SCOTCH PLAINS — The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education announced last week that it plans to put a new, scaled-back bond referendum to the voters in January to help address facilities concerns and overcrowding throughout the district. A similar, two-part, $115-million question that would have a...

AREA — New Jersey municipalities will have 10 years to find room for over 146,000 new affordable housing units in accordance with the state’s recently-amended approach to regional development. And while each municipality’s numbers could change through negotiations with the state over the coming mont...

FANWOOD — The planning board began hearings this week on an application to develop property on South Avenue into a 28-unit apartment building. At Monday night’s borough council meeting, Mayor Colleen Mahr responded to a resident’s concern about nearby property owners not being properly informed abou...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The recreation commission is exploring whether to request funding from the township council for new playgrounds at Green Forest and Haven Parks in next year’s capital budget.The commission discussed the matter at its Monday night meeting and, if it is formally agreed to, the commissi...

CLARK—During Monday night’s regular meeting of the Clark Township Council, the regular order of business was suspended to honor Clark Volunteer Emergency Squad members Alan Reilley and Gary Wagner and congratulate them for 50 years of service. “This is amazing. This is what Clark is about - there’s ...

WESTFIELD — Plans to convert an underutilized section of Tamaques Park into a new recreational facility took another step forward on Tuesday when the Westfield mayor and council voted to award a professional services contract to a Fairfield-based design firm that will help the community to navigate ...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Planning Board concluded its October 16 meeting with a motion to deny the application of a development project on historic property. If this project were to have been accepted, it would have caused major alterations to Roosevelt Manor, located near 320 Prospect Avenue.Rooseve...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Town Council unveiled plans on Tuesday to revise the One Westfield Place redevelopment agreement to scale back the project and further mitigate its potential impact on the community. Mayor Shelley Brindle said the proposed amendments to the plan will allow the community to ...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Board of Education voted to enact a new anti-discrimination resolution on Tuesday to further codify its stance against hatred and bigotry. The resolution, which was approved with the unanimous consent of the board, was passed just weeks after a swastika — the fifth or sixth...

AREA — Earlier this month, law enforcement officers, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office and other local representatives partnered to recover more than 100 firearms and upwards of 1,000 rounds of various types of ammunition from nearby communities as part of a voluntary gun-surrender program.The ev...