FANWOOD – With the new library set to open on Memorial Day weekend, the borough council this week approved a contract with a vendor to install shelving at the new facility and expects to approve a contract next month for furniture. Mayor Colleen Mahr said construction of the library, located within ...

AREA — For Stephen Dunn, a longtime member of the Elizabeth Fire Department, a single slip-up on the commute to work could change everything.“I haven’t driven a car to work in almost three years,” said Mr. Dunn, who navigates the five-mile stretch between his home in Kenilworth and the firehouse whe...

CRANFORD — A group of current and former Cranford residents have joined forces to encourage the township committee to change the name of the Orange Avenue Pool to the Guy Borges Memorial Pool in honor of the facility’slongtimemanager,whopassed away in December of last year. Mr. Borges managed the po...

CRANFORD -- There’s nothing more delightful for an actor in a comedy than to hear laughter from the audience. Not giggles, not chuckles, but belly laughs from people having fun. February 9th’s opening night of The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 at Cranford Dramatic Club’s Theatre (CDC) brought such ...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Board of Education met on Monday, when Mark Cantagallo, principal of Cranford High School, and Gregg Caverly, director of data and learning acceleration, presented data from the past three years to the board. They began by discussing the SATs and spoke about the fully-digital...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Public Schools District has scheduled a variety of community engagement sessions in March and April to allow multiple opportunities for Westfield voters to hear about the 2024-2025 school district operating budget and to get their questions answered before going to the poll...

COUNTY – The Union County Board of Elections advises Westfield Residents that Tuesday, March 26 is the deadline for voter registration for the April 16, 2024 Annual School Board Election. The election will take place from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.Voting will take place at the regular polling locations, which...

TOP HONORS...The American Scholastic Press Association has awarded Westfield High School’s Optic Magazine “First Place with Special Merit” for its reporting during the 2022-2023 school year. This category recognizes the top-scoring high-school and college student magazines nationally for the organiz...

WESTFIELD — Mark LoGrippo, one of Westfield’s longest-serving councilmen, has been nominated by the county GOP to represent his party as a potential candidate in the upcoming race for a seat on the Union County Board of County Commissioners.“I am deeply honored to have served on the Westfield Town C...

GARWOOD — During Thursday night’s mayor and council meeting, Mayor Jen Blumenstock took some time within her mayor’s report to address recent discourse among local Garwood Facebook groups — an issue Mayor Blumenstock feels she has been “screaming into the void” about. “It’s very easy to ruin someone...