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Council Seeks Clarification On Allowance of Dogs In Parks
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Council Seeks Clarification On Allowance of Dogs In Parks
FRED T. ROSSI 
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
FANWOOD – The borough council will seek clarification in whether the recently-enacted ordinance permitting dogs in parks applies to public events such as movie night at LaGrande Park. At the council’s agenda meeting on Monday evening, Councilwoman Patricia Walsh said there were dogs at last week’s m...
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Westfield Planning Board Green Lights Sofia Application
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Westfield Planning Board Green Lights Sofia Application
KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
WESTFIELD — After more than five hours of expert testimony, public debate and plenty of questions from local residents and elected officials alike, the Westfield Planning Board voted Monday to grant its unanimous approval to a site-plan application for the Prospect and Ferris Redevelopment Plan. The...
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Let’s Settle This: The Role of Municipal Joint Insurance Funds
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Let’s Settle This: The Role of Municipal Joint Insurance Funds
KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
WESTFIELD — From allegations of racism and retaliation, to claims of wrongful termination, to workplace injuries or slip and falls, municipal lawsuits can sometimes read like the pages of a sordid dime-store novel. Even in situations where the municipality might clearly be in the right, these cases ...
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Planning Board Backs St. Bart’s Redevelopment Designation
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Planning Board Backs St. Bart’s Redevelopment Designation
FRED T. ROSSI 
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
SCOTCH PLAINS — The planning board on Monday gave its unanimous assent to a report by its planner that found that a segment of the St. Bartholomew Church property met the criteria to be deemed an Area in Need of Redevelopment. Harbor Consultants, the board’s planner, was authorized five months ago t...
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Westfield Police Officer Cleared Of Bias Charges
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Westfield Police Officer Cleared Of Bias Charges
KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
WESTFIELD — A Westfield police officer accused of racial profiling by two of his superior officers has been cleared of any alleged wrongdoing through an Internal Affairs investigation. Pending litigation against the department, however, could still point to larger, more systemic cultural issues at p...
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Preservation Plans Unclear for Historic Ferris Place House
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Preservation Plans Unclear for Historic Ferris Place House
KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
WESTFIELD — After months of passionate discussion, debate and review, the plans for Westfield’s newest residential complex — the oft-contested Sofia — have become a heated topic of conversation among local residents. Though the project is slated to appear before the planning board of Monday, details...
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Cranford Begins 750 Walnut Redevelopment Hearings
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Cranford Begins 750 Walnut Redevelopment Hearings
LAURA KREISER 
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
CRANFORD — More than five years after its initial proposal that called for a 900-unit apartment complex at 750 Walnut Avenue, following both negotiations and litigation, Hartz Mountain began hearings last week for a mixed-use, 250-unit complex at the site. Hartz Mountain brought several experts to t...
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Fanwood Parks Open for The ‘Dog Days’ of Summer
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Fanwood Parks Open for The ‘Dog Days’ of Summer
JONATHAN CONNOR 
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
FANWOOD — In a 5-to-1 vote on Monday evening, the Fanwood Council endorsed allowing dogs in borough parks, with some restrictions. Councilwoman Patricia Walsh cast the lone dissenting vote. Dogs have been banned from the borough’s parks for more than 20 years. According to the newly-adopted ordinanc...
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Shady Rest Gains National Historic Designation
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Shady Rest Gains National Historic Designation
FRED T. ROSSI 
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
SCOTCH PLAINS — The Shady Rest Golf & Country Club has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, the federal government’s official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or “great artistic value.” Coun...
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Young Westfield Baseball Player Seriously Injured In N.Y. Tournament
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Young Westfield Baseball Player Seriously Injured In N.Y. Tournament
KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
WESTFIELD — For 12-year-old Anthony Labin, a much-anticipated trip to Cooperstown, N.Y., with his traveling baseball team took a violent and unexpected turn last week when the young pitcher caught a line drive to the temple. The boy was knocked unconscious by the blow and was airlifted to Albany Med...
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Fanwood Man Charged In Fatal Fire
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Fanwood Man Charged In Fatal Fire
KATIE MOEN & LAUREN S. BARR 
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
FANWOOD – A  former Sergeant at the now defunct Union County Jail has been arrested on murder charges in connection with a house fire on Kempshall Ter...
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Edison Intermediate School First Marking Period Honor Roll
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Edison Intermediate School - 1st Marking Period 
Thursday, December 18, 2025
Distinguished Honor Roll 8th Grade Chloe Allen, Krshnay Arora, Agnethe Bandagale, Bernardo Barbosa, William Benson, Cayenne Biggers, Daniel Black, Chl...
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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 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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