WESTFIELD — For 12-year-old Anthony Labin, a much-anticipated trip to Cooperstown, N.Y., with his traveling baseball team took a violent and unexpected turn last week when the young pitcher caught a line drive to the temple. The boy was knocked unconscious by the blow and was airlifted to Albany Med...

WESTFIELD — On July 4, gardeners throughout the county gathered to offer their well-wishes and share their laments over the official closing of Williams Nursery, a family-run garden center that has served the Westfield community for more than 100 years. “A particularly poignant day,” David Williams ...

MOUNTAINSIDE — For kids like 2-year-old Kiki Schwartz, kids with complex medical needs that require constant supervision, the concept of home can be somewhat hard to grasp. Between long hospital stays, doctors’ visits, therapy appointments and any number of other challenges, it can be hard to find t...

CLARK — With the start of a new school year looming closer by the day, members of the Clark Board of Education said Monday that they would need to continue the search for qualified instructors in order to fill a number of vacancies and round out the teaching staff before September. The board accepte...

Chief Battiloro went on to note that the most recent incident [in which two people reported being hit by gel balls at approximately 5 p.m. on July 2 in the area of Elm Street] probably involved a gel-ball “splat” gun (which are easily purchased online and are typically marketed as toys) rather than ...

CRANFORD — Last month, as part of this year’s annual budget appropriations, Governor Phil Murphy allocated approximately $1.8 million to the Township of Cranford to fund critical storm-water improvements in a 50-acre area that includes South Union Avenue, Retford Avenue, Walnut Avenue and High Stree...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Township redevelopment officials received Requests for Qualifications (RFQs) from 11 developers interested in redeveloping the four public properties in the downtown business district. “We are pleased with the level of interest from redevelopers in the township’s RFQ and redevelopmen...

CLARK — A Linden woman who claims that she and her husband were both permanently injured during a 2019 motor vehicle accident involving two Clark police officers and one of the municipality’s patrol cars was awarded a settlement of $500,000 on Tuesday during a special meeting of the Clark mayor and ...

CRANFORD — In the fall of 2021, local communities already struggling under the weight of the Covid-19 pandemic were dealt another staggering blow when Hurricane Ida, a massive category 4 storm that made landfall near New Jersey’s central coastline, ripped through the Union County area with unforgivi...

CRANFORD — As affordable-housing deadlines draw ever nearer, municipalities across New Jersey are struggling to reconicile their state-mandated obligations against the needs of their own communities. In Cranford, Mayor Kathleen Miller-Prunty and other local officials are stepping forward to demand a...