GARWOOD- During Mayor Jen Blumenstock’s report at last Thursday’s Mayor and Council meeting, she announced that Garwood has officially been certified by the New Jersey Film Commission, which makes it part of a database used by film and television production companies to find filming locations in the...

WESTFIELD — A Westfield residence that once served as the temporary home of Poet Langston Hughes came back before the Town’s Historic Preservation Commission on Monday night nearly two years after the property was saved from demolition.The property, which Mr. Hughes occupied for a brief time in 1930...

CRANFORD — A 17-year-old male from Garwood was charged today with two counts of first-degree murder following a hit-and-run motor vehicle crash that left two teen girls dead on Monday night. According to information provided by the Union County Prosecutor’s Office, the girls, who have been identifie...

FANWOOD – A lawsuit has been filed that seeks to have the planning board’s approval of the South Avenue apartment building project overturned and annulled. In June, in the face of opposition from neighborhood residents, the planning board approved NB Home Improvements’ application to develop 383 Sou...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD — Voters in Fanwood and Scotch Plains will face a full ballot in November when they head to the polls to choose three members of the District’s Board of Education. Five candidates - incumbents Nancy Norris Bauer and Stephanie Suriani and newcomers Brad Herman, John Greenblatt a...

CRANFORD — Hearings for the proposed Wonder Foods, LLC operations expansion at 42 Jackson Drive entered its third month of testimony on Wednesday during the Cranford Planning Board’s most recent meeting. Board chair Molly Kellett and Vice Chair Juan Carlos Nordelo were absent from the proceedings, w...

STATE — New Jersey’s gubernatorial candidates squared off on Sunday evening during the season’s first televised debate since the June primary, clashing over everything from immigration to government spending and transparency.Democrat Rebecca Michelle “Mikie” Sherrill, a former Navy helicopter pilot ...

WESTFIELD — Westfield is facing legal challenges from two separate development entities who claim that the town’s proposed approach to the most recent round of affordable housing obligations will unfairly preclude them from certain opportunities to build. In an official objection submitted to state ...

SCOTCH PLAINS – The zoning board of adjustment will resume a hearing in December on an application by a homeowner seeking approval to continue using his dwelling as a two-family house in a zone where those types of homes are not permitted.At the board’s September 4 hearing, which was cut short due t...

SUMMIT — Vivid Stage, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, will present The Mighty Four by Catherine Butterfield, a world premiere production about family, friends and politics, from October 2 through 12.In the play, the lives of a prominent liberal couple are upended when th...