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Tensions Build As Ash Brook Conditions Deteriorate
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Tensions Build As Ash Brook Conditions Deteriorate
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, April 23, 2026
SCOTCH PLAINS — The Ash Brook Golf Course, located in Scotch Plains, has fully reopened for the Spring season, but players say that flooding, neglect and bureaucracy have led to deteriorating conditions and an almost unplayable course. The 18-hole course, designed by Architect Alfred Tull on 195 acr...
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Westfield Council OK’s 2026 Budget
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, April 23, 2026
WESTFIELD — The Westfield Town Council voted to approve its $59.6 million operational budget this week, finalizing an approximate $80per-house tax increase for 2026.The council also agreed to fund the purchase of $57,586 worth of new turn out gear for the fire department during its brief meeting thi...
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Borough Budget Will Boost Property Taxes by 7.6%
By FREDT. ROSSI 
Thursday, April 23, 2026
FANWOOD — The Borough Council on Monday introduced the 2026 operating budget that calls for a 7.6 percent increase in the municipal portion of local property tax bills.The $13.319 million in proposed appropriations is down slightly from 2025’s $13.463 million, and Borough Administrator Jesse Moehlma...
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Meeting Disruptions Continue at Cranford Township Committee
ByMADOLYNLAURINE 
Thursday, April 23, 2026
CRANFORD — Officers from the Cranford Police Department removed a man from Tuesday’s Township Committee meeting following multiple requests by Mayor Kathleen Miller Prunty to finish his public comment and be seated. The incident follows months of tense exchanges between multiple social media comment...
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BOE Hears Referendum Updates, Eyes Plans
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BOE Hears Referendum Updates, Eyes Plans
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, April 23, 2026
WESTFIELD — Representatives from the design team behind the Westfield Public Schools Referendum Project provided the community with a status update last week during a regular meeting of the local Board of Education.Brian Meade, President of Legacy Construction Management, noted that Westfield’s 2025...
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Clark Man Charged With DUI After Crash into Farmstand
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Clark Man Charged With DUI After Crash into Farmstand
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, April 16, 2026
CRANFORD — A Clark resident is facing charges of Driving While Intoxicated following a motor vehicle crash that caused damage to a local farm stand and toppled a utility pole last week. According to Police reports, David Ortiz, 48, of Clark, was arrested just before 9 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8, aft...
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Westfield PTC Holds Candidates Forum Ahead of Tuesday Election
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, April 16, 2026
WESTFIELD – Westfield voters will head to the polls Tuesday, April 21 to elect three members to new, three-year terms on the local Board of Education (BOE).Incumbent Kent Diamond (who was first appointed to fill an unexpired term on the board in 2022 before being officially elected the following yea...
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Westfield BOE Approves $146.7 MM Budget
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, April 16, 2026
WESTFIELD — The Westfield Board of Education finalized its $146.7 million budget last week during a regular public meeting held on Tuesday, April 7.This year’s budget, which represents an average tax increase of about $543 per household, will, according to district officials, maintain educational co...
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SP Approves Budget; Taxes To Rise An Average $265
By FRED T. ROSSI 
Thursday, April 16, 2026
SCOTCH PLAINS — The township council on Tuesday unanimously approved the $36.7 million municipal budget for 2026, which will result in an average municipal property tax increase of $265.Township manager Margaret Heisey outlined some of the highlights of this year’s spending plan, which faces headwin...
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Hearing on Bid to Keep Pigeons is Moved to May
By FRED T. ROSSI 
Thursday, April 16, 2026
SCOTCH PLAINS – The Zoning Board of Adjustment put off until next month a hearing on an application by a homeowner to retain pigeons on his property.Tomasz Szewc of 827 O’Donnell Avenue is seeking permission to keep 40 homing pigeons as service animals to help him with his mental health conditions o...
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Suspect In Custody Following Westfield Standoff
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Suspect In Custody Following Westfield Standoff
By KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
WESTFIELD – A suspect is in custody following an hour-long standoff with Union County SWAT and the Westfield Police on Sandra Circle. Westfield Police...
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Newark Man Arrested Following Domestic Incident, Standoff at Sandra Circle Residence
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Newark Man Arrested Following Domestic Incident, Standoff at Sandra Circle Residence
Westfield Police Department 
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
WESTFIELD – A Newark man was arrested on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, following the Westfield Police Department’s response to a domestic incident at a San...
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Clark Man Charged With DUI After Crash into Farmstand
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Clark Man Charged With DUI After Crash into Farmstand
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, April 16, 2026
CRANFORD — A Clark resident is facing charges of Driving While Intoxicated following a motor vehicle crash that caused damage to a local farm stand an...
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Tensions Build As Ash Brook Conditions Deteriorate
Main, News
Tensions Build As Ash Brook Conditions Deteriorate
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, April 23, 2026
SCOTCH PLAINS — The Ash Brook Golf Course, located in Scotch Plains, has fully reopened for the Spring season, but players say that flooding, neglect ...
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Blue Devils Plate 6 in Fourth; Blank Raiders in Softball, 7-0
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ESPOSITO TOSSES 4-HITTER, 11 K’S; KURTZ 2-RUN 1B
Blue Devils Plate 6 in Fourth; Blank Raiders in Softball, 7-0
By DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Junior Dylan Esposito appeared to be quite comfortable on the mound when her Westfield Blue Devils hosted the defending Union County Tournament (UCT) ...
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