SCOTCH PLAINS — The Ash Brook Golf Course, located in Scotch Plains, has fully reopened for the Spring season, but players say that flooding, neglect and bureaucracy have led to deteriorating conditions and an almost unplayable course. The 18-hole course, designed by Architect Alfred Tull on 195 acr...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Town Council voted to approve its $59.6 million operational budget this week, finalizing an approximate $80per-house tax increase for 2026.The council also agreed to fund the purchase of $57,586 worth of new turn out gear for the fire department during its brief meeting thi...

FANWOOD — The Borough Council on Monday introduced the 2026 operating budget that calls for a 7.6 percent increase in the municipal portion of local property tax bills.The $13.319 million in proposed appropriations is down slightly from 2025’s $13.463 million, and Borough Administrator Jesse Moehlma...

CRANFORD — Officers from the Cranford Police Department removed a man from Tuesday’s Township Committee meeting following multiple requests by Mayor Kathleen Miller Prunty to finish his public comment and be seated. The incident follows months of tense exchanges between multiple social media comment...

WESTFIELD — Representatives from the design team behind the Westfield Public Schools Referendum Project provided the community with a status update last week during a regular meeting of the local Board of Education.Brian Meade, President of Legacy Construction Management, noted that Westfield’s 2025...

CRANFORD — A Clark resident is facing charges of Driving While Intoxicated following a motor vehicle crash that caused damage to a local farm stand and toppled a utility pole last week. According to Police reports, David Ortiz, 48, of Clark, was arrested just before 9 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8, aft...

WESTFIELD – Westfield voters will head to the polls Tuesday, April 21 to elect three members to new, three-year terms on the local Board of Education (BOE).Incumbent Kent Diamond (who was first appointed to fill an unexpired term on the board in 2022 before being officially elected the following yea...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Board of Education finalized its $146.7 million budget last week during a regular public meeting held on Tuesday, April 7.This year’s budget, which represents an average tax increase of about $543 per household, will, according to district officials, maintain educational co...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The township council on Tuesday unanimously approved the $36.7 million municipal budget for 2026, which will result in an average municipal property tax increase of $265.Township manager Margaret Heisey outlined some of the highlights of this year’s spending plan, which faces headwin...

SCOTCH PLAINS – The Zoning Board of Adjustment put off until next month a hearing on an application by a homeowner to retain pigeons on his property.Tomasz Szewc of 827 O’Donnell Avenue is seeking permission to keep 40 homing pigeons as service animals to help him with his mental health conditions o...