CRANFORD — As planned, friends and residents who knew the late Guy Borges attended the Cranford Township Committee meeting on Tuesday and successfully convinced officials to honor the former longtime Orange Avenue Pool manager. “Our request is that the township committee adopt a resolution that can ...

MOUNTAINSIDE — At the beginning of the February Mountainside Council meeting held on Tuesday evening, a proclamation was read in celebration of Mountainside resident Anna Tretola’s 100th birthday.According to the proclamation,Anna was born on January 19, 1924, the youngest of six children. She had f...

CLARK — A former member of the Clark Police Department has moved to file an amended complaint against the township, its legal representatives and several past and present ranking members of the local police force in an attempt to recoup certain benefits and job-related perks that he says are being d...

CLARK—FormerCouncilmanBill Caruso addressed the mayor and council on Tuesday evening and pushed the governing body to consider implementing term limits. “I’m asking you for the good and welfare of this town put in an ordinance limiting the council and the mayor to serve two terms,” said Mr. Caruso, ...

COUNTY— Though less than four years have passed since the Union County Board of County Commissioners cut the ribbon at theAsh Brook Golf Course Clubhouse, the facility, which cost upwards of $11 million to complete, is already falling into major disrepair according to county officials. Now, the coun...

FANWOOD – With the new library set to open on Memorial Day weekend, the borough council this week approved a contract with a vendor to install shelving at the new facility and expects to approve a contract next month for furniture. Mayor Colleen Mahr said construction of the library, located within ...

AREA — For Stephen Dunn, a longtime member of the Elizabeth Fire Department, a single slip-up on the commute to work could change everything.“I haven’t driven a car to work in almost three years,” said Mr. Dunn, who navigates the five-mile stretch between his home in Kenilworth and the firehouse whe...

CRANFORD — A group of current and former Cranford residents have joined forces to encourage the township committee to change the name of the Orange Avenue Pool to the Guy Borges Memorial Pool in honor of the facility’slongtimemanager,whopassed away in December of last year. Mr. Borges managed the po...

CRANFORD -- There’s nothing more delightful for an actor in a comedy than to hear laughter from the audience. Not giggles, not chuckles, but belly laughs from people having fun. February 9th’s opening night of The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 at Cranford Dramatic Club’s Theatre (CDC) brought such ...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Board of Education met on Monday, when Mark Cantagallo, principal of Cranford High School, and Gregg Caverly, director of data and learning acceleration, presented data from the past three years to the board. They began by discussing the SATs and spoke about the fully-digital...