SCOTCH PLAINS — The municipal government is facing about $3.1 million in new expenses that the Township Council says are out of its control. This year’s $37.6 million spending plan was introduced at Tuesday’s Council meeting. If approved, the total appropriations would translate to an average increa...

SCOTCH PLAINS – The JCC of Central New Jersey was given the goahead this week to absorb a recentlypurchased neighboring property into its main campus on Martine Avenue.On Monday, during a virtual meeting of the Scotch Plains Planning Board, Michael Goldstein, Executive Director of the JCC, explained...

CRANFORD —Anew committee to advise on the Centennial Avenue Pool Complex redevelopment was announced at Tuesday’s Cranford Township Committee meeting, along with a number of spending items related to the refurbishment of the Orange Avenue Pool. The committee also approved a new tax on the sale of ca...

WESTFIELD — The ARC of Union County returned before the Westfield Board ofAdjustment Monday to continue its hearing for a new care home for residents with disabilities at 901 Morris Avenue. ARC previously presented designs at the Board’s January 2026 meeting, but received push back on the size and a...

SCOTCH PLAINS – The three incumbent Democrats on the township council will seek third terms on the governing body in November.Deputy Mayor Matt Adams, Councilwoman Elizabeth Stamler and Councilman Roc White in late February won the backing of the township Democratic Municipal Committee, which said t...

CRANFORD – Cranford’s Planning Board met this past Wednesday to affirm changes to the Township’s Affordable Housing Plans, moving Cranford another step towards meeting the State-mandated March 16 date.The amended 2025 Housing Element and Fair Share Plan (HEFSP) will now move back to theTownship Coun...

COUNTY – Local residents should expect to see a 2 percent increase in their county tax obligations this year due to rising healthcare costs and other mitigating circumstances.County Manager Edward Oatman presented this year’s executive budget (which tops out at about $547,110,036) during a recent me...

SCOTCH PLAINS – The Zoning Board of Adjustment put off until next month a hearing on an application by a homeowner to retain pigeons on his property.Tomasz Szewc of 827 O’Donnell Avenue is seeking permission to keep 40 homing pigeons as service animals to help him with his mental health conditions o...

CLARK — The Clark Planning Board last week voted to begin the process of declaring a long-vacated property located at 737 Raritan Road as an area in need of non-condemnation redevelopment.The .81-acre property (designated on tax maps as Block 34, Lot 25.01), once housed an Exxon gas station that was...

FANWOOD — The Borough Council on Monday passed Resolutions and Ordinances that will help Fanwood meet its affordable housing obligations over the next decade. The new Ordinances, said affordable housingAttorney Diane Dabulas, will mandate an increase in affordable unit set-asides for new development...