SCOTCH PLAINS — The planning board on Monday gave its backing to two studies that found that properties in or near the downtown met the criteria to be designated as Areas In Need of Redevelopment, a move that will give the municipal government and township planners a large say in how the properties ...

COUNTY — After more than eight years, Union County finally has a sitting prosecutor. During a ceremony July 15 held at Kean University in Union Township, government officials, members of the state judiciary and law enforcement officers filled the Wilkins Theatre to witness William Daniel take his oa...

CRANFORD — A three-and-a-half-mile track of the unused Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) that connects Cranford to Elizabeth is one step closer to becoming a pedestrian and bike path. In a press release earlier this month, the Union County Commissioners announced that Union County had been “award...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The planning board on Monday gave its backing to two studies that found that properties in or near the downtown met the criteria to be designated as Areas In Need of Redevelopment, a move that will give the municipal government and township planners a large say in how the properties ...

WESTFIELD — Residents from the neighborhood surrounding Edison Intermediate School voiced concerns over an $18.2-million athletic-fields project proposed by the town during a public meeting held in the school’s cafeteria on July 14. An audience of close to 100 people, including residents, town offic...

WESTFIELD — Residents from the neighborhood surrounding Edison Intermediate School voiced concerns over an $18.2-million athletic-fields project proposed by the town during a public meeting held in the school’s cafeteria on July 14. An audience of close to 100 people, including residents, town offic...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Town Council met in-person for the first time in more than 16 months since the global pandemic swept through Westfield and moved government meetings to an all-digital posture. Mayor Shelley Brindle greeted a sizable audience filling the benches inside the municipal court bu...

By MARTA ESQUÍROZ For The Leader/Times CRANFORD — The township committee announced on Tuesday night the hiring of the firm Topology to carry out the first steps on the redevelopment projects. Mayor Kathleen Miller Prunty explained that Topology will begin the “dropped component” from July to Septemb...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The zoning board of adjustment will continue a hearing later this month on an application to build an assisted-living facility on Raritan Road. Capital Seniors Housing Development LLC is seeking to build a three-story, 86-unit assisted-living facility at 1814, 1820 and 1830 Raritan R...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Town Council met in-person for the first time in more than 16 months since the global pandemic swept through Westfield and moved government meetings to an all-digital posture. Mayor Shelley Brindle greeted a sizable audience filling the benches inside the municipal court bu...