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Women's Health Day at RWJ Rahway Fitness, Banned Books Talk at the Library

What's happening today in Scotch Plains and Fanwood.

Women's Health and Fitness Day at RWJ: RWJ Rahway Fitness invites the public to a free day of women's health seminars and fitness classes. Members of the Scotch Plains Police Department will also present a lecture on home safety at 11:30 a.m. See the full schedule of events, here

Celebrate Banned Books Week at the Scotch Plains Library: 
 Banned Books Week, a week designated to celebrate everyone’s right to read and to access information, is September 22-28. On Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., the library will host a discussion of Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher. The novel follows Clay, a high school student, as he listens to cassette tapes left behind by a classmate who has committed suicide, recounting the events that led to her death. In 2008, it was named to the Best Books for Young Adults list by the Young Adult Library Services Association. After stirring up much emotion and controversy, it was the third most challenged book in 2012, according the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom. 

Learn how to take great digital pictures at Be Craftful: International-award winning child and family photographer and Fanwood resident Carolyn Ann Ryan, is coming to Be Craftful on Wednesday at 7 p.m. and will be teaching parents how to take better photos of their children.

Also: The Fanwood Planning Board meets at 7:30 p.m. at Borough Hall and the Fanwood Recycling Center is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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