STATE — New Jersey’s gubernatorial candidates squared off on Sunday evening during the season’s first televised debate since the June primary, clashing over everything from immigration to government spending and transparency.Democrat Rebecca Michelle “Mikie” Sherrill, a former Navy helicopter pilot ...

WESTFIELD — Westfield is facing legal challenges from two separate development entities who claim that the town’s proposed approach to the most recent round of affordable housing obligations will unfairly preclude them from certain opportunities to build. In an official objection submitted to state ...

SCOTCH PLAINS – The zoning board of adjustment will resume a hearing in December on an application by a homeowner seeking approval to continue using his dwelling as a two-family house in a zone where those types of homes are not permitted.At the board’s September 4 hearing, which was cut short due t...

SUMMIT — Vivid Stage, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, will present The Mighty Four by Catherine Butterfield, a world premiere production about family, friends and politics, from October 2 through 12.In the play, the lives of a prominent liberal couple are upended when th...

SCOTCH PLAINS -- A 13-year-old child was struck and killed by a landscaping truck while riding an e-bike through the intersection of Mountain Avenue and Mountain View Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. According to information provided by the Scotch Plains Police Department, the child was immediately tr...

CRANFORD —Aregular meeting of the Cranford Township Committee took an unexpected turn when William Thilly, an independent candidate currently running for a seat on the Township Committee, attempted to start a dance party with several residents during the meeting’s allocated time for public comment.M...

FANWOOD — Councilwoman Erin McElroy-Barker decried some of the rhetoric directed at the local government by some residents in recent months, saying she is always open to “respectful discussions where we listen and we talk,” but that she is “tired of the rhetoric and the accusations that are made” ag...

SCOTCH PLAINS – The Township Council last week named Margaret Heisey as the ninth township manager—and the first woman to ever hold the position—in the five-plus decades since the Council-Manager form of government was adopted.She succeeds Al Mirabella, who retired earlier this month after 10 years ...

CLARK — Clark voters approved a $34 million bond ordinance via special election on Tuesday that will be used to fund capital improvements throughout the community’s school district without creating any additional tax burden for residents.According to unofficial results posted by the Union County Cle...

CRANFORD — Legal challenges are escalating between the Township of Cranford and its former Police Chief, Ryan Greco, a longtime veteran of the department who is now being accused of digital property theft.Last month, the Township’s Attorneys claimed via verified legal complaint that Mr. Greco, who r...