GARWOOD — During the regular meeting of the Garwood Planning Board last Wednesday, the board listened to a request to amend the zoning designation of the Stephanie Gardens apartments on 54 Third Avenue. Currently, the apartment building sits in a zone for single-family homes.Marc Leibman of the Chie...

AREA — NJ Transit rail service resumed on Tuesday following a three-day workers’ strike that caused massive traffic delays throughout the region.“This is a major victory for New Jersey,” Senate President Nick Scutari said via press release shortly after the locomotive engineers’ union and the transi...

WESTFIELD – Westfield Police Chief Christopher Battiloro has announced the promotions of Sergeant Nicholas Bruno to the rank of Lieutenant of Police and Plainclothes Officer Andres Jaramillo to the rank of Sergeant of Police, both effective May 1.Lieutenant Bruno, age 38, was appointed to the Westfi...

CLARK — In a continued effort to provide enhanced leadership support to and strengthen public-safety operations, Mayor Angel Albanese has announced the appointment of Patrick J. Grady as Clark Township’s first director of police.This newly-established civilian leadership role was created following t...

COUNTY — Union County officials are still working to draft the Request For Proposals (RFP) that will allow them to move forward with plans to auction off a vacant jail complex in Elizabeth.On Thursday, during a regular meeting of the Union County Board of County Commissioners, nearby residents and i...

CRANFORD — Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, who is currently facing charges related to an incident that transpired outside of an immigration detention center in Newark earlier this month, will join Cranford Mayor Terrence Curran for a town hall meeting to discuss federal-level policy shifts and their ...

FANWOOD — The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education is seeking a new board member to fill a vacancy following the resignation of Amy Winkler, effective Sunday, June 1. This qualified applicant from Fanwood would serve until the organizational meeting following the next annual school election in N...

WESTFIELD — A Wallberg Avenue home that dates back to the late 1800s could be saved from demolition based on a recent review by the Westfield Historic Preservation Commission (HPC).On Monday, commission members agreed that the house, a Queen Annestyle, wood-frame structure listed in “fair to good” c...

MOUNTAINSIDE — Mountainside residents can expect to see their municipal tax obligations increase by about $177 in order to offset rising costs and mandated contractual expenses. The borough will need to raise approximately $10,596,031 in taxes this year, Mayor Paul Mirabelli said, speaking during th...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Board of Education met Monday to approve an Energy Savings Improvement Plan (ESIP), which allows the district to pursue energyrelated infrastructure projects through a bond ordinance. Unlike bond referendums, which are voted on by the public, the ESIP is considered “budget ne...