COUNTY — As temperatures edge closer to freezing with each passing day, county and state officials are likely racing against the upcoming winter season to pull a $300,000 excavator (plus two other pieces of county-owned equipment that were sent in to try to retrieve it) out of a wetlands swamp in Sc...

WESTFIELD — A modest, single-family Westfield home that once played host to the poet Langston Hughes will escape demolition for the time being thanks to a recommendation issued by the Westfield Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) earlier this week.On Monday, the commission unanimously voted to ag...

CRANFORD — In just over two months, Cranford residents will head to the polls to weigh in on a proposed $75million bond referendum aimed at improving local schools and integrating a new, full-day Kindergarten program for the district. District officials addressed the upcoming vote during a regular m...

WESTFIELD — Mindowaskin Park will be getting a bit brighter over the coming months thanks to a new contract agreement with PSE&G.The $23,000 contract, which authorizes the utility company to install new lighting near the park’s playground and in other unlit areas, was unanimously approved on Tuesday...

CLARK — The Clark Township Council recently introduced a new ordinance that will more strictly regulate the outdoor storage of driveway salt and other personal de-icing materials ahead of the upcoming winter season.According to the ordinance, which was adopted during a regular meeting of the mayor a...

AREA — The winners of two municipal elections that were too close to call when the polls closed on November 7 have been announced now that all outstanding mail-in ballots have been counted and certified by the county clerk’s office. In Garwood, Democratic incumbent Vincent Kearney, who had 592 votes...

COUNTY — Earlier this month, Union County celebrated the expansion of a state-level law-enforcement initiative designed to facilitate safer and more effective responses to mental- health crises throughout the region.The program,Alternative Responses to Reduce Instances of Violence and Escalation (AR...

GARWOOD – Garwood Police Chief Douglas Stoffer reports that on Tuesday evening at 6:31 p.m. officers were dispatched to 450 SouthAvenue, Vermella apartment complex. The initial 911 call made by the male resident stated he was having body pain.Attempts were made by the dispatch call center for additi...

COUNTY — Two-year-old Aviana Bradley-Dupree grinned across the crowded room, clutching a balloon animal in one hand and a chocolate-chip cookie in the other. “Mommy!” she giggled. “Mommy, look!” Her adoptive mothers, Tamika Jones and Adrienne Dupree, grinned back.“That’s my favorite word,” Ms. Jones...

WESTFIELD—Afewnewcommunity- based activities will be added to this year’s local holiday calendar, representatives from the Downtown Westfield Corporation (DWC) said Monday.“We’retryingtomakesurethateverything — especially things like the tree lighting and the photos with Santa — is a bit more organi...