WESTFIELD — The Westfield Planning Board held a brief meeting of its site application review committee to provide comments to the developers of 200 Ross Place before the official site plan hearing on Monday, July 7.Property owner Edward O’Rourke of Don Don Realty was represented by attorney Joshua K...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Town Council voted Tuesday to adopt three new legislative ordinances that will effectively finalize the details of the amended One Westfield Place redevelopment project and clarify certain mandated financial responsibilities. The council was asked to vote on three separate ...

AREA — Earlier this month, in honor of National Police Week, municipalities across the country recognized the efforts of their own departments for extraordinary service to their communities.Last week, the Cranford Police Department held its own awards ceremony to celebrate its sixth official re-accr...

WESTFIELD — The Downtown Westfield Corporation (DWC) will be seeking a new executive director to replace Samantha Horning, who announced during the organization’s monthly meeting last week her intention to resign from the post.Board Chair Jeff Kirshenbaum confirmed that a new hiring committee has al...

WESTFIELD — The Reverend Alison VanBuskirk Philip, pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Westfield, was recently sworn in as the town’s newest police chaplain. The role, Police Chief Christopher Battiloro said, is a vitally important one that will help the department to further strong commu...

WESTFIELD — The Downtown Westfield Corporation (DWC) will be seeking a new executive director to replace Samantha Horning, who announced during the organization’s monthly meeting last week her intention to resign from the post.Board Chair Jeff Kirshenbaum confirmed that a new hiring committee has al...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Board of Education met Tuesday to hear brief updates on the bond referendum projects set to begin in July, and to hand out its annual Educator of the Year Award, among various other recognitions. The board also heard a single public comment from a current student addressing...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Mayor Joshua Losardo on Tuesday made two announcements pertaining to the downtown redevelopment efforts, including an update on the planned supermarket and another on new grant funding provided to the township. At the council’s meeting this week, the mayor said he had recently joined...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The planning board on Monday agreed to explore whether the senior-housing property on Lake Avenue is suitable for consideration as an Area in Need of Redevelopment, but it was emphasized multiple times that the property’s use will not change and that the 30-yearold complex will remai...

CLARK — An ordinance that would solidify a financial agreement between the Township of Clark and the redevelopment entity behind a proposed mixed-use project on Westfield Avenue was introduced Monday night after more than two hours of public disucssion and debate.The proposed agreement constitutes a...