CRANFORD – The name of the 17-year-old driver who is accused of deliberately killing two teenage girls with his car in Cranford last week has been confirmed through the numerous traffic citations that he received following the hit-and-run incident. Court records indicate that Vincent Battiloro, who ...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD — Candidates for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education answered questions about how they would handle issues surrounding finance, student success, and sensitive topics like culture and race on Tuesday night during a public forum. The forum was moderated by Laura Ann of t...

CRANFORD — Six candidates will be vying for three, three-year terms on the Cranford Board of Education this November. Last week, The Leader asked incumbent Susan Shaw and her five challengers - Frank Williams, Lauren Moyle, Joseph Braxton, Craig Coughlin and Brian Niemsyk to weigh in on their though...

WESTFIELD — Plans to expand the parking lot and add new restrooms, storage and meeting spaces to the Houlihan Sid Fay athletic fields on Lamberts Mill road came one step closer to fruition on Tuesday when the Westfield Town Council voted to introduce a $2.3 million bond ordinance that, if approved, ...

COUNTY — Union County Commissioner Rebecca Williams recently came under fire for allegedly sharing a vague but controversial post on her personal social media page following the death of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.During a recent meeting of the Commissioner Board, held on September 18, several...

GARWOOD- During Mayor Jen Blumenstock’s report at last Thursday’s Mayor and Council meeting, she announced that Garwood has officially been certified by the New Jersey Film Commission, which makes it part of a database used by film and television production companies to find filming locations in the...

WESTFIELD — A Westfield residence that once served as the temporary home of Poet Langston Hughes came back before the Town’s Historic Preservation Commission on Monday night nearly two years after the property was saved from demolition.The property, which Mr. Hughes occupied for a brief time in 1930...

CRANFORD — A 17-year-old male from Garwood was charged today with two counts of first-degree murder following a hit-and-run motor vehicle crash that left two teen girls dead on Monday night. According to information provided by the Union County Prosecutor’s Office, the girls, who have been identifie...

FANWOOD – A lawsuit has been filed that seeks to have the planning board’s approval of the South Avenue apartment building project overturned and annulled. In June, in the face of opposition from neighborhood residents, the planning board approved NB Home Improvements’ application to develop 383 Sou...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD — Voters in Fanwood and Scotch Plains will face a full ballot in November when they head to the polls to choose three members of the District’s Board of Education. Five candidates - incumbents Nancy Norris Bauer and Stephanie Suriani and newcomers Brad Herman, John Greenblatt a...