WESTFIELD — A Westfield Boy Scout is hoping to leave a lasting mark on the community by helping to prevent accidental drownings at two local parks. On Monday, during a regular meeting of the Westfield Recreation Commission, high-school senior Zachary Carvalho presented his plans to install long-term...

WESTFIELD—TheWestfieldPlanning Board met for its monthly meeting on Monday, where members voted on and passed two land use ordinances regarding signage that were referred from the town council. The first ordinance amended the land-use ordinance to clarify permitted awning-sign dimensions while the s...

CRANFORD — As promised, Mayor Brian Andrews gave residents an update duringTuesday night’s township committeemeetingaboutconstruction at 750 Walnut.“We’veseenandheardfirsthandfrom residents that the dust problem has been very severe over the last couple of weeks,” Mayor Andrews said. “We’ve been wor...

GARWOOD — Discussions continued surrounding a three-family home at 113-115 Winslow Place during last Wednesday’s meeting of the Garwood Planning Board. The applicant, Cesar Espejo, sought approval of an amended site plan for the previously-approved expansion of a non-conforming, three-family residen...

CLARK — At Monday night’s workshop mayor and council meeting, Michael Krelle from Enterprise, presented the business’ Fleet Management Agreement to help manage the maintenance and replacement of vehicles for Clark’s Police Department and Department of Public Works (DPW).“As we discussed with the fin...

WESTFIELD — A local Mexican restaurant will need to clean up its act if it hopes to avoid mandatory closures, members of the Westfield Board of Health said Monday. La Bendita, a fast-casual eatery located on Quimby Street, has been cited numerous times over the course of the past two years for viola...

FANWOOD — The borough council will give further consideration to a proposed ordinance governing tree removal and replacement requirements on private properties. At its Monday evening work session, the governing body discussed the proposal, which is being made necessary by updates to the state Depart...

WESTFIELD — A New Jersey State Superior Court judge has ruled in favor of the Town of Westfield and its administration in regards to a lawsuit that was filed last year by a group of residents in response to the One Westfield Place redevelopment project. On Tuesday, during a regular meeting of the ma...

WESTFIELD — On Tuesday, during a regular meeting of the Westfield mayor and council, the governing body voted to introduce a bond ordinance which, if approved, could allow the town to start moving forward with plans for a new fire department headquarters on Central Avenue.The $750,000 bond, Town Adm...

and Union County HAWK’s Lead Reporter Katie Moen, Photographer Paul Lachenauer and Publisher Lauren S. Barr have captured firstand second-place awards across multiple categories in the 2023 New Jersey Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. Ms. Moen took First Place for Coverage of Government ...