SCOTCH PLAINS — Township voters will decide next month whether to repeal the $3.8-million capital bond ordinance that includes the controversial funding for artificial turf at the Brookside Park baseball field.Thanks to a petition effort after the township council approved the bond in April, the Tue...

SCOTCH PLAINS — State Senate President Nicholas Scutari (D22) on Tuesday presented the township council with a check for $1 million that will be earmarked towards construction of the new public- safety complex on Plainfield Avenue. He said he is “always happy to support” the township and called the ...

GARWOOD —The Garwood Public Library, one of the borough’s oldest institutions, has landed itself in the middle of an ongoing if not contentious disagreement between the municipal government that supports it and the local board of education that acts as its landlord.On Tuesday, during a special meeti...

ELIZABETH — Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. celebrated the grand opening of his new regional campaign headquarters on Thursday with the help of several hundred local residents, many of who lined up around the block to hear him speak.Mr. Kennedy, a writer and environmental lawyer who ma...

COUNTY – On the evening of September 26, Councilwoman Lisa Allen, of Summit, was unanimously elected as the Union County State Committeewoman, vacated by the late Dorothy Burger.“It is with great humility that I accept this position and I am excited to know that I have the support of so many outstan...

GARWOOD – Property taxes and the impact of development are shaping up as major subjects for discussion when the candidates for Garwood Borough Council meet on October19 at the Pointe, the condominium complex between Maple and Chestnut Streets.Garwood voters are invited to attend the session and are ...

WESTFIELD — The GWACC Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has announced the hiring of Lewis P. Kimble as Executive Director of the Chamber. He will start in this position on October 15. Jim Mooney, GWACC Board President said “The GWACC Board of Directors is excited to hire Lew Kimble for our Exec...

FANWOOD — K9 Resorts Luxury Pet Hotel announced the addition of Patti Carr to serve as chief operating officer. With more than 30 years’ experience in franchise operations leadership for national consumer brands, Carr brings deep expertise and ability in highgrowth operations and strengthening brand...

WESTFIELD — “Under the spreading chestnut tree, the village … ah, sportswriters sat.” With apologies to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, that was the first thing that came to mind one day earlier this summer out in Hunterdon County. Longfellow penned his famous poem “The Village Blacksmith” in 1841. But ...

WESTFIELD — Three individuals — two young adults and a 17-year-old juvenile — were arrested by Westfield Police last week after attempting to travel through town in a stolen vehicle. At approximately 1:26 p.m. on September 20, the Westfield Police Department’s new license-plate-recognition cameras (...