Westfield:
 John List, Westfield Murderer, Dies at 82
Scotch Plains/Fanwood:
 FW Introduces Budget With 29% Tax Hike
 BOE Adopts $77.8 Mil. Budget; $67.8 Mil. Tax
 SP Board to Continue Cooper Road Hearing
 Council Examines Spending Side of '08 Budget
 Council OK's Paper Street Sale
Mountainside:
 BOE Cancels Budget Presentation Meeting
Cranford:
 Cranford Reviews DPW Downtown Coordinators
Garwood:
 BOE Sets '08-09 School Budget at $8.3 Mil.
 Council OK's Equipment Purchase for FD & PD
Area:
 Pros. Seeks $250K for Victim-Witness Program
 
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SPRING IS HERE...A large crowd turns out for the Lions Club Annual Easter Egg Hunt with favorable weather at Mindowaskin Park in Westfield last Saturday.

Editorial: Has The Meaning Of Your Vote Been Taken Away This Year?...Except for Mountainside, where three candidates are vying for two seats, there are no contested races. The incumbents are unopposed in Westfield and in Scotch Plains-Fanwood. Only two candidates are seeking election to three open seats in Garwood. Given the hassle, we can understand why so few candidates come forth.

GETTING READY FOR A TOUGH LACROSSE SEASON...The Blue Devil boys lacrosse team finishes up its practice with a few laps around the track at Gary Kehler Stadium. The Blue Devils will host Don Bosco Prep at 4 p.m. on April Fools Day at Tamaques School.

Sports: Baseball Raiders Still Young, Still Talented, Still Dangerous; Blue Devil Boy Laxers Must Look to Youth for Success; Baseball Blue Devils to Field Talented Squad of Seniors; Raiders Have 'Across Board' Talent in Girls Track & Field; Softball Blue Devils Return Experienced Veteran Group:  Photos

MURDERER DIES IN PRISON...John List, the Westfield man who murdered his wife, three children and mother in 1971 in their Hillside Avenue home, died on Friday, March 21, at St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton, at the age of 82. He served 18 years of a life prison at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton. - John List Archives.

Devil's Den: Even in the Present, Past is Always There.

Government Reform Thought: With the state cutting municipal aid to towns, the time has come for discussions on changing government budgets from one-year to two-year spending plans, with half the towns' budgets coming up every other year. This would enable towns to share administrators while also reducing the burdensome task of budget talks that often take up a quarter of every year by local governing bodies.  See Year-to-date Reform Thoughts.