WESTFIELD — Proposed amendments to New Jersey’s affordablehousing laws could spell trouble for land-poor communities like Westfield, Mayor Shelley Brindle said Tuesday. “Last month, the Assembly passed an affordable-housing bill, and now it is barreling through for a full vote by the Senate on Monda...

CLARK — Three members of the Clark Township Police Department who found themselves at the center of a multi-year internal affairs investigation after being accused of misconduct have filed suit in Union County Superior Court in an attempt to keep their jobs. Last week, Chief Pedro Matos, Sergeant Jo...

WESTFIELD — A Westfield family whose young son suffered a traumatic brain injury during a baseball tournament in 2022 has filed suit against the Cooperstown Dreams Park for allegedly violating its own health and safety protocols following the incident. In July of 2022, 12-year-old Anthony Labin trav...

CRANFORD – Last week, the Cranford Planning Board discussed an ordinance to rezone two properties on South Avenue as referred by the township committee to determine whether or not the proposal would be consistent with the township’s Master Plan.“This is Lots 2 and 3 on Block 401 and the ordinance wo...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Board of Education introduced a preliminary budget of approximately $78.8 million for the 2024-2025 school year during a work session of the board on Monday. The preliminary budget of $78,788,827 was presented by Board Secretary and Business Administrator Robert Carfagno, who...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Board of Education introduced a preliminary budget of approximately $78.8 million for the 2024-2025 school year during a work session of the board on Monday.The preliminary budget of $78,788,827 was presented by Board Secretary and Business Administrator Robert Carfagno, who ...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The zoning board of adjustment will continue a hearing next month on an application to construct a cell tower on the New Jersey American Water Co. property on Jerusalem Road. CX Towers Leasing LLC is looking to construct a 160-foot-high cell tower on the property owned by the water c...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The planning board on Monday gave its approval to a subdivision application for a property on Raritan Road.Anne Albert, the executrix of her late mother’s estate, will subdivide the oversized lot at the corner of Raritan Road and Michael Lane into two conforming lots. John Butler, a ...

GARWOOD — On Thursday, during a regular meeting of the Garwood mayor and council, the borough’s governing body introduced a new ordinance that would modify the local code to prohibit restaurants from providing condiment packets, single-use utensils and straws in take-out and delivery orders unless c...

WESTFIELD —After a public presentation on Tuesday evening, the Westfield Board of Education voted to introduce a proposed budget of $133,220,733 for the 2024-2025 school year. Due to mandated state regulations, this year’s budget will be broken down into two separate portions: an operational budget ...