COUNTY — Joseph Bodek was sworn in as this year’s Chair of the Union County Board of County Commissioners during the body’s annual reorganization meeting on New Years Day.Mr. Bodek, who has served as City Clerk in Linden for more than a decade, said last week that he plans to prioritize “thoughtful ...

WESTFIELD — Westfield High School freshman Chelsea Tsvirko will represent Australia in the 2026 IIHF U18 Women’s Hockey World Championships, becoming one of the youngest players competing in the international tournament this January.Ms. Tsvirko began playing hockey at age six while living in Switzer...

COUNTY — The Union County Board of County Commissioners bid a fond farewell to two of its longestserving members last week during the organization’s final meeting of the year. Commissioners Bette Jane Kowalski (better known throughout the county as BJ) and Sergio Granados both announced earlier this...

WESTFIELD – First Congregational Church of Westfield invites friends and family everywhere to celebrate the Christmas season at several Advent worship services centered around the theme, “Questioning Christmas: How Curiosity Changes Everything.”Advent is a season of waiting—but not passive waiting. ...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Board of Education will head into the new year with a clean financial slate as it prepares to launch a series of capital improvement projects throughout the district.“[This year’s] audit went very well,” Scott Clelland, an auditor with O’Connor Davies, said, speaking during...

CLARK — The Clark Planning Board granted its conditional approval last week for plans to build a fourstory, mixed-use residential complex on the site of a long-vacated grocery store that has been slated for redevelopment for almost seven years.The property, which has not been put to any real use sin...

FANWOOD – A  former Sergeant at the now defunct Union County Jail has been arrested on murder charges in connection with a house fire on Kempshall Terrace that claimed the life of an 82-year-old Fanwood resident earlier this year. According to reports by the Union County Prosecutor’s Office, William...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Police Athletic League sent longtime coach Scott Selert off with a fond farewell last month after more than two decades on the field.“The impact Coach Selert has had on the Westfield PAL football program is immeasurable,” Luis E. Zaldua, WPAL Tackle Football League Director...

WESTFIELD -- Triangle Park, one of Westfield’s public green spaces, will be renamed in honor of the Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary trail, a 680-mile route once travelled by General George Washington and his French allies on their march from Rhode Island to Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781. The histo...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Parents, student athletes and community members came before the Scotch Plains-Fanwood (SPF) Board of Education Thursday to speak out both for and against the recent firing and resignation of SPF School District Volleyball Coaches Adrienne Stack and Brock Hor. The Board also approved ...