WESTFIELD — In preparation for the upcoming budget season, Councilwoman Linda Habgood and Town Administrator Jim Gildea met with residents at Town Hall on Thursday to review Westfield’s financial performance in 2023. “We are in a very strong position this year,” said Ms. Habgood, who chairs the town...

WESTFIELD — As the Westfield Board of Education prepares for its upcoming election season, district officials are working to navigate new state-level regulations that will effectively redefine the amount of direct control that local voters will have over the 2024-2025 school budget. Last year, Westf...

WESTFIELD — Two local students are working to make life a bit easier for people with mobility challenges through a new app that rates accessibility options at restaurants, shops, businesses and community spaces throughout Westfield. “I came up with the idea to create something like this after watchi...

CRANFORD — Superintendent Scott Rubin, Ed.D., shared at Monday evening’s board of education meeting that he had received correspondence from the New Jersey assistant commissioner of education on Friday inviting Cranford to take part in the Promising Practices Project.According to Dr. Rubin, the New ...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The recreation commission on Monday was urged to reconsider its plans to install lights at the Brookside Park baseball field. Several residents involved in the successful referendum last November to reject funding for an artificialturf baseball field at the park attended the commissi...

GARWOOD — DuringThursday’s regular meeting of the governing body, Council President Vincent Kearney raised multiple concerns regarding the municipality’s public-safety radio system. He stated that known issues with the system — which the borough uses to communicate with first responders — have worse...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The police department this week welcomed two new officers, swore in its deputy chief and gave a sendoff to a retiring captain.At the governing body’s first regular meeting of the year on Tuesday, Mayor Joshua Losardo swore in two new officers, Olivia DiFulco and Kobe White, the son o...

CRANFORD — Cranford voters approved a $75-million bond referendum on Tuesday that the board of education will use to facilitate various capital improvements throughout the district. Unofficial vote tallies (the district is still waiting to certify its mail-in and provisional ballots) indicate that t...

SCOTCH PLAINS — A student who brought a handgun to Union Catholic High School on Monday afternoon has been arrested and charged with numerous offenses including Unlawful Possession of a Weapon and Possession of a Firearm in an Educational Institution.At approximately 10:45 a.m. on Monday, a member o...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Township Committee passed two ordinances at its meeting held on Tuesday, both of which were based on public-safety concerns that had been raised by residents. The meeting began with an update provided by Mayor Brian Andrews regarding the ongoing 750 Walnut construction. In De...