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Garwood Teen Faces Murder Charges Following Cranford Hit-And-Run
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Garwood Teen Faces Murder Charges Following Cranford Hit-And-Run
By KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
CRANFORD – The name of the 17-year-old driver who is accused of deliberately killing two teenage girls with his car in Cranford last week has been confirmed through the numerous traffic citations that he received following the hit-and-run incident. Court records indicate that Vincent Battiloro, who ...
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Garwood Juvenile Charged With Homicide Following Fatal Crash
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Garwood Juvenile Charged With Homicide Following Fatal Crash
By KATIE MOEN and LAUREN S. BARR 
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
CRANFORD — A 17-year-old male from Garwood was charged today with two counts of first-degree murder following a hit-and-run motor vehicle crash that left two teen girls dead on Monday night. According to information provided by the Union County Prosecutor’s Office, the girls, who have been identifie...
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Clark Teacher Arrested On Child Pornography Charges
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Clark Teacher Arrested On Child Pornography Charges
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, February 27, 2025
CLARK — A middle-school teacher in the Clark Public School district has been arrested on charges related to the possession and distribution of child pornography. According to information provided by the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office (SCPO), Matthew Serwedes, 48, of Hillsborough, a multimedia t...
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SP Woman Charged With Embezzling $350K From Local Synagogue
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SP Woman Charged With Embezzling $350K From Local Synagogue
By KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
SCOTCH PLAINS — A Scotch Plains woman who has been charged with embezzling more than $350,000 from a Scotch Plains synagogue is facing up to 20 years in prison and could be subject to fines of up to $700,000. In 2010, Stacy Margaritondo, now 51, began working as a staff member at Congregation Beth I...
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POLICE BLOTTER
Thursday, May 23, 2024
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...
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POLICE BLOTTER
Thursday, May 9, 2024
CLARK Tuesday, April 30, police took a report of a shoplifting incident that occurred at the Ulta Beauty store, located at 1255 Raritan Road. Two male suspects and one female suspect were seen concealing merchandise, valued at $14,727, and passing all points of sale. This incident is under investiga...
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Westfield Council Splits Down Party Lines on Policy Introduction
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Westfield Council Splits Down Party Lines on Policy Introduction
By KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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...
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ALJ Lockdown Lifted
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ALJ Lockdown Lifted
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, February 5, 2026
CLARK -- Arthur L. Johnson High School was under an active lockdown for most of the school day while police worked to investigate what school official...
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WHS Spends Day In Lockdown
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WHS Spends Day In Lockdown
By LAUREN S. BARR 
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
WESTFIELD -- Westfield High School was under an active lockdown for what Westfield Police call "an unspecified security threat" until approximately 3 ...
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Westfield BOE Divided On Potential Tax Increases
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Westfield BOE Divided On Potential Tax Increases
ByMADOLYNLAURINE 
Thursday, February 12, 2026
WESTFIELD – Residents could see their taxes increase by as much as $745 this year in connection with rising healthcare, staffing and insurance costs a...
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Two Area High Schools Locked Down In Short Timeframe
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Two Area High Schools Locked Down In Short Timeframe
ByKATIEMOEN 
Thursday, February 12, 2026
AREA — Both Westfield High School and Arthur L. Johnson High School in Clark were placed on lockdowns for what turned out to be separate unsubstantiat...
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Cougar Wrestlers Pull Out Thriller Over Rahway, 41-34
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Thursday, February 5, 2026
“Senior Night” in Cranford was not only the final regular-season home match but it would turn out to be the most thrilling and important one for Union...
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