TRENTON - The Senate Law and Public Safety Committee today advanced legislation designed to expedite the investigation of rape cases by requiring a more timely submission and analysis process for rape kits in New Jersey.The bill will also codify into statute a process to ensure that all rape kits ar...

CRANFORD — Cranford voters will head to the polls next week to select a member of the township committee from a pool comprised of one incumbent and two challengers.Commissioner Gina Black, who was first elected to the committee in 2021, will be vying for a new, threeyear term as a member of the town...

AREA — Next week, with half the Senate and Congress up for election, area voters will choose a new Senator to represent New Jersey along with Congressional representatives in the 7th and 10th Congressional Districts.Following the lengthy scandal, trial, conviction and eventual resignation of disgrac...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Board of Education voted unanimously at its monthly general meeting Monday to appoint Sean Sawyer the new principal at Cranford’s Lincoln School, located on Thomas Street.The board noted that Mr. Sawyer would succeed current Principal Dennis McCaffery, who will retire from th...

CRANFORD — Cranford is gearing up for a busy couple of weeks. During its Tuesday meeting, the township committee addressed several upcoming events, while also giving a nod to this week’s Halloween festivities.The committee also reminded residents that Tuesday, November 5, is Election Day. Polling st...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education announced last week that it plans to put a new, scaled-back bond referendum to the voters in January to help address facilities concerns and overcrowding throughout the district. A similar, two-part, $115-million question that would have a...

AREA — New Jersey municipalities will have 10 years to find room for over 146,000 new affordable housing units in accordance with the state’s recently-amended approach to regional development. And while each municipality’s numbers could change through negotiations with the state over the coming mont...

FANWOOD — The planning board began hearings this week on an application to develop property on South Avenue into a 28-unit apartment building. At Monday night’s borough council meeting, Mayor Colleen Mahr responded to a resident’s concern about nearby property owners not being properly informed abou...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The recreation commission is exploring whether to request funding from the township council for new playgrounds at Green Forest and Haven Parks in next year’s capital budget.The commission discussed the matter at its Monday night meeting and, if it is formally agreed to, the commissi...

WESTFIELD — The Friends of the Westfield Memorial Library will host the 13th Annual Children’s and Teens’ Book Sale this fall. It will take place at the library, located at 550 East Broad Street.Between October 23 and 27, the library invites the public to shop its wide variety of books, CDs and DVDs...