COUNTY – Local residents should expect to see a 2 percent increase in their county tax obligations this year due to rising healthcare costs and other mitigating circumstances.County Manager Edward Oatman presented this year’s executive budget (which tops out at about $547,110,036) during a recent me...

SCOTCH PLAINS – The Zoning Board of Adjustment put off until next month a hearing on an application by a homeowner to retain pigeons on his property.Tomasz Szewc of 827 O’Donnell Avenue is seeking permission to keep 40 homing pigeons as service animals to help him with his mental health conditions o...

CLARK — The Clark Planning Board last week voted to begin the process of declaring a long-vacated property located at 737 Raritan Road as an area in need of non-condemnation redevelopment.The .81-acre property (designated on tax maps as Block 34, Lot 25.01), once housed an Exxon gas station that was...

FANWOOD — The Borough Council on Monday passed Resolutions and Ordinances that will help Fanwood meet its affordable housing obligations over the next decade. The new Ordinances, said affordable housingAttorney Diane Dabulas, will mandate an increase in affordable unit set-asides for new development...

AREA – Union County residents are still working to shovel out from under almost two feet of snow courtesy of what meteorologists are calling one of the biggest winter storms to hit the region since 2010.Sunday’s storm, which followed on the heels of a similar weather event, led to multiple power out...

SCOTCH PLAINS – A Judge last week dismissed a lawsuit brought against the Township by a firm that had formerly been part of the team involved in formulating a redevelopment plan for the Downtown Business District. PS&S LLC, along with its partner, Advance Realty Development, was appointed by the Tow...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield town council voted Tuesday to introduce six new ordinances that, if approved, will further codify the community’s approach to affordable housing.Mayor Jeremy Berman explained that two of the ordinances will establish building standards for construction and maintenance, amen...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD — The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Public Schools is activating special funding for students facing housing instability, according to Business Administrator Christopher Jones and Director of Special Services Marisa Stefani, who updated the School Board at its reglular meeting last wee...

WESTFIELD — The Downtown Westfield Corporation met Wednesday to discuss its plans to prioritize new design initiatives in 2026, with the goals of boosting community interest in downtown and supporting businesses in the Special Improvement District (SID). All members of the Board were present, with M...

CRANFORD — A junior at Cranford High School is hoping to earn his Eagle Scout Badge by turning an underutilized lot into a viable parking area for Roosevelt Park.Last week, Alec Ritter, 17, presented his ideas for rehabbing a parking area that dates back to the days of Roosevelt School, which opened...