AREA – For several hours last Saturday, the state government — for the first time in more than 20 years — was led by someone from Union County. With Governor Phil Murphy and Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver both out of the state for all or part of the weekend, the duties of Acting Governor fell to ...

I was baffled after reading Amanda Como’s letter to the editor in which she announced her candidacy for Westfield Town Council. Ms Como wrote that, “Now more than ever, we residents need a councilperson that will listen to their concerns and act accordingly when it comes time to cast their vote.” Sh...

WESTFIELD — A Westfield eatery that has previously been cited for numerous health-code violations is in the clear for now, town officials said Monday, but its repeat infractions could lead to stricter guidelines down the road. 1958 Cuban Cuisine of South Avenue, West appeared at Monday night’s board...

WESTFIELD — The history of the Black community in Westfield is a complicated one, rife with struggles and triumphs about which modern-day residents may know very little. On Saturday, June 18, in an effort to shed some light on an integral but often overlooked piece of the town’s collective past, the...

COUNTY — In the wake of last week’s school shooting that left 19 elementary-school students and two teachers dead in Uvalde, Texas, the Union County Board of County Commissioners joined together on Thursday to show their support for a bill that would seek to close an existing loophole in the nation’...

WESTFIELD — State Senator Jon Bramnick (LD-21), the former Assembly Minority Leader who beat out Democratic challenger Joseph Signorello in November, held his first public town hall since taking the oath of office in January. The event, held in the Westfield Community Room, attracted approximately 6...

WESTFIELD — In the last six months alone, Westfield teens have publicly spoken out on everything from the state’s proposed sex-ed curriculum to synthetic turf fields, Covid mandates and local redevelopment. They are representatives of a new generation — knowledgeable, engaged and unafraid to voice t...

WESTFIELD — State Senator Jon Bramnick (LD-21), the former Assembly Minority Leader who beat out Democratic challenger Joseph Signorello in November, held his first public town hall since taking the oath of office in January. The event, held in the Westfield Community Room, attracted approximately 6...

Margaret Noon is returning to her Union County roots and paying it forward – with organic lettuce, snap peas, heirloom tomatoes, broccoli and much more. Noon is an award-wining lifelong advocate for healthy, sustainable farming and a leader in the Slow Foods movement. Organic produce from her unique...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Township redevelopment officials will draft a redevelopment plan for two properties on Plainfield Avenue that have been identified as a likely site for new headquarters for the police and fire departments and the rescue squad. At its meeting on Monday, the planning board gave its una...