WESTFIELD — On Tuesday, during a special meeting of the Westfield Board of Education, former board member Kent Diamond was appointed by unanimous decision to fill the remaining two months of Amy Root’s unexpired term. Mr. Diamond, who served one term on the board, from 2017 to 2020, was selected fro...

WESTFIELD — Roosevelt Intermediate School art teacher Frank Thompson has been charged with possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance (fentanyl), a crime of the third degree; possession of drug paraphernalia and endangering the welfare of children after a November incident which occurred in his ...

SCOTCH PLAINS — A Scotch Plains resident has filed suit against the Town of Westfield in response to a proposed 130-foot monopole antenna slated for installation at the Westfield Conservation Center. The suit, filed in New Jersey Superior Court by attorney Justin Santagata on behalf of Winding Brook...

CLARK — On Sunday, during the township’s annual reorganization meeting, Clark Mayor Sal Bonaccorso said local residents should prepare themselves for a difficult tax season in 2023. “Right now, we’re looking at a very big budget increase, and we are only at the beginning stages of it,” Mayor Bonacco...

WESTFIELD — After nearly three years of pandemic-related challenges, detrimental flooding and temporary displacement, the staff, teachers and administrators of the Union County Educational Services Commission (UCESC) were finally able to step through the doors of their school on Lamberts Mill Road o...

WESTFIELD — When David Kabakow, 23, awoke on the morning of August 3, 2015, something felt off. “He said he wasn’t feeling well and had decided to stay home from work,” David’s mother, Robin Kabakow, said, speaking with The Westfield Leader last week. “I wasn’t that concerned. I think I went to the ...

SCOTCH PLAINS — When the Supreme Court ruled a long-standing New York gun-control act as unconstitutional earlier this year, states like New Jersey (historically home to some of the nation’s most severe gun restrictions) began to work to reconcile the need for compliance against the safety and secur...

GARWOOD — During her last regular council meeting on December 22, outgoing Mayor Sara Todisco reflected on her 12 years as an elected official in Garwood. Mayor Todisco, a fourth-generation resident of Garwood, began her first term as a councilwoman in 2011 at only 22 years old. She was re-elected t...

SCOTCH PLAINS — When the Supreme Court ruled a long-standing New York gun-control act as unconstitutional earlier this year, states like New Jersey (historically home to some of the nation’s most severe gun restrictions) began to work to reconcile the need for compliance against the safety and secur...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Township Committee voted during a special meeting held Thursday to award a stipend of $2,000 per week to Police Chief Ryan Greco for his services as the township’s interim business administrator. Chief Greco was appointed to the position on December 14, following the abrupt d...