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Multiple Agencies Respond to House Fire on Blake Drive in Clark
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Multiple Agencies Respond to House Fire on Blake Drive in Clark
By KATIE MOEN 
Monday, August 11, 2025
CLARK -- All occupants have been safely evacuated from an ongoing three-alarm house fire on Blake Drive in Clark. Firefighters from multiple agencies are on the scene, still working to extinguish a three-alarm blaze. One Clark Police Officer has been taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. Despi...
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Charges Levied Following Fatal North Avenue Crash
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Charges Levied Following Fatal North Avenue Crash
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, August 7, 2025
WESTFIELD — A Perth Amboy man has been arrested in connection with a multi-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a 71-year-old bicyclist earlier this week. According to information provided by the Westfield Police Department, Anthony Ramirez Velazquez, 20, was driving east along North Avenue in a 2...
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SP Library Moves Ahead Despite Flood Damage
By FRED T. ROSSI 
Thursday, August 7, 2025
SCOTCH PLAINS – First there was the heavy rainstorm on July 14 that flooded the downtown forced the library on Bartle Avenue to close for more than a week due to water damage. Add in three power outages that also shut the building down during the last two weeks of July, and it was understandable tha...
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Westfield Food Pantry To Relocate To North Avenue
By MADOLYN LAURINE 
Thursday, August 7, 2025
WESTFIELD – The Westfield Zoning Board held a special session via Zoom July 30 following the cancellation of its regular meeting due to the July 14 storms. The Board approved multipleapplicationsforresidentialconstruction, as well as giving theWestfield Food Pantry the go-ahead to move into its new ...
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Westfield Restaurant Cited Again For Unsanitary Condit.
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, August 7, 2025
WESTFIELD — A Westfield restaurant that has frequently come under fire for failing to address sub-par sanitary conditions and other health hazards will be closed for a total of six days over the coming weeks due to what the Westfield Board of Health called “clear evidence” of rodents and cockroaches...
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Serwedes Pleads Not Guilty To Child Endangerment Charges
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, August 7, 2025
CLARK —Aformer middle-school teacher in the Clark Public School district has pled not guilty to charges related to the possession and distribution of child pornography.Matthew Serwedes, a former Multimedia Technologies teacher and the District’s onetime KTV supervisor, appeared before Judge Angela B...
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Local Communities Partake In National Night Out
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Local Communities Partake In National Night Out
By SERENA BROWN 
Thursday, August 7, 2025
MOUNTAINSIDE — The Mountainside Council opted to move its scheduled meeting to an earlier time slot on Monday so that elected officials could more easily join residents, community representatives and first responders for the borough’s annual National Night Out celebration.National Night Out, a commu...
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A Taco Affair Brings Elevated Street Food To Westfield
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A Taco Affair Brings Elevated Street Food To Westfield
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, August 7, 2025
WESTFIELD — An elevated version of one of the world’s favorite street foods is now on the menu in downtown Westfield.“The great thing about tacos is that you can really do anything you want to with them, “ Jessica Philips, owner of A Taco Affair, told The Leader last week, “You can keep things simpl...
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Bicyclist Killed In North Avenue Crash
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Bicyclist Killed In North Avenue Crash
Monday, August 4, 2025
WESTFIELD -- A 71-year-old Kenilworth man was killed Friday morning during a multi-vehicle car accident on North Avenue West. Police responded to reports of the crash, which also involved an overturned vehicle, at approximately 10 a.m. As a result of the crash, the bicyclist sustained traumatic inju...
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County Jail Will Not Be Sold For Use As Immigrant Detention Center
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County Jail Will Not Be Sold For Use As Immigrant Detention Center
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, July 31, 2025
COUNTY — After several months of heated public conversation, the Union County Board of County Commissioners announced Thursday that it would not be selling its largelyvacated jail complex for use as either an immigration detention center or as any other type of privatized prison.“Given the troubling...
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Westfield To Rename Triangle Park In Honor Of Washington-Rochambeau Trail
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Westfield To Rename Triangle Park In Honor Of Washington-Rochambeau Trail
By KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
WESTFIELD -- Triangle Park, one of Westfield’s public green spaces, will be renamed in honor of the Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary trail, a 680-m...
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Parents Dig at BOE After SPF Volleyball Coaches Leave Game
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Parents Dig at BOE After SPF Volleyball Coaches Leave Game
By MADOLYN LAURINE 
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
SCOTCH PLAINS — Parents, student athletes and community members came before the Scotch Plains-Fanwood (SPF) Board of Education Thursday to speak out b...
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Westfield Council Introduces New Permit Law, Parking Fees
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Westfield Council Introduces New Permit Law, Parking Fees
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, November 20, 2025
WESTFIELD — Residents may soon need to obtain a permit from the Town before adding things like patios, fences, permanent fire pits, detached garages a...
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Settimio De Rubeis
Thursday, November 20, 2025
Settimio De Rubeis, Longtime Westfield Resident and Business Owner Settimio “Tim” De Rubeis, 82, of Westfield, New Jersey, passed away peacefully on N...
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Westfield Rec. Department Welcomes New Executive Director
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, December 4, 2025
WESTFIELD — The Westfield Recreation Department welcomed a new Executive Director Monday after searching for the right candidate for almost a year.Dan...
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