WESTFIELD — Dr. Susan Kaye, the Westfield Public School district’s physician, spoke about mitigating the spread of Covid-19 at the Westfield Board of Education (BOE) meeting on Tuesday evening. “The decision to close schools and extracurricular activities are not taken lightly,” said Dr. Kaye, but t...

SCOTCH PLAINS – Continued delays in tabulating all the votes from the November 3 election mean township residents still don’t yet know who has won the race for mayor and for a township council seat. With more votes — possibly as many as a few thousand in this year’s heavy turnout — yet to be tallied...

WESTFIELD — Westfield High School (WHS) classes will be held via remote instruction until after Thanksgiving, Superintendent Margaret Dolan, Ed.D., announced in a statement on Sunday. All extracurricular activities, including athletics, were also suspended. Hybrid instruction was originally planned ...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Police Department has created a new branch within the department solely to process and assist residents with firearms paperwork. Chief Chris Battiloro said the unit was created out of need after the department received 480 applications for Firearm Identification Cards and p...

SCOTCH PLAINS – Continued delays in tabulating all the votes from the November 3 election mean township residents still don’t yet know who has won the race for mayor and for a township council seat. With more votes — possibly as many as a few thousand in this year’s heavy turnout — yet to be tallied...

WESTFIELD — Westfield High School (WHS) classes will be held via remote instruction until after Thanksgiving, Superintendent Margaret Dolan, Ed.D., announced in a statement on Sunday. All extracurricular activities, including athletics, were also suspended. Hybrid instruction was originally planned ...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Police Department has created a new branch within the department solely to process and assist residents with firearms paperwork. Chief Chris Battiloro said the unit was created out of need after the department received 480 applications for Firearm Identification Cards and p...

AREA — Democrats hold an early lead in council races in both Garwood and Cranford as votes continue to be counted across the county. In Garwood, Democrats Vincent Kearney (832) and incumbent Russell Graham (846) hold a lead over Republican challengers Jesse Wilson (509) and Joseph Nicastro (545). A ...

SCOTCH PLAINS– Final results were still incomplete on Tuesday night as Democrats sought to expand their 3-to-2 majority on the township council with the mayor’s seat and a council seat up for grabs in this year’s unusual election. “There are still lots of votes to count,” Republican mayor Alexander ...

AREA — Democrats hold an early lead in council races in both Garwood and Cranford as votes continue to be counted across the county. In Garwood, Democrats Vincent Kearney (832) and incumbent Russell Graham (846) hold a lead over Republican challengers Jesse Wilson (509) and Joseph Nicastro (545). A ...