FANWOOD — Board of Education representatives spoke to the borough council on Monday to preview their upcoming public-information sessions regarding next month’s school bond referendum to finance the purchase of a new school building and also fund various upgrades to existing school buildings.The Tue...

CLARK — A retired member of the Linden Police Department will be lending a hand in Clark to help local patrols identify challenging parking and traffic situations.On Monday, during a workshop meeting of the township council, Mayor Sal Bonaccorso recognized Eric Mason, a longtime resident of the comm...

CLARK — During Monday night’s regular meeting of the board of education, students from Arthur L. Johnson High School expressed their disappointment that gymnastics will not be a sport this fall.Student Mia DiBiasi addressed the board, advocating for herself and other gymnasts based on their hard wor...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Vester Howard III thinks both political parties in town “play to their base” and are “not worried about those in between.” And that’s why he has launched an independent candidacy for mayor.In November, his name will be on the ballot along with Democratic incumbent Joshua Losardo, who...

AREA — Candidates hoping to secure positions as members of their local school boards have filed their petitions to appear on the ballot this November. Five candidates — Thomas Maye, Robert Smorol, Jr., Dino Bencivenga, Jarred B. Preiss and Seamus Patrick O’Toole — will vie for three, threeyear terms...

WESTFIELD — A Westfield man who admitted to embezzling over $1.5 million from his former employers was sentenced to five years in state prison earlier this week. John Dunlea, 61, the former chief financial officer for McElroy, Duetsch, Mulvaney and Carpenter (MDMC), pleaded guilty in May of this yea...

WESTFIELD -- Police apprehended a motorist for allegedly driving a stolen vehicle through town on Friday morning. Police were notified to the purportedly stolen car's presence by the towns License Plate Reading cameras at approximately 9:31 a.m. "Our officers were able to execute a stop of that vehi...

WESTFIELD — A child sustained minor injuries on Thursday afternoon when a piece of HVAC machinery fell through the roof of the Westfield Day Care Center. "The injuries are non-life-threatening," Police Chief Christopher Battiloro said, speaking to The Westfield Leader at the scene. Approximately 50 ...

WESTFIELD — Paving efforts will be ramping up across Westfield over the course of the next several weeks. Town officials are urging drivers who have not already done so to sign up for community Nixle alerts to avoid road closures and disruptions. The town’s paving contractor, P&A Construction, compl...

GARWOOD — Plans to convert the former Garwood Paperboard facility into a new apartment complex are slowly getting back on track after years of inactivity and delays. Borough officials, however, say the final project may be somewhat different than the one residents were expecting due to recent state-...