WESTFIELD — A regular meeting of the Westfield mayor and council took a divisive turn on Tuesday evening when members of the town’s governing body clashed over the partisan introduction of a new publicsafety initiative. Earlier this month, the council’s newest members — Todd Saunders (Ward 1), Micha...

WESTFIELD—On Monday, a number of Scotch Plains residents took to the podium during a regular meeting of the Westfield Planning Board to voice their objections to the installation of a proposed 130-foot-tall cell-phone tower and other telecommunications equipment at the Westfield Conservation Center ...

AREA — Union County officials are working against the clock to launch a large-scale revitalization effort at the Clark Reservoir that could transform the long-neglected waterway into a new community park. In order to get the project off the ground, however, the county will need to clear at least one...

CRANFORD — New development opportunities are coming online in Cranford now that the township has managed to satisfy most of its existing affordable-housing obligations with the state. On Tuesday, during a regular meeting of the township committee, local officials announced plans to re-zone a section...

WESTFIELD — On Monday, during a regular meeting of the Westfield Recreation Commission, representatives from the organization’s Fields Committee mentioned a potential policy amendment that would impact the fees that local sports leagues pay to use the fields. “Currently, some of our sports leagues p...

FANWOOD – The borough council on Monday authorized the submission of a state Green Acres grant application to help fund proposed renovations and upgrades to Forest Road Park.At a meeting crowded with young students eager to give their opinions on what should be done with the park, Gary Oliva, a proj...

CLARK- During Monday night’s regular meeting of the Board of Education, Andrew Parenete, a financial auditor from Lerch, Vinvi & Bliss gave a presentation of the 2022-2023 school year audit.The Clark school district received two reports: a larger examination of its comprehensive finances and a small...

SCOTCH PLAINS – The township council will introduce the 2024 operating budget next month, and it’s expected that the municipal portion of the total property tax levy this year will rise by about $72 for the average household, thanks to higher expenditures for health insurance and pension contributio...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Thursday evening’s Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education meeting brought out residents voicing concerns on both sides regarding the postponed use of a work of historical fiction entitled “Mornings in Jenin” by Susan Abulhawa. The book had been planned for use as an elective peer-l...

WESTFIELD —After more than a year and a half of legal challenges and local complications, plans to break ground on a new mixed-use residential complex known as the Sophia at the corner of Prospect Street and Ferris Place are once again moving forward now that a lawsuit filed against the project has ...