FANWOOD – With the new library set to open on Memorial Day weekend, the borough council this week approved a contract with a vendor to install shelving at the new facility and expects to approve a contract next month for furniture. Mayor Colleen Mahr said construction of the library, located within ...

AREA — For Stephen Dunn, a longtime member of the Elizabeth Fire Department, a single slip-up on the commute to work could change everything.“I haven’t driven a car to work in almost three years,” said Mr. Dunn, who navigates the five-mile stretch between his home in Kenilworth and the firehouse whe...

CRANFORD — A group of current and former Cranford residents have joined forces to encourage the township committee to change the name of the Orange Avenue Pool to the Guy Borges Memorial Pool in honor of the facility’slongtimemanager,whopassed away in December of last year. Mr. Borges managed the po...

WESTFIELD — Mark LoGrippo, one of Westfield’s longest-serving councilmen, has been nominated by the county GOP to represent his party as a potential candidate in the upcoming race for a seat on the Union County Board of County Commissioners.“I am deeply honored to have served on the Westfield Town C...

CRANFORD — Cranford’s department heads and community representatives met with the township committee on Saturday to discuss spending needs and capital requests in advance of next month’s public budget presentation. The Building Department, which will be coming up against tighter turnaround deadlines...

GARWOOD — During Thursday night’s mayor and council meeting, Mayor Jen Blumenstock took some time within her mayor’s report to address recent discourse among local Garwood Facebook groups — an issue Mayor Blumenstock feels she has been “screaming into the void” about. “It’s very easy to ruin someone...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The recreation commission on Monday discussed some of the park upgrades it is planning for this year, pending township council approval of its budget requests.The governing body last week held a three-hour budget meeting with department heads to discuss spending priorities for 2024. ...

COUNTY — For the second month in a row, representatives from the men’s association at the Ash Brook Golf Course approached the Union County Board of County Commissioners to demand more governmental transparency and to ask that more attention be paid to the Scotch Plains property.“We have been here t...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Three township residents spoke to the governing body on Tuesday about a proposed cell tower that is set to be placed close to their properties at the Westfield Conservation Center on Lamberts Mill Road.The 130-foot pole will serve multiple carriers and be located near the rear of the...

WESTFIELD — A regular meeting of the Westfield mayor and council took a divisive turn on Tuesday evening when members of the town’s governing body clashed over the partisan introduction of a new publicsafety initiative. Earlier this month, the council’s newest members — Todd Saunders (Ward 1), Micha...