By MARTA ESQUÍROZ For The Leader/Times CRANFORD — The Cranford Democratic Committee has announced Kathleen Rappa as its candidate for the township committee, setting up a Primary Election contest between Ms. Rappa and incumbent Thomas Hannen, Jr., the current commissioner of engineering and public w...

WESTFIELD — Kathy Fitzpatrick, a resident of Wychwood Road, was hosting her adult children and grandchildren on the evening of May 2 in anticipation of the arrival of the newest member of their family. Her youngest daughter was in the hospital and Ms. Fitzpatrick and her family were expecting a call...

WESTFIELD — Legalized cannabis is here to stay in New Jersey, but Westfield residents who participated in a virtual meeting held by the town’s cannabis commission last Thursday overwhelming opposed the prospect of the municipality allowing the licensing of recreational cannabis dispensaries. “It’s a...

By MARTA ESQUÍROZ For The Leader/Times CRANFORD — The Cranford Democratic Committee has announced Kathleen Rappa as its candidate for the township committee, setting up a Primary Election contest between Ms. Rappa and incumbent Thomas Hannen, Jr., the current commissioner of engineering and public w...

WESTFIELD — The tidal wave of sexual abuse scandals that enveloped the Boy Scouts of America has made its way to Westfield. On April 21 the law firm Rebenack, Aronow and Mascolo filed a civil action lawsuit case against various local Boy Scout councils and Westfield Public Schools in the Superior Co...

WESTFIELD — Many places shut down when the pandemic hit in March of 2020. The Westfield Memorial Library was no different. It shut its doors, hoping to reopen in a few weeks, but then found itself facing similar hardships and had to find new ways to serve the community, Interim Director Jennifer Sch...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Citing concerns about traffic congestion on and off the property, the zoning board of adjustment last week rejected, by a 6-to-1 vote, an application to add a drive-thru window at a Dunkin’ outlet on North Avenue. Plainfield Gas Realty LLC, which owns the gasoline station and Dunkin’...

WESTFIELD — The tidal wave of sexual abuse scandals that enveloped the Boy Scouts of America has made its way to Westfield. On April 21 the law firm Rebenack, Aronow and Mascolo filed a civil action lawsuit case against various local Boy Scout councils and Westfield Public Schools in the Superior Co...

WESTFIELD — Many places shut down when the pandemic hit in March of 2020. The Westfield Memorial Library was no different. It shut its doors, hoping to reopen in a few weeks, but then found itself facing similar hardships and had to find new ways to serve the community, Interim Director Jennifer Sch...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Citing concerns about traffic congestion on and off the property, the zoning board of adjustment last week rejected, by a 6-to-1 vote, an application to add a drive-thru window at a Dunkin’ outlet on North Avenue. Plainfield Gas Realty LLC, which owns the gasoline station and Dunkin’...