SCOTCH PLAINS — An increase in Covid cases has brought “a number of challenges” to the Scotch Plains-Fanwood school district, Superintendent Joan Mast, Ed.D., said at last Thursday’s board of education meeting. In addition to more student quarantines, staffing has been impacted by the higher rates, ...

CLARK — During the Clark Township Council’s final meeting of 2021, Mayor Sal Bonaccorso offered updates on leaf cleanup, dredging and Covid-19 counts. Mayor Bonaccorso said that the leaf cleanup was very successful. He said that the cleanup went out nine times, which was less than last year due to h...

WESTFIELD — With words like “redevelopment” and “rehabilitation” being continuously used in Westfield, The Westfield Leader took the opportunity to discuss the process and the status of various projects with Town Planner Donald Sammet. “Redevelopment is a complex process that involves a lot of legal...

UNION COUNTY — After months of steady decline, Covid-19 seems to be regaining ground in Union County, just in time for the holiday season. The first case of the Omicron strain of the virus was detected in the county in mid-December, Union County Board of County Commissioners Chairman Alexander Mirab...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The planning board on Monday gave its unanimous approval to an application to construct a multi-family residential building on Front Street, the first significant private development in the downtown since the township’s redevelopment efforts got underway. The 41-unit, three-story bui...

AREA — For kids in the New Jersey foster-care system, life can feel like a never-ending series of unanswered questions — where is home? Am I safe? Who can I trust? Will anyone be there to listen? Thanks to the efforts of one dedicated volunteer group, however, Union County’s most vulnerable resident...

WESTFIELD — Students and parents spoke during Tuesday’s board of education meeting about their frustration with the school district’s response to the recent anti-Semitic and racial graffiti found in Westfield High School (WHS) bathrooms. There were two separate incidents reported this month. The fir...

AREA — For kids in the New Jersey foster-care system, life can feel like a never-ending series of unanswered questions — where is home? Am I safe? Who can I trust? Will anyone be there to listen? Thanks to the efforts of one dedicated volunteer group, however, Union County’s most vulnerable resident...

FANWOOD – The borough council this week reacted to the planned dissolution of the Plainfield Municipal Utilities Authority (PMUA) by planning the approval of a resolution declaring an emergency that will allow it to solicit bids for recycling services and bypass normal bidding procedures. Last month...

COUNTY — The first in-person meeting of the Union County Board of County Commissioners since the start of the pandemic took a contentious turn when the board voted to approve pay raises for the county’s top administrators in spite of public outcry. Dozens of local residents and lower-level county em...