CRANFORD -- A Cranford man known for his performative public protests was arrested Tuesday night following an altercation with police that took place during a regular meeting of the Township Committee. William Thilly, a three-time candidate for the commissioner board, approached the podium during th...

AREA – A Scotch Plains man lost his life on Friday when a tree branch felled by a brief but powerful storm landed on his car. According to information provided by the Scotch Plains Police Department, Jared Hirschowitz, 41, was traveling eastbound on Raritan Road when a large tree limb snapped and fe...

CRANFORD — Regular protester and resident Will Thilly left Tuesday’s Cranford Township Committee meeting in an ambulance after appearing to faint following his public comment. The meeting ended in disorder as the commissioners were escorted from the hall a short while later.All commissioners were pr...

SCOTCH PLAINS – Township officials on Tuesday reviewed the efforts to clean up after last Friday’s storm while also offering some tips for residents to keep in mind in future such weather events.Mayor Joshua Losardo opened the township council’s business meeting by calling the short but potent storm...

WESTFIELD – Every year, hundreds of would-be Eagle Scout and Gold Award recipients appear before local boards and governing bodies with proposals for community improvements projects designed to leave a lasting and positive impact on their parks and public spaces.On occasion, however, the teens that ...

WESTFIELD — Westfield Smiles dentistry owner Dr. Stephen Holly received approval from the Planning Board Monday to convert the second floor of his property at 440 East Broad Street into more office space. Board members Michael Ash, Alexandra Carreras, and Councilman Drew Pecker were absent from the ...

WESTFIELD – Life for Westfield’s earliest residents was not always easy. As the battles of the Revolutionary War closed in around them, homesteaders struggled to protect themselves and their properties against frequent raids by British soldiers.The memory of these raids lives on in the stories of th...

reporters Katie Moen and Fred T. Rossi have been awarded first place by the National Newspaper Association (NNA) for their coverage of Union County’s decision to put its vacant jail complex out to bid amid statewide demands that the property not be sold to ICE.The months-long coverage of the issue, ...

CRANFORD – The Union County Prosecutor’s Office has announced that Vincent Battiloro, a Garwood teen who was charged with running down and killing two girls with his SUV last year, is being tried as an adult and will remain incarcerated without bail. The case will next be heard by a Grand Jury. Batt...

SCOTCH PLAINS–TheTownship celebrated the nation’s 250th birthday last week with downtown ceremonies, a parade, fireworks—and a time capsule that tried its best not to be opened after 42 years underground.Several hundred people crowded Park Avenue last Friday afternoon, first for a ceremony and wreat...