WESTFIELD — The Westfield Planning Board convened January 8 for its first meeting of the year, during which it welcomed new member Brian Capps. Mr. Capps will serve the board until December 2028, and is also a member of the 2025 Westfield Green Team. The board will swear in its new chair during its ...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Town Council rang in the new year with a look forward and a recap of 2024 on Tuesday during the community’s annual reorganization meeting. “I’m very proud to report that Westfield is stronger than ever,” Mayor Shelley Brindle said, adding that the community has achieved “un...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Mayor Joshua Losardo was sworn in to a second term on Tuesday and briefly outlined what he said were “two important goals” for 2025. At the reorganization meeting of the township’s governing body, Mr. Losardo — only the second mayor to win reelection — thanked the residents for their...

COUNTY — The Union County Board of County Commissioners rang in the new year on Monday during the governing body’s 168th annual reorganization meeting.Commissioner Lourdes Leon, a former educator who has served on the board since 2020, was unanimously appointed to serve as this year’s chair.“Union C...

GARWOOD — Garwood’s mayor and council held their reorganization meeting January 2, during which recently- elected Councilmen Sean Keagan Foley and Chase Padusniak were sworn in. On November 5, Mr. Foley was elected to a full, three-year term on the council following his election in 2023 to fill the ...

FANWOOD — Democrats formally retained their unanimous control of the borough council on Monday with the swearing in of two recently- re-elected members, and Mayor Colleen Mahr spoke about some of the major issues facing the governing body in the early weeks of the new year.At the start of the counci...

CLARK — Mayor Sal Bonaccorso was sworn into his seventh term in office on New Year’s Day as part of Clark’s annual reorganization proceedings.Mayor Bonaccorso, who was first elected to the township council 24 years ago, thanked his “friends, running mates and the good, solid people” of the community...

GARWOOD — On Monday, the Garwood Board of Education held its annual reorganization meeting in the Lincoln School cafeteria. The meeting began with the swearing in of April Farrell, last year’s board president, and newcomers Tracey McCarrick and Michael Sasjack, all of whom were elected to three-year...

MOUNTAINSIDE — Mountainside kicked off 2025 with a message of thanks from Mayor Paul Mirabelli on Tuesday during the borough’s annual reorganization meeting. “I am so grateful to be a member of this great community,” Mayor Mirabelli said, adding that 2025 will mark his 15th year in office. “Each yea...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Township Committee welcomed a new mayor and greeted several returning faces at its first meeting of the new year, held Saturday.The front-row seats for the committee’s annual reorganization meeting were reserved for family members of the honorees, and the chambers were packed...