SCOTCH PLAINS — Back in the 1990s, Ted Conley said an uncle convinced him to consider a career in law enforcement — and that career winds down at the end of this month with his retirement from the township police department after 25 years of service, the last six-and a half years as police chief. Sp...

WESTFIELD — The Downtown Westfield Corporation (DWC) kicked off the new year on Wednesday by welcoming its new director to her first official meeting and appointing Lillian Pien, co-owner of Akai Lounge, as its new board chair. Ms. Pien, whose Japanese-style restaurant celebrated a grand re-opening ...

WESTFIELD — After months of discussion and debate, Westfield residents got their first looks at some of the proposed design concepts surrounding the One Westfield Place (OWP) redevelopment project on Thursday during a Facebook Live event hosted by the town. Mayor Shelley Brindle said Thursday that t...

CLARK — Clark residents with something to say at a public meeting will now have five minutes to do so instead of 10, thanks to a new ordinance adopted Tuesday during a regular meeting of the mayor and council. Resident Michael Shulman, who ran for a seat on the council back in November, said there d...

GARWOOD — Patrolman Brian Contreras was officially sworn into the Garwood Police Department at the borough council meeting on January 12. Mayor Jen Blumenstock administered the oath of office for Officer Contreras, who worked as a campus security officer at Fairleigh Dickinson University since Febru...

WESTFIELD – In an effort to be forthcoming with information regarding its upcoming election in April, members of the Westfield Board of Education gave a presentation outlining the history of the district’s budget at their Tuesday meeting. Prior to 2010, district officials said, Westfield residents w...

CRANFORD — After almost a month of questioning by local residents, Cranford officials are still refusing to comment on the sudden departure of former Township Administrator Jamie Cryan, who was replaced by Chief Ryan Greco as “Interim Township Administrator” without public explanation in mid-Decembe...

CLARK — On Thursday, during its annual reorganization meeting, the Clark Planning Board announced that the vacant former site of the Barnes & Noble at 1180 Raritan Road will be repurposed to house a new urgent care facility. Hackensack-Meridian Health garnered the support of the board to construct a...

SCOTCH PLAINS – Three incumbent members of the Scotch Plains Fanwood Board of Education were sworn in during last Thursday evening’s annual reorganization meeting. All three members, Nancy Bauer, Stephanie Suriani and Amy Winkler were re-elected to new terms in November. According to official electi...

WESTFIELD — On Wednesday, after press time, representatives from HBC|Streetworks are set to reveal their updated plans for One Westfield Place during a Facebook Live event. As the large-scale redevelopment project begins to transition out of its conceptual design phase into something more tactile an...