SCOTCH PLAINS – The township council will introduce its 2021 budget this month, and it is expected that the municipal portion of the total property tax levy this year will rise by about 1.95 percent, or $37 for the average household, after being frozen last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Chief F...

WESTFIELD — At Tuesday evening’s board of education meeting, Superintendent Margaret Dolan, Ed.D., announced students in kindergarten, first and second grades would be able to attend school on a half-day, in-person basis five days per week starting Monday, March 15. Third- through fifth-grade studen...

By REBECCA MEHORTER For The Leader/Times WESTFIELD — At Tuesday’s meeting, the Westfield Town Council passed on first reading an ordinance to adopt a redevelopment plan for a section of South Avenue. The properties were collectively declared an area in need of redevelopment a year ago. The redevelop...

By MARTA ESQUÍROZ For The Leader/Times CRANFORD — The township committee clashed anew over the proposed anti-nepotism policy during its official meeting Tuesday night, ultimately passing the new policy in a 3-2 vote. Mayor Kathleen Miller Prunty explained that the purpose of presenting the anti-nepo...

WESTFIELD — At Tuesday evening’s board of education meeting, Superintendent Margaret Dolan, Ed.D., announced students in kindergarten, first and second grades would be able to attend school on a half-day, in-person basis five days per week starting Monday, March 15. Third- through fifth-grade studen...

By REBECCA MEHORTER For The Leader/Times WESTFIELD — At Tuesday’s meeting, the Westfield Town Council passed on first reading an ordinance to adopt a redevelopment plan for a section of South Avenue. The properties were collectively declared an area in need of redevelopment a year ago. The redevelop...

By MARTA ESQUÍROZ For The Leader/Times CRANFORD — The township committee clashed anew over the proposed anti-nepotism policy during its official meeting Tuesday night, ultimately passing the new policy in a 3-2 vote. Mayor Kathleen Miller Prunty explained that the purpose of presenting the anti-nepo...

AREA — The governing bodies of Westfield, Scotch Plains, Fanwood and Garwood have approved resolutions to “endorse undertaking a shared services study with the State of New Jersey and the Municipal Division of Courts in Union County.” The state will conduct a financial and operations review to ident...

AREA — Commuter parking permit sales are down in Westfield and Cranford amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, which has changed how people work, possibly permanently. According to a study done by the Pew Research Center, 71 percent of employed adults are working from home and more than half of them ar...

GARWOOD – The Borough Council held its biweekly meeting on February 11, during which several council members gave reports on various issues concerning the municipality. Councilman Sean Benoit presented the first report of the night, in which he discussed the actions of the Laws and Licenses Committe...