AREA — Governor Phil Murphy has appointed his former chief of staff, George Helmy, to fill an unexpired vacancy left by Senator Robert Menendez, who stepped down this week after recently being convicted on corruption charges.“Eleven months ago, all of us — in New Jersey and across America — were sho...

Your business can sponsor the Police Blotter Call 908-232-4407 or email sales@goleader.comCLARKTuesday, August 13, Khalil Fields, 31, of Jersey City was arrested in the vicinity of Raritan Road on multiple outstanding warrants from the Hudson County Sheriff’s Department, Jersey City and Newark, tota...

CRANFORD — Five young men from Cranford found a missing resident at Yankee Stadium last month.Peter Fekete, a teenager who is neurodivergent, left his home on foot around 2 p.m. on the Sunday of July 7, Mayor Brian Andrews stated in a proclamation at the August 13 Cranford Township Committee meeting...

WESTFIELD — Over the course of the past 90 years, the Town Book Store of Westfield has weathered more than its fair share of challenges. But despite major recessions, the switch to digital media and even the pandemic shutdown, the shop has always persevered.And while the bookstore has had multiple o...

CRANFORD — Residents voiced their opinions on the potential addition of a private temporary ice rink in the Orange Avenue Pool parking lot at the township committee’s August 13 meeting.The pop-up rink would be in operation from October to mid-March. On weekdays the rink would be open from 3:30 p.m. ...

MOUNTAINSIDE — The Mountainside Board of Education approved the 2024-2025 Berkeley Heights Governor Livingston High School General Education Tuition Agreement Contract in the amount of $4,316,718 at Tuesday night’s meeting.The board also approved the Berkeley Heights Governor Livingston High School ...

GARWOOD — During Thursday night’s meeting of the Garwood mayor and council, Megan Avallone, a health officer with the Westfield Regional Health Department, addressed concerns about a vegetation-control program that has recently been introduced for Garwood Brook. The program, Ms. Avallone said, also ...

SCOTCH PLAINS —A fundraiser will take place in three weeks to mark Lafayette Day and the bicentennial of the farewell tour of Marquis de Lafayette, the French nobleman and military officer who joined the Continental Army and commanded troops during the Revolutionary War — and who also had a connecti...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Regional Health Department has drawn a hard line in the sand when it comes to underage tobacco sales. So far, health officials say, local efforts to keep kids away from age-restricted products has been paying off.Westfield’s Tobacco Age of Sale Enforcement (TASE) program is...

WESTFIELD — Visitors to the North Avenue train station parking lot will likely have noticed that renovations to the historic stationhouse have almost been completed. The building, which will soon play host to a long-awaited Mexican eatery and cocktail bar, has undergone extensive changes over the co...