WESTFIELD — The Westfield Volunteer Rescue Squad (WVRS) has been providing the local community with free, reliable emergency medical services since the first ambulance pulled out of the stationhouse in 1951. Today, the squad, which does not receive any type of financial assistance from the town, is ...

WESTFIELD —The Town Finance Committee held a presentation last week to share highlights from the 2024 fiscal year and provide residents with a chance to give feedback on town priorities for 2025. Finance Committee Chairwoman Councilwoman Linda Habgood and Town Administrator Jim Gildea led the meetin...

CLARK — A federal court judge moved last week to dismiss an amended complaint levied against the Union County Prosecutor’s Office (UCPO) and the state Attorney General by a former member of the Clark Police Department who claims that he was retaliated against for blowing the whistle and exposing une...

FANWOOD — Some borough voters could see a change in their polling places starting with the Tuesday, June 10 Primary election.At the borough council’s meeting on Monday night, there was discussion about using the library again for voting. Two years ago, when the old library was closed and then razed,...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The township council expects to introduce the 2025 municipal budget next month and then adopt it at its Tuesday, April 15 meeting, but Township Manager Alexander Mirabella says this year’s spending plan is “going to be a challenge.”At the council’s budget meeting on Monday evening, M...

CLARK —At the January 29 meeting of the Clark Mayor and Council, Resolution 25-53, which would commit to round four for the present need of 71 units and the prospective need of 166 for the township’s affordablehousing obligation, was approved.During public comment, resident Nancy Twaskas voiced her ...

AREA — Immigration, transparency and equitable access to education took center stage on Sunday when the six Democratic candidates vying to be New Jersey’s next governor met for their first scheduled debate at Rider University.Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, Rep. Josh Gottheim...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Recreation Commission will be exploring options to renovate two of Gumbert Park’s baseball fields, which some users say become “unusable” after every rainstorm.On Monday, Noah Ament, president of the Westfield Baseball League, approached the commission with a series of phot...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Planning Board on Monday heard from two applicants seeking extensions. Mayor Shelley Brindle and board members Anastasia Harrison and Ann Freeman were absent from the meeting.Attorney Stephen Hehl represented his client, Bronx Realty, by providing the board with an update o...

SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD — The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education (BOE) faced a crowd of more than 100 people at its January 23 meeting to hear concerns related to the district’s reading specialist, Kathy O’Gara, a vocal advocate for Palestinian rights who has often shared her views both in publi...