SCOTCH PLAINS – The township council will introduce the 2024 operating budget next month, and it’s expected that the municipal portion of the total property tax levy this year will rise by about $72 for the average household, thanks to higher expenditures for health insurance and pension contributio...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Thursday evening’s Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education meeting brought out residents voicing concerns on both sides regarding the postponed use of a work of historical fiction entitled “Mornings in Jenin” by Susan Abulhawa. The book had been planned for use as an elective peer-l...

Your business can sponsor the Police Blotter Call 908-232-4407 or email sales@goleader.comCLARKMonday, January 22, police took a report of the theft of items from a retail business located at 10 Westfield Avenue. The incident is under investigation.Wednesday, January 24, police took a report of frau...

WESTFIELD -- On Friday January 26 at 2:19 p.m., the Westfield Fire Department responded to the report of a truck fire on the 400 block of East Broad Street. The first arriving Fire Department unit arrived on scene at 2:23 p.m., to discover a fully involved engine and cab compartment of an eighteen-w...

WESTFIELD —After more than a year and a half of legal challenges and local complications, plans to break ground on a new mixed-use residential complex known as the Sophia at the corner of Prospect Street and Ferris Place are once again moving forward now that a lawsuit filed against the project has ...

AREA — State Senator Jon Bramnick, a Union County native and self-described moderate Republican, officially announced his intention to seek his party’s nomination in the 2025 race for governor during a special event held Saturday at a comedy club in New Brunswick.Mr. Bramnick, an attorney who occasi...

WESTFIELD — A group of migrants traveling from Texas to New York was temporarily routed through Westfield Thursday morning after being dropped at the South Avenue train station. Similarly orchestrated dropoffs, many of which have included children and families, have been reported in numerous other t...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield mayor and council introduced two new ordinances during their regular meeting on Tuesday evening: one that clarifies salary ranges for certain members of the town’s police department and a second that will establish a new, increased fee structure with the Rahway Valley Sewer...

BERNARDSVILLE – Congressman Tom Kean, Jr spoke out last week after reports that fake pornographic images of Taylor Swift generated using artificial intelligence were circulated and became viral on social media.“It is clear that AI technology is advancing faster than the necessary guardrails,” said C...

WESTFIELD — In preparation for the upcoming budget season, Councilwoman Linda Habgood and Town Administrator Jim Gildea met with residents at Town Hall on Thursday to review Westfield’s financial performance in 2023. “We are in a very strong position this year,” said Ms. Habgood, who chairs the town...