FANWOOD — The borough council on Monday grappled with the question of how much a local government should be involved in determining what types of businesses should operate in town. Andy Song, the owner of a South Avenue nail salon, spoke on behalf of several other nail salon owners at the council’s ...

CLARK — Superintendent Edward Grande outlined this year’s district goals and objectives during a brief meeting of the Clark Board of Education, which was held on Monday in the township’s council chambers. This year’s district goals can be broken into three objectives, Mr. Grande said: “to foster pos...

WESTFIELD — At the beginning of Monday evening’s Westfield Recreation Commission meeting, three students from Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School proposed a series of environmental projects for Brightwood Park. Ella Mauer, Bridget Priel and Reese Priel, who recently formed a wildlife-preservation club...

WESTFIELD — Though it will still be quite a while before shovels hit the dirt, HBC|Streetworks Development celebrated a major milestone in its One Westfield Place timeline on Tuesday when it welcomed the first guests to its new preview and information center on Elm Street. “Our goal with this space ...

GARWOOD — In addition to whatever changes may arise from the upcoming election in November, the Garwood Borough Council will soon need to appoint a new member to its ranks in order to fill a seat that was recently vacated by Republican Heather Loffredo. Councilwoman Loffredo, who was first elected t...

CRANFORD — Cranford’s traffic expert Maurice Rached fielded a number of questions pertaining to the 750 Walnut Avenue redevelopment project during a recent meeting of the planning board, held Wednesday. Mr. Rached took questions from residents that did not get to ask questions at the previous meetin...

CRANFORD — Cranford has joined 12 other municipalities in filing a lawsuit against the state of New Jersey in hopes of getting Governor Phil Murphy to re-instate the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH). “These [affordable-housing] obligations don’t take into account the town as a whole. While I fee...

WESTFIELD — When HBC/Streetworks, the collective entity behind Westfield’s newest redevelopment proposal, revealed its plans to the community last week, local residents were left with a lot to consider. The plans as presented include provisions for 223 residential units, 300,000 square feet of new o...

FANWOOD — The borough council on Monday expressed its displeasure with the planned increases next year in state health-benefits premiums for active employees as well as retirees on Medicaid, a move that will result in the borough’s health-benefits expenses increasing by $174,000 in 2023. After borou...

CLARK — On Monday, the Clark Township Council amended an ordinance that will now manage the feeding, health, identification and population of feral cats. Three separate unrelated ordinances also were passed on first reading. Leading up to these recent adoptions, the township’s wildlife feeding ban h...