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Westfield Advocates Drop Sophia Appeal
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Westfield Advocates Drop Sophia Appeal
By KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
WESTFIELD — The Westfield Advocates for Responsible Development, an ad-hoc citizens group concerned with overdevelopment, has dismissed its appeal against the town’s planning board and redeveloper James Ward, whose mixed-use redevelopment project, The Sophia, is expected to be built at the intersect...
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Legal Challenges Persist for Cranford Officer, Township
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Legal Challenges Persist for Cranford Officer, Township
By KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
CRANFORD — A legal battle that has been escalating between the Township of Cranford, its mayor and one of its police officers who was denied a promotion is still playing out in state Superior Court amid continued allegations of political favoritism. In February of last year, Sergeant Timothy O’Brien...
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Neighbors Join Lawsuit Against Westfield Cell Tower
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Neighbors Join Lawsuit Against Westfield Cell Tower
By FRED T. ROSSI 
Thursday, March 21, 2024
SCOTCH PLAINS — Citing what they say will be negative effects on their property values as well as potential increased flooding risks, two dozen township residents living adjacent to the Westfield Conservation Center have joined a lawsuit seeking to stop the construction of a cell tower at the site. ...
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Three Clark Police Officers File Suit To Keep Positions
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Three Clark Police Officers File Suit To Keep Positions
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, March 14, 2024
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...
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Westfield Family Sues Baseball Park After Son’s Traumatic Injury
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Westfield Family Sues Baseball Park After Son’s Traumatic Injury
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, March 14, 2024
WESTFIELD — A Westfield family whose young son suffered a traumatic brain injury during a baseball tournament in 2022 has filed suit against the Cooperstown Dreams Park for allegedly violating its own health and safety protocols following the incident. In July of 2022, 12-year-old Anthony Labin trav...
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Judge Rules In Town’s Favor In One Westfield Place Suit
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Judge Rules In Town’s Favor In One Westfield Place Suit
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, February 29, 2024
WESTFIELD — A New Jersey State Superior Court judge has ruled in favor of the Town of Westfield and its administration in regards to a lawsuit that was filed last year by a group of residents in response to the One Westfield Place redevelopment project. On Tuesday, during a regular meeting of the ma...
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Lynn Whitney Silber Lynn Whitney Silber, age 75, passed away peacefully on January 23, 2026, at Inglemoor Rehabilitation Center in Livingston, NJ. She...
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Union County Seeks To Amend Hazard Mitigation Plan
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Union County Seeks To Amend Hazard Mitigation Plan
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Thursday, March 26, 2026
COUNTY — Union County is working to better safeguard local residents, elected officials and business owners against potential disasters and dangerous ...
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Westfield Introduces 2026 Budget With $80 Tax Increase
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Westfield Introduces 2026 Budget With $80 Tax Increase
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, March 26, 2026
WESTFIELD — Town officials explained Tuesday night that residents should expect to see their municipal taxes increase by about $80 this year in respon...
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Fanwood Man Indicted on Felony Murder Charges
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Fanwood Man Indicted on Felony Murder Charges
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, April 2, 2026
FANWOOD — A Fanwood man has been indicted on murder charges for his alleged involvement in a fatal fire that claimed the life of his 82year-old neighb...
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Shirley Johnson Hooper
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Shirley Johnson Hooper
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Shirley Hooper March 19, 2026 Surrounded by her four children, Shirley Anne Hooper (née Johnson), formerly of Westfield, N.J., passed peacefully on Ma...
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