WESTFIELD – The news that Saks Global, the managing entity behind the One Westfield Place Redevelopment Project, would be filing for bankruptcy made global headlines last week.As analysts work to understand what lead to the once-powerful retail giant’s financial demise, local leaders say the company...

CLARK – The state Office of the Attorney General last week filed an official Complaint against the Township of Clark, its former Mayor and its Police Department, alleging that Police and Township officials engaged in biased acts of misconduct in the years leading up to 2020. “Through overt racial an...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Board of Education met Tuesday to hear from Superintendent Raymond González, Ed.D.,about the district’s 2026-27 budget. Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Matthew Bolton and Business Administrator Patricia Ramos joined Dr. González to speak about pot...

FANWOOD — The borough council on Tuesday agreed to a mediation agreement relating to its affordablehousing obligations. Fair Share Housing Center, the advocacy group behind the push for more affordable housing in the state, filed a challenge against Fanwood’s affordable housing plan said Diane Dabul...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Township Committee voted Tuesday to reject a series of bids related to home elevations in flooded areas and other infrastructure improvements due to budgetary constraints.“Those projects all came in over budget, so we have to go back to the drawing board,” Commissioner Gina B...

GARWOOD- On Wednesday, the Garwood Planning Board held its Reorganization Meeting for 2026.Stephen Greet was appointed to serve another year as Board Chair following a nomination by Mayor Jen Blumenstock and a unanimous “yes” vote from the rest of the Board. Kathleen Villaggio was named as this year...

CRANFORD – A legal battle that has been stretching out for almost three years between the Township of Cranford and an active member of its Police Department drew to a close last month when a jury voted to acknowledge that former Police Chief Ryan Greco likely retaliated against Lieutenant Timothy O’...

WESTFIELD — Several Westfield residents approached the mayor and council Tuesday with concerns related to a recent upswing in car thefts and residential break-ins.“I don’t know what else we can do,” said Coolidge Street resident Julia Ring, who explained that her home has already been broken into tw...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The Planning Board retained its leadership and professional team for 2026 as it looked ahead to a year that will likely be spent updating the Township’s Master Plan and getting ready for downtown redevelopment to get underway At Monday’s Reorganization Meeting, Jeffrey Strauss was ch...

WESTFIELD – Westfield’s popular Summer Playground Program will be relocated this June to accommodate the first phase of referendum renovations scheduled to take place across the local school district over the course of the coming year.The program, which offers fulland half-day programs to children g...