AREA — New Jersey Democrats managed to wrest control of the 21st Legislative District for the first time since the early 90’s on Tuesday night.Vincent Kearny, a member of the Garwood Borough Council and a Union County Sheriff’s officer, and Andrew Macurdy, a former state and federal prosecutor, will...

SCOTCH PLAINS/ FANWOOD — A newcomer to the Scotch Plains/ Fanwood Board of Education has unseated a longtime incumbent following Tuesday night’s contested election.Nancy Norris Bauer and Stephanie Suriani, both of whom have served multiple consecutive terms on the board, faced off this year against ...

WESTFIELD — Two candidates - Michal Domogala (a Republican currently serving as one of the two Ward 3 representatives on the Town Council) and Democratic challenger Jeremy Berman (a small business owner and local youth sports coach) - are vying to succeed Shelley Brindle as the Mayor of Westfield th...

CRANFORD — Five candidates are running to secure two, threeyear seats on the Cranford Township Committee this fall.Democratic incumbents Terrence Curran (this year’s Mayor) and Commissioner Kathleen Miller Prunty (another former Cranford Mayor who was first elected to the committee in 2019) will be ...

WESTFIELD — New legal challenges continue to pile up around the One Westfield Place redevelopment project.On Tuesday, during a regular meeting of the Westfield Town Council, Mayor Shelley Brindle announced that the Westfield Advocates For Responsible Development (an ad-hoc citizen’s group that has l...

SCOTCH PLAINS – The township council on Tuesday approved changes to the Plainfield Avenue redevelopment plan that will incorporate a new piece of property that will expand the future first-responder headquarters site and allow the proposed building to be situated farther away from a conservation zon...

CLARK — MayorAngelAlbanese, a Republican and a longtime member of the Clark Township Council, is running to secure her first official term as Mayor against Democratic challenger John Greaves.Ms. Albanese was appointed to her current role following former Mayor Sal Bonaccorso’s abrupt departure from ...

SCOTCH PLAINS – Representatives from the Federal, State, County and Local levels met with Township residents last week to discuss concerns about flooding and what possible solutions are being considered to lessen the impact from future storms.The Town hall-style meeting was convened three months aft...

MOUNTAINSIDE–A Mountainside man is facing attempted murder charges after firing a gun at law enforcement officers during an hours-long standoff this past weekend. The suspect is currently in custody. According to information provided by the Union County Prosecutor's Office (UCPO), police were summon...

FANWOOD —ABorough resident decried the Fanwood council’s decision to award contracts to persons and entities that have donated money to political campaigns in recent years on Monday, saying the donations “chip away at the trust between our leaders and the taxpayers” and demanded that such awards “mu...