CRANFORD — The Cranford Board of Education announced this week that it plans to use the proceeds from the sale of $75,031,000 worth of bonds to help offset the tax levy.The bond sale, the district’s Business Administrator Bob Carfagno said, will lower the projected total tax impact per household fro...

CRANFORD Wednesday, May 8, police responded to a North Avenue business on a report of a suspicious male who had attempted to pass a counterfeit bill. Police later located the suspect, Raymond Zajonic, 39, of Brooklyn, N.Y., on North Union Avenue, where he was arrested without incident and charged wi...

CRANFORD — In Cranford, Guy Borges, who managed the Orange Avenue Pool for more than 30 years, has become something of a legend. Residents still remember him walking around the pool while swinging his whistle with a toothpick in his mouth and a smile on his face. Now, he continues to hold a special ...

WESTFIELD — A host of new Westfield businesses, restaurants and retail establishments have opened their doors over the course of the past several weeks, representatives from the Downtown Westfield Corporation (DWC) said Wednesday.Among the new arrivals are Brosway Italia (a fashion jewelry boutique ...

8th Grade Distinguished Honor Roll Morgan Arky, Emily Bailey, Alexander Barker, Tyler Bejkollari, Kara Benacchio, Nikita Bhat, Henry Blake, Madelyn Bono, Hayden Bridge, Alexandra Buonocore, Addison Joy Carlson, Grace Carroll, Julian Ceberio, Henry Charles, Emma Cook, Bronwyn Cunningham, Kathryn Cymb...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Township Committee adopted an annual capital bond ordinance on Tuesday of $4,735,000 to authorize various public-improvement projects and to pay for the acquisition of new, additional or replacement equipment for the township. The governing body also followed up with the intr...

WESTFIELD — Efforts to create Westfield’s second locally-designated historic district are underway on West Dudley Avenue, where property owners are stepping forward to preserve and protect their 100-plus-year-old, Queen Annestyle homes.“The preservation of historic architecture is a keen interest of...

CRANFORD — Cranford residents weredeeplyupsetbyadecisionmadeby the Cranford Planning Board to grant permission to adjourn and carry the application hearing for a minor subdivision “c” variance to subdivide the land at the property located at 320 Prospect Avenue into three lots until July 17. The dec...

FANWOOD — The borough council on Monday approved two traffic ordinances designed to improve safety on Martine Avenue and Tillotson Road. One ordinance will establish “Don’t Block the Box” intersections along Martine Avenue to improve access to the roadway for emergency vehicles and other vehicles. B...

COUNTY — Numerous representatives from a local corrections officers’ union stepped to the podium on Thursday to ask the Union County Board of County Commissioners to reconsider staff layoffs and program cuts slated to go into effect at the largely-defunct county jail. The jail has been largely vacat...