WESTFIELD — Westfield residents voted to approve the local school district’s $112,832,744 budget on Tuesday as part of the board of education’s first off-season election in more than a decade. Additionally, incumbents Kent Diamond and Brendan Galligan — along with newcomer Charles Gelinas — were ele...

Brendan Galligan* – 969 ☑️ Kent Diamond* – 970 ☑️ Brian Crawford – 324 Charles Gelinas – 937 ☑️ Dyanna Pepitone – 290 Budget Question 1: general operating fund of $111,882,749 – YES  ☑️ 872,  NO 407 Budget Question 2: additional $949,995 of collected tax revenue to new staff positions – YES ☑️ 790, ...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Capping several months of a large number of residents publicly expressing their concerns about installing artificial turf at the Brookside Park baseball field, the township council on Tuesday approved a bond ordinance to finance the turf project along with a host of other upgrades an...

COUNTY — The debate over the future of the Union County seal continued on Thursday when numerous residents took to the podium during a regular meeting of the Commissioner Board to weigh in and share their opinions. The current seal, which depicts the shooting of a Revolutionary War-era woman named H...

WESTFIELD — Five candidates vying for three open seats on the Westfield Board of Education (BOE) faced off last week during a virtual debate sponsored by the local Parent Teacher Council. The candidates, comprised of two incumbents and three newcomers, took advantage of the opportunity to weigh in o...

CRANFORD — Cranford’s capital budget took center stage Tuesday evening as township officials offered up approval of expenses and explanations of things to come for the municipality in 2023. Mayor Brian Andrews said it was a more “difficult” budget year with “unexpected expenses,” such as the rise in...

CLARK — The Clark Planning Board voted Thursday to accept the findings of a redevelopment feasibility study conducted in relation to two adjacent properties on Westfield Avenue. According to testimony provided by Planner Paul Ricci, of RicciPlanning, LLC, the properties in question — 175 and 181 Wes...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The planning board on Monday approved an application to subdivide two properties into four lots, retain two of the existing homes, and raze two others and replace them with new houses. The lots in question are located on Juniper Lane, a private road that extends from Glenside Avenue ...

COUNTY — Efforts by the Township of Cranford and at least a dozen other municipalities to get Governor Phil Murphy to reinstate the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) have been refuted in New Jersey Superior Court by state-level higher-ups who claim that the council never lived up to its expectati...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield mayor and council voted Tuesday to go out to bid for over $3.5 million in capital bonds that will be used to finance community improvements, upgrade the local infrastructure and provide some new equipment for the police department. The majority of this year’s $3,860,000 cap...