SCOTCH PLAINS — The township council last week introduced redevelopment plans for two large properties located at key entrances into the downtown business district. The two properties — at the former Snuffy’s Pantagis restaurant and banquet hall and at the former Jade Isle restaurant — have been uno...

There is a factual error in this week’s editorial. The open public comment portion of the public Westfield Town Council meeting is, in fact, at the beginning of the meeting. In our comparison of municipal meeting agendas, we mistakenly reviewed the conference agenda, where open discussion takes plac...

CRANFORD — For Robert Hurewitz, a long-time member of the Cranford Fire Department, the decision to dedicate his professional career to helping others was an easy one to make. “I have wanted to be a firefighter since I was a kid,” Robert, 33, of Hopatcong, said. “I was drawn to the camaraderie and t...

WESTFIELD — A vacant TD Bank on Westfield’s North Avenue will soon be serving a new purpose when it reopens as a House of Wine liquor store later this year. The project was unanimously approved during a special meeting of the Westfield Planning Board, held Wednesday via Zoom. The meeting, which also...

WESTFIELD — Throughout the course of its long and storied past, Westfield has often struggled to find its footing on the right side of history. Though the community as it stands today represents a diverse and largely tolerant population, recent acts of intolerance have shown that there is still work...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The township council on Tuesday gave its unanimous backing to two applications seeking to open cannabis outlets on eastbound and westbound Route 22. In March, the state Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) will begin accepting applications from entities seeking to open cannabis-relat...

WESTFIELD — New Jersey’s Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) program (N.J.S.A. 40A:20-1) has a long and often complicated history. In Westfield, where growth and redevelopment remain major focal points for the community, the use of such incentives has often led to some debate. “The PILOT is, without qu...

CRANFORD — A regular monthly meeting of the Cranford Board of Education came to a screeching halt on Monday after one of the attendees refused to follow the Governor’s executive-order mask mandate. The assembly was expected to discuss topics pertinent to Cranford’s school system, such as the three-y...

WESTFIELD — Despite some public objection, the Westfield Mayor and Council unanimously voted on Tuesday to approve a transfer of funds from the town’s Affordable Housing Trust to The Arc of Union County. The funds will be used to construct a single-family group home with four units of special-needs ...

CLARK — The Clark mayor and council took a moment out of their first regular meeting of the year, held on January 18, to thank one local family for their many years of dedicated service to the community. Fred and Jean Asal and their daughters, Patty Palmer and Lisa Dunn, were collectively recognized...