WESTFIELD — Residents have an opportunity to vote for three candidates for available seats on the Westfield Board of Education in the Tuesday, April 15 election. Board President Robert Benacchio and current board members Kristin Sonnek-Schmelz and Mary Wickens are each running for a second term. The...

WESTFIELD — A Westfield High School graduate who has dedicated her career to sportsmanship and athleticism is poised to make history as one of the first-ever coaches to bring a team of lacrosse players to the Olympics when the sport joins the lineup in the 2028 summer games. “We’re very excited to g...

WESTFIELD — Tudor Oval residents were rattled Monday night by an explosion of unknown origin that left a uninhabited residential home in ruins. The explosion, which resulted in a three-alarm fire, was reported at approximately 10:16 p.m. “The first Westfield Fire Department unit arrived on scene at ...

COUNTY — A Union County Sheriff’s Officer is being lauded for his assistance in saving the lives of eight children and two adults who narrowly escaped a school-bus explosion last month. On Wednesday, the Union County Board of County Commissioners presented Sergeant Jorge Vazquez, of Sayreville, with...

CLARK — During Monday night’s workshop meeting, Janice Patrichie, a resident of Gertrude Street, addressed the Clark Township Council with concerns about traffic on her street caused by the amount of soccer games at Bartell Field. Ms. Patrichie She stressed that this was not the first time she had b...

WESTFIELD — Westfield, whose catalog of historic homes spans more than two centuries worth of growth and expansion, has always been something of an architectural chameleon. A walk through town yields everything from Revolutionary War-era farmsteads, generational Dutch Colonials and stately manor hom...

CRAFORD — Now that the district’s referendum vote has passed, the Cranford Board of Education (BOE) can start to lay out conceptual plans for the numerous changes that will be occurring across multiple schools over the course of the next several years.Representatives from LAN Associates, an engineer...

CLARK — Three members of the Clark Township Police Department who found themselves at the center of a multi-year internal affairs investigation after being accused of misconduct have filed suit in Union County Superior Court in an attempt to keep their jobs. Last week, Chief Pedro Matos, Sergeant Jo...

GARWOOD — During Tuesday night's re-organization meeting, Councilwoman Karina Boto and Councilman Sean Foley were sworn in as members of the Garwood Borough Council. Councilman Vincent Kearney, along with being sworn in, also was elected to serve as the new council president with a majority of yes v...

WESTFIELD — Long-awaited efforts to convert Westfield's historic train station depot into a restaurant and cocktail bar are still underway after more than two years of negotiations and construction delays. 'The north-side upgrades will benefit not only the new restaurant, but also future town needs ...