GARWOOD — During the regular meeting of the Garwood Planning Board last Wednesday, the board listened to a request to amend the zoning designation of the Stephanie Gardens apartments on 54 Third Avenue. Currently, the apartment building sits in a zone for single-family homes.Marc Leibman of the Chie...

AREA — NJ Transit rail service resumed on Tuesday following a three-day workers’ strike that caused massive traffic delays throughout the region.“This is a major victory for New Jersey,” Senate President Nick Scutari said via press release shortly after the locomotive engineers’ union and the transi...

WESTFIELD — A Wallberg Avenue home that dates back to the late 1800s could be saved from demolition based on a recent review by the Westfield Historic Preservation Commission (HPC).On Monday, commission members agreed that the house, a Queen Annestyle, wood-frame structure listed in “fair to good” c...

MOUNTAINSIDE — Mountainside residents can expect to see their municipal tax obligations increase by about $177 in order to offset rising costs and mandated contractual expenses. The borough will need to raise approximately $10,596,031 in taxes this year, Mayor Paul Mirabelli said, speaking during th...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Board of Education met Monday to approve an Energy Savings Improvement Plan (ESIP), which allows the district to pursue energyrelated infrastructure projects through a bond ordinance. Unlike bond referendums, which are voted on by the public, the ESIP is considered “budget ne...

WESTFIELD — On Tuesday, the Westfield Town Council passed an amended redevelopment agreement in connection with One Westfield Place (OWP) that would reduce the town’s bond obligation by about $12 million and codify other changes to the project’s financials. “This is not a re-litigation of the entire...

195-233 Elm Street(Stop & Shop): 70 total units, 14 affordable 544-576 North Avenue East (formerly Stuart’s Audio): 54 total units, 11 affordable 221-341 South Avenue East (ShopRite Wines & Spirits): 96 total units, 20 affordable 530-600 South Avenue West (Wells Fargo Advisors): 78 total units, 16 a...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The recreation commission on Monday held an extended discussion about the wedge of land adjacent to the Orchid Park development on Terrill Road that the township plans to use for recreation purposes.Part of the redevelopment agreement to convert the former Parker Gardens property int...

GARWOOD — The Garwood Police Departmentwasrecognizedforcompleting arigorousaccreditationprogram duringameetingofthebourough’smayor and council on Thursday. According to the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP) website, accreditation is “a progressive and time-proven method of a...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Planning Board met Thursday to review architectural plans for a proposed gym expansion at Union County College in Cranford, and to vote on whether or not the designs align with the township’s Master Plan.Although the college is required to present proposals to the planning bo...