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Westfield Councilman Shows Support For Lower Voting Age
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Westfield Councilman Shows Support For Lower Voting Age
KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
WESTFIELD — In the last six months alone, Westfield teens have publicly spoken out on everything from the state’s proposed sex-ed curriculum to synthetic turf fields, Covid mandates and local redevelopment. They are representatives of a new generation — knowledgeable, engaged and unafraid to voice t...
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Senator Jon Bramnick Holds Public Town Hall
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Senator Jon Bramnick Holds Public Town Hall
KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
WESTFIELD — State Senator Jon Bramnick (LD-21), the former Assembly Minority Leader who beat out Democratic challenger Joseph Signorello in November, held his first public town hall since taking the oath of office in January. The event, held in the Westfield Community Room, attracted approximately 6...
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Planning Bd. Backs Plainfield Ave. Redevelopment Designation
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Planning Bd. Backs Plainfield Ave. Redevelopment Designation
FRED T. ROSSI 
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
SCOTCH PLAINS — Township redevelopment officials will draft a redevelopment plan for two properties on Plainfield Avenue that have been identified as a likely site for new headquarters for the police and fire departments and the rescue squad. At its meeting on Monday, the planning board gave its una...
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SPF BOE Hears Concerns Regarding Sex Ed Curriculum
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SPF BOE Hears Concerns Regarding Sex Ed Curriculum
L.K. MATA CUEVAS 
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
SCOTCH PLAINS – Parents and community members swapped ideologies during a sex-ed curriculum discussion that transpired as part of Thursday night’s meeting of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education (BOE). Scotch Plains resident John Denning reminded BOE members of their promises of transparency...
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Westfield Council OKs Prospect, Ferris Redevelopment Agreement
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Westfield Council OKs Prospect, Ferris Redevelopment Agreement
KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
WESTFIELD — After nearly two hours of public debate and discussion, the Westfield mayor and council voted Tuesday to enter into a redevelopment agreement for the construction of a multi-use residential complex at the corner of Prospect Street and Ferris Place. Mayor Shelley Brindle and Councilmen Mi...
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DWC Executive Director to Step Down After Two Years
KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
WESTFIELD — After two tough years of dedicated service to the Downtown Westfield Corporation (DWC), Executive Director Bob Zuckerman announced Wednesday that he would be stepping down from his position. Mr. Zuckerman, who assumed his position with the DWC just two weeks into the 2020 lockdown, said ...
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Garwood BOE Votes Down Use of State’s Sex Ed Curriculum
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Garwood BOE Votes Down Use of State’s Sex Ed Curriculum
ISAIAH JACOBO 
Thursday, May 19, 2022
GARWOOD — Garwood’s Board of Education voted on a resolution to not follow the state’s Sex Education Curriculum. The curriculum has come under fire from parents across the state in recent months. While Governor Phil Murphy had asked the Department of Education to review the curriculum, they recently...
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Tension Rises at Clark Meeting As Residents Call For Resignation
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Tension Rises at Clark Meeting As Residents Call For Resignation
KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, May 19, 2022
CLARK — Tensions that have been building for more than six weeks came to a head on Monday when two outspoken members of the public were escorted by police from a regular meeting of the Clark mayor and council after repeatedly calling for the immediate resignation of Mayor Sal Bonaccorso. Mayor Bonac...
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Office/Cafe Proposed for Old Victoria’s Secret Spot
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Office/Cafe Proposed for Old Victoria’s Secret Spot
JONATHAN CONNOR 
Thursday, May 19, 2022
WESTFIELD — The Westfield Zoning Board held a special meeting on Monday evening to consider Daybase Inc.’s request for approval to build a co-working office space and coffee shop at 231 East Broad Street. The site has been vacant since Victoria’s Secret moved out. The application requires a D varian...
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County Adopts 2022 Budget; Defends Covid Expenses
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County Adopts 2022 Budget; Defends Covid Expenses
KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, May 19, 2022
COUNTY — The Union County Board of County Commissioners voted Thursday to approve its $513.7-million budget for 2022. Despite complications posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s budget represents a zero-percent increase in the tax levy for the third year in a row. “The Covid-19 pandemic recove...
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WESTFIELD — The New Jersey Appellate Court upheld the Lower Court’s ruling dismissing The Westfield Advocates for Responsible Development’s (WARD) law...
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WESTFIELD — Visitors to town parks will now have to park their electric bicycles and scooters after the town council during its Tuesday meeting passed...
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Cranford Zoning Bd. Delays Two Project Hearings
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CRANFORD — Two applicants for major projects in Cranford presented early-stage plans to redevelop an existing rehabilitation facility and gas station,...
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