AREA -- This summer - which has produced more than its fair share of torrential rains and heavy storms - has proven to be a challenging one for community event organizers. Last week, dozens of National Night Out celebrations were cancelled or postponed due to inclement weather. National Night Out, a...

WESTFIELD — A Westfield man who admitted to embezzling over $1.5 million from his former employers was sentenced to five years in state prison earlier this week. John Dunlea, 61, the former chief financial officer for McElroy, Duetsch, Mulvaney and Carpenter (MDMC), pleaded guilty in May of this yea...

WESTFIELD -- Police apprehended a motorist for allegedly driving a stolen vehicle through town on Friday morning. Police were notified to the purportedly stolen car's presence by the towns License Plate Reading cameras at approximately 9:31 a.m. "Our officers were able to execute a stop of that vehi...

WESTFIELD — A child sustained minor injuries on Thursday afternoon when a piece of HVAC machinery fell through the roof of the Westfield Day Care Center. "The injuries are non-life-threatening," Police Chief Christopher Battiloro said, speaking to The Westfield Leader at the scene. Approximately 50 ...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Last month, Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. (R-7th) was in town to present township officials with a ceremonial check for slightly more than $2.7 million that will be used to help finance the new firstresponders headquarters that is planned to be built on Plainfield Avenue as part of the downtown...

WESTFIELD — Plans to add Westfield’s downtown area to the National Register of Historic Places are moving ahead on schedule, representatives from the town’s Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) said Monday.“We are definitely on the right track,” HPC Chair Jennifer Jaruzelski said, adding that the ...

SCOTCH PLAINS — For many years, they have been verbally praised for their selfless — and unpaid — efforts, and tonight, August 1, the township will formally honor the hundreds of volunteers who, in the words of Mayor Joshua Losardo, “help ensure our town gets things right and help Scotch Plains in c...

WESTFIELD — Tudor Oval residents were rattled Monday night by an explosion of unknown origin that left a uninhabited residential home in ruins. The explosion, which resulted in a three-alarm fire, was reported at approximately 10:16 p.m. “The first Westfield Fire Department unit arrived on scene at ...

SCOTCH PLAINS – Jeffrey Briel always wanted to be a police officer, and his nearly three-decade career with the township police department culminated early last year with his promotion to chief. “My family would tell you I decided to be a police officer when I was very young,” he told Union County H...

WESTFIELD — Last week, the Westfield Police Department welcomed five new recruits into its ranks during a special swearing-in ceremony at the Town Hall. “These new officers are joining one of the most esteemed departments in the state, one of only five (out of 561 in NJ) that have achieved professio...