SCOTCH PLAINS — A state-wide debate surrounding the definition of age-appropriate content in public schools reached the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education (BOE) last week when two of the district’s librarians stepped to the podium to share their methodologies for selecting materials. “With the...

SCOTCH PLAINS – Neighbors of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School were successful in obtaining an order prohibiting the board of education (BOE) from using the newly-installed lights at Perry Tyson Field. Union County Superior Court Assignment Judge Karen Cassidy ruled following a two-hour court hearin...

Cranford Committee (2 Seats) (100% reporting) Brian Andrews (D) – 7,988 ☑️ Jason Gareis (D) –  7,556 ☑️ Chrissa Stulpin (R) – 6,672 Gina Black (R) – 6,583 Cranford BOE (3 Seats) Lisa Carbone – 9,646 ☑️ Kurt Petschow – 9,047 ☑️ Kristen Mallon – 6,715 ☑️ Francis Riccio, III – 3,770 Fanwood Fanwood BOE...

AREA — A list of ballot drop box locations is below. The secure ballot drop boxes are under 24/7 camera surveillance. Ballots will be picked up on a daily basis by a bipartisan team of Union County Board of Elections Employees. Berkeley Heights – Snyder Avenue Park, 240 Snyder Avenue. Clark – Clark ...

FANWOOD — Borough officials condemned last week’s graffiti incident at the Nature Center and pledged increased vigilance to stem the recent wave of vandalism at borough parks that culminated in last week’s episode. Police Director Michael Bramhall spoke at Monday’s borough council meeting and said h...

WESTFIELD — The future development of Westfield is fast becoming a reality after the planning board passed a Circulation and Land Use Element, amending the town’s master plan. The measure passed during the board’s Monday meeting. The finalized plan, according to a presentation given by consultants h...

SCOTCH PLAINS – The township council on Tuesday named Woodmont Properties LLC as the conditional redeveloper of the nine acres of public properties in the downtown business district. The move comes two years after the council cut ties with the previous redeveloper and a year after it began evaluatin...

FANWOOD — After voting to prohibit all cannabis-based businesses from operating within the boundaries of the borough back in 2021, Fanwood officials said Tuesday that it may be time to reopen the debate. “I think it’s time for a conversation about where the cannabis industry is today,” Mayor Colleen...

COUNTY — The Union County Board of County Commissioners announced last week that it would be prepared to pay up to $100,000 to a Middlesex Borough woman whose son died in 2018 after allegedly being forcibly restrained by police while under the care of a county-run mental-health facility in Berkeley ...

SCOTCH PLAINS – The petition calling for a referendum on the Brookside Park artificial turf question, which was delivered to the municipal building last week, will be reviewed before the township council considers the next steps, according to Mayor Joshua Losardo. The petition, which garnered 2,050 ...