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 ...

AREA — State Senator Jon Bramnick, a Union County native and self-described moderate Republican, officially announced his intention to seek his party’s nomination in the 2025 race for governor during a special event held Saturday at a comedy club in New Brunswick.Mr. Bramnick, an attorney who occasi...

WESTFIELD — A group of migrants traveling from Texas to New York was temporarily routed through Westfield Thursday morning after being dropped at the South Avenue train station. Similarly orchestrated dropoffs, many of which have included children and families, have been reported in numerous other t...