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...

CLARK — On Monday night, Clark Township Councilmen Steven Hund and Jimmy Minniti moved a resolution to authorize the township’s planning board to investigate the current development at 52-56 Westfield Avenue.Back in 2021, the Clark Planning Board approved an application for a four-story apartment bu...

GARWOOD — During the Garwood Planning Board meeting last Wednesday, two long-intended applications essentially giving the borough the ability to enlarge the fire department’s parking lot, approved a move that was in the original plans for development of the Vermella sites.Christopher Mink from Russo...

WESTFIELD — A group of Kean University students has partnered with the Westfield Green Team to create a local Environmental Resource Inventory that community leaders say will help to identify areas of need and establish better land-management practices going forward. “This was a major undertaking,” ...

WESTFIELD — Two rising Westfield High School freshmen will travel to Sweden next week to represent the United States in this year’s Gothia Cup, the world’s largest international youth soccer competition.Fourteen-year-old Phoebe Klag, a goalie, and 13-year-old Courtney Smith, a versatile mid-field pl...

AREA — NJ Transit and Amtrak rail riders have been experiencing delays and cancellations over the last few weeks, primarily along the Northeast corridor into New York Penn Station. Most recently, these delays have been caused by overhead wire (otherwise known as a catenary system) issues on the Nort...

WESTFIELD — During Tuesday’s meeting of the board of education (BOE), Superintendent Raymond González, Ed.D., discussed the results of the district-wide “thought exchange” and provided updates regarding the large-scale facilities bond referendum that will be proposed next April. The 60-member refere...

COUNTY — At the Wednesday night regular meeting of the Union County Board of County Commissioners, many Clark residents, still unsure of what the county’s plans regarding the Clark Reservoir really entail, vocalized their growing frustrations to the board. A group called the Clark Reservoir Committe...