FANWOOD — The Borough Council on Monday introduced the 2026 operating budget that calls for a 7.6 percent increase in the municipal portion of local property tax bills.The $13.319 million in proposed appropriations is down slightly from 2025’s $13.463 million, and Borough Administrator Jesse Moehlma...

CRANFORD — Officers from the Cranford Police Department removed a man from Tuesday’s Township Committee meeting following multiple requests by Mayor Kathleen Miller Prunty to finish his public comment and be seated. The incident follows months of tense exchanges between multiple social media comment...

WESTFIELD — Representatives from the design team behind the Westfield Public Schools Referendum Project provided the community with a status update last week during a regular meeting of the local Board of Education.Brian Meade, President of Legacy Construction Management, noted that Westfield’s 2025...

Westfield’s annual Open Quimby event, which converts the downtown street into a pedestrian thoroughfare for the summer, kicks off on Saturday, April 25, with a free, open-air event called Spring Into Fitness. Visitors will be invited to check out and participate in demonstrations by local gyms and f...

AREA — Four Bald Eagles are being treated for what rehabbers say is likely acute toxicity after being transported to the Raptor Trust in nearby Long Hill last week.A spokesperson for the Raptor Trust (a non-profit organization that works to rehab sick and injured birds at the edge of the Great Swamp...

WESTFIELD — The Downtown Westfield Corporation is facing a year of budget constraints despite receiving a roughly 8.5 percent increase in funding from the Town Council for 2026. The roughly $38,000 increase boosts the DWC budget to $452,135.00 for the year, according to the Town’s approved budget.Bo...

SCOTCH PLAINS – With the start of the redevelopment of the Downtown Business District now on the horizon, the Township Council last week passed an amendment to the local Zoning Ordinance that will allow bars, beer gardens and the like to be situated on rooftops in the business zone.It’s likely that ...

SCOTCH PLAINS – The Planning Board on Monday night approved a minor subdivision application and also gave its backing to an amendment to the Township’s Affordable-Housing Agreement.Prawdzik Properties will split the 100-ft. by 100-ft. lot at 2062 Valley Avenue into two conforming 50-ft. by 100-ft. l...

MOUNTAINSIDE— At Tuesday night’s borough meeting, the Mountainside Council presented a plaque that honored two former council members, Marilyn and David Hart, who are deceased. The descendants of the Harts came to the meeting to attend this presentation of the plaque, which will be displayed at Boro...

CLARK — During public comment at Monday night’s regular meeting of the Clark Township Council, resident John Greaves reiterated a concern he raised at the last public meeting about the Township not using Zoom or a call-in line for residents during live-streamed meetings.He stated that when he last b...