SCOTCH PLAINS — State health officials will investigate reports of a large number of cancer diagnoses among residents living on a segment of Sycamore Avenue. At its final business meeting of the year on Tuesday, Deputy Manager Margaret Heisey said county health officers have spoken with residents wh...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Police Department is actively investigating two separate motor vehicle accidents — including one that killed a local woman’s dog — which recently occurred at separate crosswalks within the community. According to information provided by the Westfield Police Department, the ...

By KATIE MOEN AREA — Senator Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield) has not officially announced his intentions to run for governor in 2024…at least not yet. Last month, however, as part of a non-partisan conversational series hosted by Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU), the longtime Republican representativ...

CRANFORD — Mayor Brian Andrews read a proclamation celebrating the First Aid Squad’s 70th anniversary and thanked members for their service at Tuesday night’s township committee meeting. He also presented them with a framed copy to commemorate the milestone. “This is an all-volunteer squad,” MayorAn...

SCOTCH PLAINS — A zoning board of adjustment hearing on an application to construct a cell-phone tower on Jerusalem Road was again postponed — with no indication of when it might resume.CX Towers Leasing LLC is looking to construct a 160-foot-high cell tower on the property owned by New Jersey Ameri...

By KATIE MOEN WESTFIELD — A local student whose image was doctored during a recent deepfake incident at Westfield High School is working with elected representatives to enact positive change and advocate for stronger protections against digital privacy violations. Earlier this year, Francesca Mani, ...

WESTFIELD—The Westfield Planning Board voted unanimously to accept a proposal for a preliminary/final major site plan for the construction of a three-story, 29-unit apartment complex at 474-500 North Avenue East, the current site of Out Run Your Fork and several other commercial establishments. On M...

MOUNTAINSIDE — At a brief agenda-setting meeting held on Tuesday evening, the Mountainside Council introduced two new capital improvement ordinances that will be voted on during the governing body’s next regular meeting. That meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 19, beginning at 7:30 p.m.The f...

WESTFIELD — A group of Westfield students, under the direction of the town’s health educator, Amy Lewis, was recognized by the local board of health on Monday for their efforts to combat underage drinking.Ms. Lewis, who was recently recognized by Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. for her work with the Westfield Pe...

COUNTY — As temperatures edge closer to freezing with each passing day, county and state officials are likely racing against the upcoming winter season to pull a $300,000 excavator (plus two other pieces of county-owned equipment that were sent in to try to retrieve it) out of a wetlands swamp in Sc...