MOUNTAINSIDE — The Governor Livingston High School (GLHS) baseball team and its coaches attended the Tuesday night regular Mountainside Council meeting, where they were honored by Mayor Paul Mirabelli and the rest of the governing body for having won the NJSIAA Group II State Championship and Union ...

WESTFIELD — Two busy Westfield intersections — one of which sees a lot of foot traffic due to its proximity to Jefferson Elementary School — will be converted to four-way stops over the course of the coming weeks to promote better pedestrian safety. Additional stop signs and road striping will be ad...

CLARK — Union County’s plans to convert the under-utilized Clark Reservoir into the region’s newest community attraction are not sitting well with nearby residents who say that the project will upend their daily lives and damage the waterway’s natural surroundings. On July 2, county officials hosted...

TRENTON — Last week, Governor Phil Murphy signed off on a record breaking $56.7-billion state budget that will allocate extra funding to public schools, pensions and property-tax relief. And while state Democrats say that this year’s spending package, which includes a $6.1-billion surplus, will prom...

FANWOOD — The borough council on Monday approved two bond ordinances — one to fund several capital expenditures this year and another to finance the acquisition of the recycling center property on North Avenue.Among the items the $465,000 capital budget will finance are vehicle lights, radar equipme...

WESTFIELD — A Westfield family has been temporarily displaced due to a fire that ripped through The Parker apartment complex on Sunday afternoon. At approximately 2:27 p.m. on July 7, the Westfield Fire Department responded to reports of an active fire at the three-story, multifamily apartment build...

CRANFORD — Cranford residents expressed their thoughts at Tuesday’s Cranford Township Committee meeting over a potential private pop-up ice rink being added to the Orange Avenue Pool parking lot.A presentation had been made to the governing body at its June 25 meeting by Mike and Megan Furstoss abou...

MOUNTAINSIDE — The Mountainside Borough Council discussed its plans to purchase field lighting for Deerfield Park’s tennis and pickleball courts during a worksession meeting on July 2. The governing body has received a $65,000 state grant and also will utilize $11,000 to $21,000 that the borough has...

CRANFORD — Cranford residents are quickly losing patience with construction-related traffic delays, noise pollution, parking challenges and other disruptions associated with Hartz Mountain’s 750 Walnut Avenue construction site. “This project came about as a direct consequence of the township ignorin...

CLARK -- A 79-year-old Clark resident is facing multiple counts of attempted murder and aggravated assault after barricading himself inside of a Stanton Street home during the early morning hours of Wednesday, July 3. According to information provided by the Clark Police Department, officers arrived...