COUNTY — Two-year-old Aviana Bradley-Dupree grinned across the crowded room, clutching a balloon animal in one hand and a chocolate-chip cookie in the other. “Mommy!” she giggled. “Mommy, look!” Her adoptive mothers, Tamika Jones and Adrienne Dupree, grinned back.“That’s my favorite word,” Ms. Jones...

WESTFIELD—Afewnewcommunity- based activities will be added to this year’s local holiday calendar, representatives from the Downtown Westfield Corporation (DWC) said Monday.“We’retryingtomakesurethateverything — especially things like the tree lighting and the photos with Santa — is a bit more organi...

WESTFIELD — It was a night for people to come out and show their support not only for Israel but also students there who have been traumatized by the shocking October 7 attacks and the aftermath.A crowd well in excess of 100 attended the “Vigil for Peace in Israel” fundraiser held last Thursday even...

WESTFIELD — On Tuesday, during a regular meeting of the Westfield Board of Education, numerous parents and local residents stepped to the podium to urge the district’s leadership to use caution in planning its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) program in the wake of the October 7 attacks against...

CLARK — Clark’s longtime mayor, Sal Bonaccorso, could be facing more than 15 years in state prison in connection with official charges of fraud, misconduct and forgery that have been levied against him by the state Attorney General’s office (AG). According to information provided by the state, Bonac...

CLARK — On Monday, more than three years after the Union County Prosecutor’s Office first assumed control of the Clark Township Police Department, the State Attorney General’s Office released the results of its investigation into alleged misconduct by some of the department’s highest-ranking officia...

AREA—As Union County officials are still working to count this year’s final round of mail-in ballots, two municipal elections — one in Garwood and another in Cranford — remain undecided. In Garwood, Democratic incumbent Vincent Kearney, who had 592 votes when the polls closed last week, has pulled a...

WESTFIELD — A West Orange man was arrested on minor assault charges during a pro-Palestinian rally held in Mindowaskin Park on Saturday after a woman was hit in the face with a hand-lettered sign.The event, organized by Westfield resident Yara Assadi, and touted on social media as “a gathering for P...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Township officials say they will look into why there has been a large number of instances of cancer among residents living on a segment of Sycamore Avenue. At its business meeting on Tuesday, Patricia Darrell, who lives on the SycamoreAvenue cul-de-sac extending from Mountain Avenue,...

SCOTCH PLAINS — A week after voters rejected the installation of artificial turf at Brookside Park, the recreation commission says other improvements at the park are still needed and that it will soon begin discussions on a new capital funding request for next year. At the commission’s meeting on Mo...