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Effort to Force Public Vote On Brookside Turf Moving Forward
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Effort to Force Public Vote On Brookside Turf Moving Forward
FRED T. ROSSI 
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
SCOTCH PLAINS – Organizers of a petition drive to force a referendum on the Brookside Park artificial turf question are expressing confidence they will be successful in their efforts to give township voters a say on whether to install synthetic turf at the park’s baseball field. In April, after mont...
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Liquor-License Reform Proposal Gains Support of Local Mayors
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Liquor-License Reform Proposal Gains Support of Local Mayors
KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
AREA — A state-level bill that would gradually phase out New Jersey’s longstanding liquor-license limits over the next six years currently is making its way through the legislature, with the support of more than 90 municipal leaders who say the change is long overdue. “Our downtowns have been strugg...
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Westfield Council Moves Forward to Bond $11.8 MM For Edison Fields Project
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Westfield Council Moves Forward to Bond $11.8 MM For Edison Fields Project
LAURA KREISER 
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
WESTFIELD — The Edison Fields Project took a major step forward on Tuesday night with the Westfield Town Council’s passage of an $11.8-million bond ordinance. The ordinance passed on its introduction by a vote of 8 to 1, with only Third Ward Councilman Mark LoGrippo voting against it. The project wi...
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Sonal Patel Elected President Of BOE; Three Sworn In
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Sonal Patel Elected President Of BOE; Three Sworn In
KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
WESTFIELD — The Westfield Board of Education (BOE) swore in three members, chose new leadership and bid farewell to Michael Bielen at Tuesday night’s reorganization meeting. Sonal Patel, who joined the board in 2021, was elected by her peers to serve as this year’s board president. “Sonal has been o...
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Mayor Gives Updates On QuickChek, Lidl Developments
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Mayor Gives Updates On QuickChek, Lidl Developments
FRED T. ROSSI 
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
SCOTCH PLAINS — Mayor Joshua Losardo provided brief updates on Tuesday night about two projects that will change the appearance of two major entryways into the downtown business district. At the council’s business meeting, the mayor said that the new QuickChek development at the corner of Terrill Ro...
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Fanwood Talks PD Manpower Issues, Possible Solutions
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Fanwood Talks PD Manpower Issues, Possible Solutions
FRED T. ROSSI 
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
FANWOOD — The borough council on Monday night discussed manpower shortages in the police department and potential ways to ensure the department is as fully staffed as possible. Councilwoman Patricia Walsh, who chairs the Public Safety Committee, broached the topic at the governing body’s work sessio...
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Westfield BOE VP Aziz Refutes Claims of Anti-Semitism
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Westfield BOE VP Aziz Refutes Claims of Anti-Semitism
KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
WESTFIELD — Sahar Aziz, the vice president of the Westfield Board of Education (BOE), is seeking punitive damages and a dismissal in response to an amended complaint filed against her with the state School Ethics Commission last month. The complaint, filed by The Deborah Project on behalf of residen...
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Cranford Appoints Patterson As New Business Administrator
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Cranford Appoints Patterson As New Business Administrator
LAURA KREISER 
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
CRANFORD — After several months of hunting for the right candidate, Mayor Brian Andrews announced Monday night that Cranford Township has found a new business administrator. Lavona Patterson, the township’s longtime Chief Financial Officer, has been selected to fill the position. Mayor Andrews expla...
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Referendum Sought on Brookside Park Turf Plan
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Referendum Sought on Brookside Park Turf Plan
FRED T. ROSSI 
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
SCOTCH PLAINS — Prior to its vote last week to approve funding for the installation of artificial turf at the baseball field at Brookside Park, one neighborhood resident, Shawnee Path homeowner Fran Wagner, warned the township council that neighbors opposed to the turf proposal were “prepared to tak...
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Garwood Officials to Review Fees, Road Moratoriums
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Garwood Officials to Review Fees, Road Moratoriums
LAURA KREISER 
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
GARWOOD — Garwood infrastructure came into question as a resident raised a question about how fees and road moratoriums compared to other local towns. Resident Michelle Capobianco said she had noticed new ordinances passing in other towns that had to do with street paving. Ms. Capobianco said she lo...
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WESTFIELD — An 85-year-old Westfield resident who admitted to owning elicit materials depicting child abuse has been given probation after pleading gu...
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Across the board determination and a complete game performance was needed if the Westfield High School football team would have any chance of upsettin...
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