FANWOOD – Mayor Colleen Mahr said this week that New Jersey Transit has committed to adding more one-seat rides along the Raritan Valley Line into Manhattan by next fall.At Monday’s Borough Council meeting, the Mayor said that she and other Mayors of towns along the Raritan Valley Line have been mee...

CRANFORD—TheCranfordPlanning Board heard concerns Tuesday, August 6, from residents of both Cranford and Linden over the possible operationsexpansionofWonderGroup, Inc., at 677-679 Raritan Road. The applicant was originally scheduled to present preliminary site plans, but was granted an extension to...

AREA – Numerous men are speaking out against years of sexual abuse that they allegedly suffered as children while in the custody of the former Union County Juvenile Detention Center (UCJDC).According to an official complaint filed late last month, five plaintiffs identified only as R.C., K.B., L.R.,...

CLARK — Residents were safely evacuated from a house fire that broke out in a single-family home on Blake Road Monday afternoon. According to information provided by a GoFundMe site that has been started to help the family recover, five beloved cats were sadly lost in the blaze. Firefighters, Police...

CLARK — Clark Residents that have either experienced repeat flooding challenges on their properties or who could be susceptible to future damages may be eligible to participate in a voluntary home-buyout initiative run under the supervision of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (N...

CLARK -- All occupants have been safely evacuated from an ongoing three-alarm house fire on Blake Drive in Clark. Firefighters from multiple agencies are on the scene, still working to extinguish a three-alarm blaze. One Clark Police Officer has been taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. Despi...

WESTFIELD — A Perth Amboy man has been arrested in connection with a multi-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a 71-year-old bicyclist earlier this week. According to information provided by the Westfield Police Department, Anthony Ramirez Velazquez, 20, was driving east along North Avenue in a 2...

Today begins a new era for us in the ever-changing world of local print newspapers. We will now operate our newspapers (The Westfield Leader and Union County HAWK) under one banner of The Leader. We believe that this change will be of benefit to you because we’re doing something vastly different tha...

COUNTY — After several months of heated public conversation, the Union County Board of County Commissioners announced Thursday that it would not be selling its largelyvacated jail complex for use as either an immigration detention center or as any other type of privatized prison.“Given the troubling...

WESTFIELD — A two-story, 1920’s-era home on Shackamaxon Avenue is facing demolition following an informal review by the Westfield Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) that revealed no specific historical, cultural, architectural, aesthetic, or other significance that would make the property a good...