SCOTCH PLAINS – The township council will need to continue to discuss the recreation commission’s request for funding to install artificial turf at the baseball field at Brookside Park, a proposal that has been met with protests from many neighborhood residents and support from youth sports leagues....

CLARK — On Monday, during a special meeting of the Mayor and Council, Clark officials voted by unanimous consent to introduce a 30-year tax abatement in connection with a new storage unit facility slated for construction on Raritan Road. According to Township Ordinance 23-11, the PILOT (payment in l...

WESTFIELD — As the Westfield Council prepares to cast its final votes on the One Westfield Place redevelopment project next week, the larger financial picture — including any possible risks or benefits that may be associated with it — are starting to come into focus. The town recently introduced a f...

WESTFIELD — Five candidates, including two current members, have filed petitions to fill three, three-year terms on the Westfield Board of Education (BOE). Incumbent Brendan Galligan, now in his 10th year on the board and currently serving as board president, will be vying for another term against t...

GARWOOD — A legal battle that has traversed a multitude of state courts is continuing to play out in Garwood, where the board of education (BOE) and one of its members continues to fight over what one party calls retaliation and the other calls procedural necessity. Last fall, the board voted during...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The township council will introduce the 2023 operating budget next week, and it is expected that the municipal portion of the total property-tax levy this year will rise by about 3.5 percent, or $70 for the average household, thanks to higher expenditures associated with health insur...

WESTFIELD — The One Westfield Place redevelopment project took another step forward on Tuesday when the mayor and council voted to approve the redevelopment agreement with HBC|Streetworks and to introduce three key ordinances, including one that will allow the town to bond for up to $57 million to s...

CRANFORD — With one of the biggest capital budget requests to date, at a little over $13 million, Cranford township officials talked slashing requests at their capital budget meeting February 23. Lavonna Patterson, chief financial officer for Cranford, said she did not want the capital budget reques...

FANWOOD — Updates on two major construction projects — the new library and the Carano Square development — were presented at Tuesday’s borough council meeting. The council passed a resolution extending the date for completion of the new library by 58 days, to March 29, 2024. The $8.2-million project...

WESTFIELD — A 17-year-old Fanwood resident who crashed his pickup truck into a tree at Mindowaskin Park on Friday night is facing charges of reckless and careless driving after failing to report the incident to police. According to Chief Christopher Battiloro of the Westfield Police Department, the ...