SCOTCH PLAINS – The township council will introduce the 2024 operating budget next month, and it’s expected that the municipal portion of the total property tax levy this year will rise by about $72 for the average household, thanks to higher expenditures for health insurance and pension contributio...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Thursday evening’s Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education meeting brought out residents voicing concerns on both sides regarding the postponed use of a work of historical fiction entitled “Mornings in Jenin” by Susan Abulhawa. The book had been planned for use as an elective peer-l...

WESTFIELD —After more than a year and a half of legal challenges and local complications, plans to break ground on a new mixed-use residential complex known as the Sophia at the corner of Prospect Street and Ferris Place are once again moving forward now that a lawsuit filed against the project has ...

AREA — State Senator Jon Bramnick, a Union County native and self-described moderate Republican, officially announced his intention to seek his party’s nomination in the 2025 race for governor during a special event held Saturday at a comedy club in New Brunswick.Mr. Bramnick, an attorney who occasi...

WESTFIELD — A group of migrants traveling from Texas to New York was temporarily routed through Westfield Thursday morning after being dropped at the South Avenue train station. Similarly orchestrated dropoffs, many of which have included children and families, have been reported in numerous other t...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield mayor and council introduced two new ordinances during their regular meeting on Tuesday evening: one that clarifies salary ranges for certain members of the town’s police department and a second that will establish a new, increased fee structure with the Rahway Valley Sewer...

WESTFIELD — In preparation for the upcoming budget season, Councilwoman Linda Habgood and Town Administrator Jim Gildea met with residents at Town Hall on Thursday to review Westfield’s financial performance in 2023. “We are in a very strong position this year,” said Ms. Habgood, who chairs the town...

WESTFIELD — As the Westfield Board of Education prepares for its upcoming election season, district officials are working to navigate new state-level regulations that will effectively redefine the amount of direct control that local voters will have over the 2024-2025 school budget. Last year, Westf...

WESTFIELD — Two local students are working to make life a bit easier for people with mobility challenges through a new app that rates accessibility options at restaurants, shops, businesses and community spaces throughout Westfield. “I came up with the idea to create something like this after watchi...

CRANFORD — Superintendent Scott Rubin, Ed.D., shared at Monday evening’s board of education meeting that he had received correspondence from the New Jersey assistant commissioner of education on Friday inviting Cranford to take part in the Promising Practices Project.According to Dr. Rubin, the New ...