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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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’...

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...

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...

AREA— Last week, stateAttorney General Matthew Platkin joined educators, advocates and community leaders to speak out against pending immigration policies during Kean University’s inaugural Dreamers Conference and Resource Fair.The event, co-sponsored by the university’s Hispanic Leadership Center (...

CLARK — Councilwoman Angel Albanese was sworn in as the new mayor of Clark on Tuesday night, making her the first woman in the history of the township to hold the position.MayorAlbanese, who took the oath of office after a brief executive session, was unanimously appointed to the role by council mem...