COUNTY — Union County schools can expect an influx of extra state aid this year, Governor Phil Murphy announced last week. “The budget proposal unveiled on Tuesday is a reflection of my Administration’s ongoing commitment to maintaining the strength of New Jersey’s school system,” Governor Murphy sa...

WESTFIELD — Controversial social-media posts made by Westfield Board of Education (BOE) Vice President Sahar Aziz are still causing friction within the district. On Tuesday, the debate over individual expression and the responsibilities of public office picked up where it left off when several membe...

WESTFIELD — A civic organization that has stepped up to the plate for Westfield at numerous points throughout its long and storied past is now in need of some assistance from the community that it has served so well. The Elks Centennial Lodge, located at 444 West Broad Street, was established in 192...

CLARK — A 16-year-old student is facing possession charges after bringing a handgun to Arthur L. Johnson High School on Friday. The incident triggered a school-wide lockdown and resulted in evacuation. At approximately 10 a.m. on Friday, the Clark Police Department received a call from a member of t...

COUNTY — The Union County Commissioners announced last week that there will be a zero-percent tax increase in the county’s executive budget for the third year in a row. The county will still need to raise $367 million of the $510 million executive budget in taxes, officials said, but local residents...

WESTFIELD — One of Westfield’s oldest cultural institutions may need some help to stay afloat, health officials said on Monday. The Elks Centennial Lodge, located at 444 West Broad Street, was established in 1923 as a community organization for African-American men. In 1954, Mayor Emerson Thomas don...

WESTFIELD — Westfield residents and developers who are looking to build on, renovate or improve their homes and properties will be paying more in fees to do so going forward, town officials said Tuesday. According to General Ordinance 2022-06, adopted Tuesday during a regular meeting of the mayor an...

SCOTCH PLAINS – The planning board on Monday authorized a study by its planner to look into whether a piece of property owned by St. Bartholomew’s Church should be redeveloped into an age-restricted apartment building. Harbor Consultants, the board’s planner, will conduct the study of a 2.2-acre str...

SCOTCH PLAINS — In recent years, New Jersey has been battered by an alarming number of catastrophic weather events known as 100-year storms (like Hurricane Floyd in 2007, Tropical Storm Irene in 2011, Superstorm Sandy in 2012, Tropical Storm Gordon in 2018, and most recently, Hurricane Ida in 2021)....

COUNTY — After two years of abrupt policy changes, contentious debate and frustration on all sides, school districts across the state are now preparing to take back the reins and navigate the end of Governor Phil Murphy’s long-standing mask mandate. The mandate, which has been in place since the beg...