MOUNTAINSIDE —The Mountainside Council voted this week to designate an area of existing commercial properties along State Route 22 as an overlay zone for inclusionary housing.“This brings us into compliance with theAffordable HousingAct,” Councilman Alex Van Deusen said, speaking during a public mee...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Township Committee is taking steps to keepArtificial Intelligence data centers out of the community, Mayor Kathleen Miller Prunty announced during Tuesday’s committee meeting. The commissioners plan to introduce an amended ordinance at its June 8 session, removing data center...

WESTFIELD — Plans to upgrade the parking lot, restrooms and other facilities at the Houlihan and Sid Fay Athletic Fields will cost approximately $850,000 more than originally anticipated, town officials said this week.The town initially budgeted up to $2,339,000 for the project based on engineering ...

GARWOOD — The Garwood Borough Council voted last week to adopt a 2026 budget of $12,107,952.36 to fund its expenditures through the rest of the fiscal year. The Borough will need to collect approximately $7,636,651.13 in taxes to fully fund its current initiatives, which will result in an increase o...

SCOTCH PLAINS – The redevelopment of the public properties in the downtown business district will be done in three phases and be completed in seven to 10 years, according to the Township’s Redevelopment Team. At a special information session on Monday night, representatives from Fairfield-based Wood...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The township council on Tuesday approved a resolution designating the Senior Citizens Housing Corp. as the conditional redeveloper of the senior housing facility on Lake Avenue.Last September, the planning board adopted a study concluding that the senior housing complex met the crite...

SCOTCH PLAINS – Next week, the Township’s conditional redeveloper for the downtown will publicly unveil conceptual renderings of what the Central Business District could eventually look like in the coming years. “We’re finally in a place to share with the community where things stand and show the co...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD – The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education filled a vacancy Tuesday night, appointing Christina St. Hillaire to the seat formerly held by Board President Evan Murray, who resigned on April 30. Following Ms. St. Hillaire’s election, Vice President Tonya Williams was voted in...

SUMMIT--AssemblymanAndrew Macurdy will introduce three bills to protect New Jerseyans from potentially harmful behavior and capabilities of artificial intelligence technology. The three common-sense measures are at the cutting edge of government response to the swift impact artificial intelligence i...

SCOTCH PLAINS – A Township homeowner’s request to retain 40 pigeons on his property was rejected last week by the Zoning Board of Adjustment to keep 40 homing pigeons as service animals to help him with his mental health conditions of depression and anxiety. After hearings on the matter were postpon...