WESTFIELD — As car thefts continue to plague Union County, Westfield Mayor Shelley Brindle and other local officials are lending their collective support to a new package of state-level legislation designed to deter repeat offenders. The four bills, signed into law by Governor Phil Murphy earlier th...

WESTFIELD — A Westfield resident who barricaded himself inside of his Boulevard home following a domestic disturbance incident on Wednesday evening is facing numerous charges in connection with a 14-hour armed standoff that resulted in minor injuries, road closures and the expenditure of numerous lo...

WESTFIELD — A Westfield man has been reunited with an important memento from the past, thanks to an unlikely set of circumstances involving a World War II Army veteran, a decommissioned Belgian air base and a young urban explorer with a passion for uncovering history. The story begins in a small tow...

WESTFIELD — The town’s two main garden clubs, The Garden Club of Westfield and The Rake and Hoe Garden Club, Inc. of Westfield, founded in 1922 and 1952, respectively, are responsible for many of the community gardens and planters around town. The Garden Club of Westfield maintains the Blue Star Mem...

FANWOOD — The planning board will resume its hearing in August on the application to redevelop the former A&P supermarket site on South Avenue into two apartment buildings, a restaurant and a new home for Fanwood Liquors. At last week’s initial hearing, which stretched more than three and a half hou...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Police Department’s highest-ranking African-American and female police officers have pled guilty to insubordination and neglect of duty and have resigned from the department, ending a lawsuit they brought last year. The lawsuit brought against the Town of Westfield and Chie...

WESTFIELD — During the Westfield Board of Education meeting Tuesday evening, a discussion was held regarding newly-elected board member, Charles Gelinas’ recent letter posted on TAPintoWestfield. It was said that the original letter was published on June 22, noting that Mr. Gelinas was speaking as a...

WESTFIELD — Earlier this year, the New Jersey State Police announced that car thefts, long cited by lawmakers as one of the state’s most challenging and pervasive issues, have finally started to taper off. At the local level, however, authorities are still struggling to get a handle on the situation...

WESTFIELD — Oft-contested plans to retrofit the athletic fields behind Westfield’s Edison Intermediate School with synthetic turf could still be put to a public vote, town officials said Tuesday. Earlier this week, a group of concerned residents, many of whom have publicly spoken out against various...

AREA — As schools let out for the summer and the days get warmer, people are looking to cool off with a swim. However, local pools are facing lifeguard shortages as part of a larger national shortage, which may affect regular hours this summer. Over 309,000 parks and pools nationwide are facing life...