SCOTCH PLAINS – Despite the delays in starting actual construction, the Lidl supermarket chain “is committed to building in Scotch Plains,” Mayor Joshua Losardo said on Tuesday night. In response to a resident’s query at the township council’s meeting, the mayor said Lidl is working on several outst...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD — Democrats were victorious in Tuesday’s elections in Scotch Plains and Fanwood, with Mayor Joshua Losardo and Deputy Mayor Ellen Zimmerman easily winning second terms, while Fanwood incumbents Erin McElroy-Barker and Patricia Walsh faced no opposition in garnering new, three-y...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The planning board on Monday approved a report by its planner that found the former Amberg garden center property on Lamberts Mill Road meets the criteria to be deemed an Area in Need of Redevelopment. Harbor Consultants, the board’s planner, was authorized five months ago to conduct...

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...

FAIRWEATHER, McAULIFFE, WALL KEY ON OFFENSETeam turnover through graduation has created an opportunity for many hungry underclassmen to fill the vacant slots for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys lacrosse team this season. Although the Raiders do return some key offensive and defense players, they are ...

SCOTCH PLAINS – The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School (SPFHS) Repertory Theatre delighted audiences on March 14 to 16 with their spring musical production of The Addams Family. There’s nothing like a twist on the classic “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner”. This time the two families brought together by ...

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. ...

SCOTCH PLAINS – The township council on Tuesday introduced the 2024 operating and capital budgets, with the municipal portion of the total property tax levy this year rising by $68 for the average household. The $31.7 million budget, said Deputy Municipal Manager Margaret Heisey, “provides outstandi...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The zoning board of adjustment will continue a hearing next month on an application to construct a cell tower on the New Jersey American Water Co. property on Jerusalem Road. CX Towers Leasing LLC is looking to construct a 160-foot-high cell tower on the property owned by the water c...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The planning board on Monday gave its approval to a subdivision application for a property on Raritan Road.Anne Albert, the executrix of her late mother’s estate, will subdivide the oversized lot at the corner of Raritan Road and Michael Lane into two conforming lots. John Butler, a ...