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Budget Pressures Cited As Council Begins Spending Deliberations
By FRED T. ROSSI 
Thursday, February 6, 2025
SCOTCH PLAINS — The township council expects to introduce the 2025 municipal budget next month and then adopt it at its Tuesday, April 15 meeting, but Township Manager Alexander Mirabella says this year’s spending plan is “going to be a challenge.”At the council’s budget meeting on Monday evening, M...
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Clark Commits to Fourth Round of Afford. Housing
By DEVON GOHDE 
Thursday, February 6, 2025
CLARK —At the January 29 meeting of the Clark Mayor and Council, Resolution 25-53, which would commit to round four for the present need of 71 units and the prospective need of 166 for the township’s affordablehousing obligation, was approved.During public comment, resident Nancy Twaskas voiced her ...
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Dem Candidates Spar During First Gubernatorial Debate
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, February 6, 2025
AREA — Immigration, transparency and equitable access to education took center stage on Sunday when the six Democratic candidates vying to be New Jersey’s next governor met for their first scheduled debate at Rider University.Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, Rep. Josh Gottheim...
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Westfield Rec. Weighs Options for Gumbert Park
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, February 6, 2025
WESTFIELD — The Westfield Recreation Commission will be exploring options to renovate two of Gumbert Park’s baseball fields, which some users say become “unusable” after every rainstorm.On Monday, Noah Ament, president of the Westfield Baseball League, approached the commission with a series of phot...
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Westfield Planning Bd. Debates Grandview Ave. Subdivision
By MADOLYN LAURINE 
Thursday, February 6, 2025
WESTFIELD — The Westfield Planning Board on Monday heard from two applicants seeking extensions. Mayor Shelley Brindle and board members Anastasia Harrison and Ann Freeman were absent from the meeting.Attorney Stephen Hehl represented his client, Bronx Realty, by providing the board with an update o...
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Tensions Mount at SPF BOE Meeting Over Staff Member
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Tensions Mount at SPF BOE Meeting Over Staff Member
By MADOLYN LAURINE 
Thursday, January 30, 2025
SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD — The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education (BOE) faced a crowd of more than 100 people at its January 23 meeting to hear concerns related to the district’s reading specialist, Kathy O’Gara, a vocal advocate for Palestinian rights who has often shared her views both in publi...
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County to Take Over and Turf Vo-Tech Field
By FRED T. ROSSI 
Thursday, January 30, 2025
SCOTCH PLAINS — The Union County Vocational-Technical Schools property will see some changes — both temporary and permanent — in the months ahead, with upgrades to the sports field next to Raritan Road and the placement of modular classrooms.At the planning board’s meeting on Monday, representatives...
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Garwood Commits to New Affordable Housing Round
By DEVON GOHDE 
Thursday, January 30, 2025
GARWOOD — The Garwood mayor and council voted Thursday to approve a resolution that will commit the borough to meeting a fourth round of affordable-housing obligations as presented by the state Department of Community Affairs (DCA).According to the resolution (2541), the borough will accept the DCA’...
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BOE Referendums Approved, Paving Way For New School
By FRED T. ROSSI 
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD – The second time was a charm on Tuesday as voters in Scotch Plains and Fanwood approved two referendum questions that will allow the board of education to purchase a school building in Fanwood, make safety upgrades to all school buildings and provide funding for the annual cos...
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Westfield BOE Clears Audit, Looks Ahead to Referendum Vote
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Westfield BOE Clears Audit, Looks Ahead to Referendum Vote
By MADOLYN LAURINE 
Thursday, January 23, 2025
WESTFIELD — The Westfield Board of Education met Tuesday to hear the results of its 2024-2025 school year financial audit, and to discuss its next steps in attempting to pass the upcoming bond referendum in April. Scott Clelland of O’Connor & Davies Accountants, who performed the audit and recommend...
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Fanwood Man Charged In Fatal Fire
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Fanwood Man Charged In Fatal Fire
KATIE MOEN & LAUREN S. BARR 
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
FANWOOD – A  former Sergeant at the now defunct Union County Jail has been arrested on murder charges in connection with a house fire on Kempshall Ter...
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Westfield To Rename Triangle Park In Honor Of Washington-Rochambeau Trail
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Westfield To Rename Triangle Park In Honor Of Washington-Rochambeau Trail
By KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
WESTFIELD -- Triangle Park, one of Westfield’s public green spaces, will be renamed in honor of the Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary trail, a 680-m...
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Parents Dig at BOE After SPF Volleyball Coaches Leave Game
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Parents Dig at BOE After SPF Volleyball Coaches Leave Game
By MADOLYN LAURINE 
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
SCOTCH PLAINS — Parents, student athletes and community members came before the Scotch Plains-Fanwood (SPF) Board of Education Thursday to speak out b...
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Westfield Council Introduces New Permit Law, Parking Fees
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Westfield Council Introduces New Permit Law, Parking Fees
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, November 20, 2025
WESTFIELD — Residents may soon need to obtain a permit from the Town before adding things like patios, fences, permanent fire pits, detached garages a...
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Westfield Rec. Department Welcomes New Executive Director
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, December 4, 2025
WESTFIELD — The Westfield Recreation Department welcomed a new Executive Director Monday after searching for the right candidate for almost a year.Dan...
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