WESTFIELD — Proposed amendments to New Jersey’s affordablehousing laws could spell trouble for land-poor communities like Westfield, Mayor Shelley Brindle said Tuesday. “Last month, the Assembly passed an affordable-housing bill, and now it is barreling through for a full vote by the Senate on Monda...

CLARK — Three members of the Clark Township Police Department who found themselves at the center of a multi-year internal affairs investigation after being accused of misconduct have filed suit in Union County Superior Court in an attempt to keep their jobs. Last week, Chief Pedro Matos, Sergeant Jo...

WESTFIELD — A Westfield family whose young son suffered a traumatic brain injury during a baseball tournament in 2022 has filed suit against the Cooperstown Dreams Park for allegedly violating its own health and safety protocols following the incident. In July of 2022, 12-year-old Anthony Labin trav...

Your business can sponsor the Police Blotter Call 908-232-4407 or email sales@goleader.comCLARKMonday, February 26, police took a report of identity theft from a resident. This incident is under investigation.Tuesday, February 27, police took a report at headquarters of a shoplifting incident that o...

CRANFORD – Last week, the Cranford Planning Board discussed an ordinance to rezone two properties on South Avenue as referred by the township committee to determine whether or not the proposal would be consistent with the township’s Master Plan.“This is Lots 2 and 3 on Block 401 and the ordinance wo...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Board of Education introduced a preliminary budget of approximately $78.8 million for the 2024-2025 school year during a work session of the board on Monday. The preliminary budget of $78,788,827 was presented by Board Secretary and Business Administrator Robert Carfagno, who...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Board of Education introduced a preliminary budget of approximately $78.8 million for the 2024-2025 school year during a work session of the board on Monday.The preliminary budget of $78,788,827 was presented by Board Secretary and Business Administrator Robert Carfagno, who ...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The planning board on Monday gave its approval to a subdivision application for a property on Raritan Road.Anne Albert, the executrix of her late mother’s estate, will subdivide the oversized lot at the corner of Raritan Road and Michael Lane into two conforming lots. John Butler, a ...

GARWOOD — On Thursday, during a regular meeting of the Garwood mayor and council, the borough’s governing body introduced a new ordinance that would modify the local code to prohibit restaurants from providing condiment packets, single-use utensils and straws in take-out and delivery orders unless c...

Your business can sponsor the Police Blotter Call 908-232-4407 or email sales@goleader.comCRANFORDThe Cranford Police Department has charged a juvenile from Essex County with burglary, theft and criminal mischief after a month-long investigation into a residential burglary that took place in January...