhaus, who is also a resident of Fanwood. The program starts at 7 p.m. at the in Fanwood. Click here for more information.
  4. The hosts a presentation on local parks and the historic legacy left by Frederick Law Olmsted, who founded America's first county-owned park in Newark. To learn more about the program, which starts at 7:30 p.m., click here
  5. The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education meets tonight at 8 p.m.

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