SCOTCH PLAINS — The recreation commission will ask the township council to consider an ordinance revising the fees for groups wishing to rent picnic areas at township parks for parties. Last month, the commission discussed proposed fee increases, and there was some discussion about not renting facil...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Board of Education met on May 1 for its reorganization meeting, where Business Administrator/Board Secretary Patricia Ramos swore in re-elected membersLeilaMorrelliandSonalPatel, along with newly-elected Julie Steinberg, for their three-year terms. New board leadership also...

WESTFIELD — On Monday, during a regular meeting of the Westfield Board of Health, local officials announced that measles are on the rise in the United States for the first time in over five years.According to information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the country s...

CRANFORD — Township officials are working to lower the speed limit on Walnut Avenue in conjunction with overall plans to address the ongoing construction at 750 Walnut and support the safety of the residents who live in the area. On Tuesday, during a regular meeting of the township committee, Mayor ...

WESTFIELD — Over the course of the next 12 months, theWestfield Board of Education (BOE) plans to introduce a large-scale capital budget referendum that, if approved, will allow the district to improve its facilities and address existing deficiencies.Before any of that can happen, however, the board...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The planning board will conduct an examination of a piece of property on Plainfield Avenue to determine whether it may be suitable for redevelopment, a move that could potentially make it available for the planned new first-responders headquarters.The township council formally reques...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The zoning board of adjustment last week approved an application to construct a new cell phone tower on the water company property on Jerusalem Road. CX Towers Leasing, LLC., will construct a 160-foot high cell tower on the property owned by New Jersey American Water, which wants exi...

FANWOOD — The borough council on Monday unveiled the 2024 municipal budget, which will be funded in part by a $199 average increase in the municipal portion of property taxes.At the council’s agenda meeting, Borough Administrator Jesse Moehlman said a trio of expenditures — insurance, debt service a...

WESTFIELD — In its more than 250 years of documented history, the Town of Westfield has borne witness to two world wars, the end of slavery, vast technological advancements, floods, political demonstrations, the Great Depression, the loss of residents in a terrorist attack, and even two global pande...

SCOTCH PLAINS — A firefighter and a demolition contractor were injured on Tuesday in a fire that consumed a section of an East Second Street building that was being torn down.The two-story building, which formerly housed a bicycle shop and apartments, is being razed to make way for a new mixeduse, t...