FANWOOD — Mayor Colleen Mahr began her sixth term in office last week by stating her belief “in public service to my core” and calling government “a noble and just profession.” “I am as humbled, honored and excited as I was 20 years ago” when beginning her first term, the mayor said at the borough c...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Board of Education convened for its annual reorganization meeting on Monday. Kurt Petschow was nominated by board member Terry Darling for reelection as this year’s president and was sworn into office after a roll-call vote. William Hulse was chosen as this year’s vice-presid...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Board of Health kicked off the new year on Monday by appointing Elizabeth Talmont, DNP, chief project officer at Planned Parenthood of Northern, Central and Southern New Jersey, to another one-year term as president of the body. Tara Donnelly, who joined the board last year...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The planning board on Monday night retained its leadership and most of its professional team for 2024, with Chairman Jeffrey Strauss saying the board will need to start thinking about updating the township’s master plan as lawmakers in Trenton look set to enact legislation on afforda...

CLARK — During Clark’s first planning board meeting of the new year, held on January 4, the board reviewed an application for a new drive-thru Starbucks at the site of the former Molly Maguire’s restaurant on Central Avenue. The application was last revised in December to incorporate additional park...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education (BOE) met for its reorganization meeting on Thursday, which began with the board announcing the annual school-election results. With a total of 6,837 votes cast in Scotch Plains, 3,969 went to Sonali Phatak Parve and 4,356 went to Evan Mur...

WESTFIELD — Westfield kicked off the new year by officially swearing in its four newest council members during the town’s annual reorganization meeting on Tuesday. Representative Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ07) joined the council on the dais to administer the oaths of office to Todd Saunders (Ward 1), Michael ...

WESTFIELD — A complaint that was filed last year against a member of the Westfield Board of Education has been dismissed by the state’s School Ethics Commission. The complaint, initially filed by resident Stephanie Siegel in February, accused board member Sahar Aziz of using her personal social-medi...

GARWOOD — During Tuesday night's re-organization meeting, Councilwoman Karina Boto and Councilman Sean Foley were sworn in as members of the Garwood Borough Council. Councilman Vincent Kearney, along with being sworn in, also was elected to serve as the new council president with a majority of yes v...

WESTFIELD — Long-awaited efforts to convert Westfield's historic train station depot into a restaurant and cocktail bar are still underway after more than two years of negotiations and construction delays. 'The north-side upgrades will benefit not only the new restaurant, but also future town needs ...