WESTFIELD — The Westfield Memorial Library has a new director. The library’s board of trustees announced via a press release on September 20 the appointment of Allen McGinley to his new position, where he replaces former library director Phil Israel. Mr. McGinley sat down with The Westfield Leader o...

CRANFORD — At its meeting on Monday, the Cranford Board of Education (BOE) honored one of its own with a unanimous resolution. Board member William Hulse earned the title of Certified Board Leader (CBL) through the New Jersey School Boards Association’s (NJSBA) Board Member Academy. “The CBL is the ...

SCOTCH PLAINS — After more than four years of meetings, studies, surveys, consultations and hearings, the township council on Tuesday introduced the redevelopment plan for the publicly-owned properties in the central business district. Mayor Joshua Losardo said at the council’s business meeting that...

CLARK — The Clark Council met on Monday to update residents of the township on upcoming events and the continued aftermath of Hurricane Ida. Mayor Sal Bonaccorso started the meeting off with the mayor’s report. He thanked all of the first responders who helped Clark residents on the night that Hurri...

WESTFIELD — During a spirited meeting of the Westfield Board of Education, members passed the 2021-2022 District Wide Goals by a margin of 6 to 1. Board President Amy Root, Board Vice President Brendan Galligan and board members Robert Garrison, Leila Morrelli, Gretchan Ohlig and Sonal Patel voted i...

WESTFIELD — After two public-input meetings in July and impassioned feedback from residents, especially those living around Edison Intermediate School (EIS), Westfield town officials and the recreation commission unveiled a scaled-back version of their Edison School Multipurpose Fields Project Monda...

SCOTCH PLAINS — One of the former downtown redevelopers intends to file a lawsuit against the township and redevelopment officials for ending its conditional redevelopment agreement in June. PS&S LLC, a Warren-based engineering firm, issued its intent to file a suit on September 3, asking for at lea...

GARWOOD — The Garwood Planning Board held a special meeting on Wednesday to hear the application regarding 423-453 South Ave. and 424-440 Willow Ave. The application would allow for the building of ground-floor units facing South Avenue and altering the unit mix. The meeting on this case was a conti...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Neighborhood residents last week continued to protest the planned relocation of the township’s emergency-services headquarters to Plainfield Avenue, raising concerns, as they have for many months, about pedestrian and vehicle safety in the area and also, in the wake of the September ...

WESTFIELD — In the wake of the devastating flooding damage Hurricane Ida wreaked on Union County and storm-water infrastructures throughout the county, Westfield is wasting no time formulating plans to prepare the town for the next major weather event. Storms like Ida, which struck New Jersey on Sep...