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...

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. ...