WESTFIELD — The Westfield Town Council unveiled plans on Tuesday to revise the One Westfield Place redevelopment agreement to scale back the project and further mitigate its potential impact on the community. Mayor Shelley Brindle said the proposed amendments to the plan will allow the community to ...

WESTFIELD — Councilwoman Dawn Mackey, who has served as a member of the Westfield Town Council since 2018, announced earlier this week that she will be resigning from her position on the town’s governing body due to “personal reasons.” “For the past seven years, it has been my profound honor to serv...

WESTFIELD — Superintendent Raymond González, Ed.D., is slated to become the highest-paid school administrator in Union County as the result of a new, five-year contract awarded to him by the Westfield Board of Education (BOE). As per the terms of his new contract, Dr. González will be paid $260,000 ...

WESTFIELD — A Westfield bakery that is well on its way to becoming a neighborhood institution has recently expanded its operations to bring sweet treats and savory confections to Morristown. Last week, Jeff and Uyen Kirshenbaum, owners of the Kirshenbaum Baking Company, celebrated their second grand...

Sweet Sounds Downtown, Tuesdays, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. July and August (rain date Wednesdays). Live music at 125 Quimby Street, 137 Central Avenue and Foundation Park on South Avenue. For a full list of musicians visit downtown.westfieldnj.gov. Storytime With Fire and Police, Join the Cranford Fire Depar...

WESTFIELD — Tudor Oval residents were rattled Monday night by an explosion of unknown origin that left a uninhabited residential home in ruins. The explosion, which resulted in a three-alarm fire, was reported at approximately 10:16 p.m. “The first Westfield Fire Department unit arrived on scene at ...

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...

WESTFIELD — This year’s Westfield Memorial Day Parade Grand Marshal Jack Ford has always had a knack for people and public speaking. Whether it was to his teammates in high school, his troop in Vietnam, the Boys State for Post 3, or the many classrooms in which he taught during his 34-year education...

WESTFIELD — In less than a year, the Westfield Board of Education (BOE) will introduce a capital bond ordinance that, if approved by local voters, would allow the district to address existing challenges and prepare itself to better meet the changing needs of the school community. On Tuesday, during ...

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...