SCOTCH PLAINS — Last month, the township was awarded a $60,259 grant to be used for litter-abatement programs this year. Mayor Joshua Losardo said he was grateful for the funding, telling Union County HAWK that, “every penny counts” when it comes to funding municipal services.The grant, from the sta...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Board of Adjustment denied its first application of the year at its Monday meeting when Teddy Gencarelli, of 14 South Wickom Drive, was told to remove roughly 100 square feet of concrete pavers, which extend to the side-yard fencing. The zoning infraction was discovered ear...

WESTFIELD — Property owners in Westfield will receive their estimated tax bills now that the town council passed a resolution to approve the third installment of 2025 during its Tuesday meeting. Residents will likely see a tax rate of 2.29 percent, with estimates based on the 2024 levy of $192.2 mil...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Planning Board struggled to work through the sole application at its June 4 meeting after the developers and owners of a new youth sports training facility at 140 Bryant Avenue failed to submit the proper site plans addressing ordinances for parking, landscaping and lighting....

SCOTCH PLAINS — Construction of the new Lidl supermarket is expected to be completed by the end of next year, Mayor Joshua Losardo said on Tuesday night, with company officials telling him that they anticipate “finishing much sooner, in the Spring.” The township council approved modifications to its...

FANWOOD — The Fanwood Planning Board was met with a full crowd for its hearing on a potential new apartment building at 389 South Avenue. The former Chippery building may be demolished to make way for a new, 16-unit, three-story apartment complex featuring three affordable units and 24 parking space...

FANWOOD – Borough officials this week admitted to an error in calculating the municipal property tax rate for this year, which means that the original estimate of a nearly $100 per average household tax increase will now be about $179.At Monday’s borough council’s meeting, the governing body introdu...

GARWOOD — Last week, following a mandated public hearing, the Garwood Planning Board voted to approve amendments to the housing element of the borough’s Master Plan in accordance with state law and the most recent round of affordablehousing obligations. Robert Renaud, the borough’s affordable- housi...

AREA — New Jersey voters will face a heavy ballot day next week when they head to polls for the gubernatorial Primary Election.In December of last year, Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation to move the date of this year’s Primaries from Tuesday, June 3, to Tuesday, June 10, in order to allow memb...

CRANFORD — Cranford officials are working against a tight deadline to draft a new affordable-housing plan in accordance with state-level mandates. But, like dozens of other communities across New Jersey, the township is quickly running out of time.“This is a complex issue marked by skyrocketingprice...