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...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The recreation commission on Monday discussed some of the park upgrades it is planning for this year, pending township council approval of its budget requests.The governing body last week held a three-hour budget meeting with department heads to discuss spending priorities for 2024. ...

COUNTY — For the second month in a row, representatives from the men’s association at the Ash Brook Golf Course approached the Union County Board of County Commissioners to demand more governmental transparency and to ask that more attention be paid to the Scotch Plains property.“We have been here t...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Three township residents spoke to the governing body on Tuesday about a proposed cell tower that is set to be placed close to their properties at the Westfield Conservation Center on Lamberts Mill Road.The 130-foot pole will serve multiple carriers and be located near the rear of the...

WESTFIELD — A regular meeting of the Westfield mayor and council took a divisive turn on Tuesday evening when members of the town’s governing body clashed over the partisan introduction of a new publicsafety initiative. Earlier this month, the council’s newest members — Todd Saunders (Ward 1), Micha...

WESTFIELD—On Monday, a number of Scotch Plains residents took to the podium during a regular meeting of the Westfield Planning Board to voice their objections to the installation of a proposed 130-foot-tall cell-phone tower and other telecommunications equipment at the Westfield Conservation Center ...

AREA — Union County officials are working against the clock to launch a large-scale revitalization effort at the Clark Reservoir that could transform the long-neglected waterway into a new community park. In order to get the project off the ground, however, the county will need to clear at least one...

CRANFORD — New development opportunities are coming online in Cranford now that the township has managed to satisfy most of its existing affordable-housing obligations with the state. On Tuesday, during a regular meeting of the township committee, local officials announced plans to re-zone a section...