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...

WESTFIELD — Mindowaskin Park is currently undergoing a spring metamorphosis. Passersby may notice the cleared Daffodil Bank, also known as Daffodil Hill, where the town has removed overgrowth and a few trees. While clearing the area, the Garden Club of Westfield spotted what is believed to be a Nati...

COUNTY — The Union County Board of County Commissioners adopted an ordinance to appropriate $16,750,000 for the Union County Government Complex Project during its bi-weekly meeting last Thursday. This ordinance was introduced at the board’s March 25 meeting, when it was given its first reading. Duri...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The planning board on Monday gave its unanimous approval to a residential development on Jerusalem Road that also will contribute to meeting the township’s affordable-housing obligations. The developer — 725-735 Jerusalem LLC — will build 47 units at the oddly shaped property, which ...

WESTFIELD — Mindowaskin Park is currently undergoing a spring metamorphosis. Passersby may notice the cleared Daffodil Bank, also known as Daffodil Hill, where the town has removed overgrowth and a few trees. While clearing the area, the Garden Club of Westfield spotted what is believed to be a Nati...

COUNTY — The Union County Board of County Commissioners adopted an ordinance to appropriate $16,750,000 for the Union County Government Complex Project during its bi-weekly meeting last Thursday. This ordinance was introduced at the board’s March 25 meeting, when it was given its first reading. Duri...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The planning board on Monday gave its unanimous approval to a residential development on Jerusalem Road that also will contribute to meeting the township’s affordable-housing obligations. The developer — 725-735 Jerusalem LLC — will build 47 units at the oddly shaped property, which ...