GARWOOD — During the regular meeting of the Garwood mayor and council last Thursday, Mayor Jen Blumenstock’s first order of business was to honor Chief Douglas Stoffer for his years of service to the Garwood Police Department. Chief Stoffer is retiring from the Garwood Police Department after 25 yea...

WESTFIELD — The Downtown Westfield Corporation (DWC) will be seeking a new executive director to replace Samantha Horning, who announced during the organization’s monthly meeting last week her intention to resign from the post.Board Chair Jeff Kirshenbaum confirmed that a new hiring committee has al...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Board of Education met Tuesday to hear brief updates on the bond referendum projects set to begin in July, and to hand out its annual Educator of the Year Award, among various other recognitions. The board also heard a single public comment from a current student addressing...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Mayor Joshua Losardo on Tuesday made two announcements pertaining to the downtown redevelopment efforts, including an update on the planned supermarket and another on new grant funding provided to the township. At the council’s meeting this week, the mayor said he had recently joined...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The planning board on Monday agreed to explore whether the senior-housing property on Lake Avenue is suitable for consideration as an Area in Need of Redevelopment, but it was emphasized multiple times that the property’s use will not change and that the 30-yearold complex will remai...

CLARK — An ordinance that would solidify a financial agreement between the Township of Clark and the redevelopment entity behind a proposed mixed-use project on Westfield Avenue was introduced Monday night after more than two hours of public disucssion and debate.The proposed agreement constitutes a...

GARWOOD — During the regular meeting of the Garwood Planning Board last Wednesday, the board listened to a request to amend the zoning designation of the Stephanie Gardens apartments on 54 Third Avenue. Currently, the apartment building sits in a zone for single-family homes.Marc Leibman of the Chie...

AREA — NJ Transit rail service resumed on Tuesday following a three-day workers’ strike that caused massive traffic delays throughout the region.“This is a major victory for New Jersey,” Senate President Nick Scutari said via press release shortly after the locomotive engineers’ union and the transi...

WESTFIELD — A Wallberg Avenue home that dates back to the late 1800s could be saved from demolition based on a recent review by the Westfield Historic Preservation Commission (HPC).On Monday, commission members agreed that the house, a Queen Annestyle, wood-frame structure listed in “fair to good” c...

MOUNTAINSIDE — Mountainside residents can expect to see their municipal tax obligations increase by about $177 in order to offset rising costs and mandated contractual expenses. The borough will need to raise approximately $10,596,031 in taxes this year, Mayor Paul Mirabelli said, speaking during th...