COUNTY — During its regular meeting Thursday, the Union County Board of County Commissioners adopted two ordinances and 26 resolutions. One of the resolutions was to adopt the 2021 County of Union budget, which was put together under the guidance of Commissioner Christopher Hudak, Fiscal Committee c...

By MARTA ESQUÍROZ For The Leader/Times WESTFIELD — The personal finance website WalletHub published its “2021 Best and Worst Small Cities to Start a Business,” in which Westfield came in last among 1,337 cities across the United States. The listing looked at cities with a population of between 25,00...

SCOTCH PLAINS – Mayor Joshua Losardo said earlier this month he is optimistic that plans for the first phase of downtown redevelopment will soon be ready to be unveiled to the public and then adopted by the township council in June. At the downtown redevelopment committee’s meeting on April 14, the ...

COUNTY — During its regular meeting Thursday, the Union County Board of County Commissioners adopted two ordinances and 26 resolutions. One of the resolutions was to adopt the 2021 County of Union budget, which was put together under the guidance of Commissioner Christopher Hudak, Fiscal Committee c...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Town Council adopted the 2021 Municipal Budget at its Tuesday evening meeting. The council also approved on second reading the 2021 Special Improvement District (SID) budget and General Ordinance No. 2213, which adjusts the salaries of certain police and fire department emp...

SCOTCH PLAINS – The township council on Tuesday unanimously approved the 2021 municipal budget as well as this year’s capital budget. The $26.58 municipal spending plan will be financed by a slight increase in the local property tax rate of about 1.95 percent, or $36 for the average household, to $1...

WESTFIELD — Gale Force Media, LLC, the publisher of The Westfield Leader and The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times, filed suit in federal court this week against California-based tech giants Google and Facebook. The lawsuit alleges that Google and Facebook violated federal law by unlawfully monopolizing t...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Town Council adopted the 2021 Municipal Budget at its Tuesday evening meeting. The council also approved on second reading the 2021 Special Improvement District (SID) budget and General Ordinance No. 2213, which adjusts the salaries of certain police and fire department emp...

SCOTCH PLAINS – The township council on Tuesday unanimously approved the 2021 municipal budget as well as this year’s capital budget. The $26.58 municipal spending plan will be financed by a slight increase in the local property tax rate of about 1.95 percent, or $36 for the average household, to $1...

WESTFIELD — Gale Force Media, LLC, the publisher of The Westfield Leader and The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times, filed suit in federal court this week against California-based tech giants Google and Facebook. The lawsuit alleges that Google and Facebook violated federal law by unlawfully monopolizing t...