SCOTCH PLAINS – Mayor Alexander Smith said this week that the township is prepared to assist the Fanwood Police Department in any way necessary as borough officials assess the state of their police operations in the wake of the departure of Chief Richard Trigo earlier this month. Mayor Smith told Th...

WESTFIELD — Dog walker. Babysitter. Intern. Before the summer of 2020, teens might have thought of picking up one of these jobs for their summer break. With the pandemic, job opportunities flagged. Ingenious Westfield teens, however, are using their talents and abilities in new ways to keep busy, ea...

WESTFIELD — The Downtown Westfield Corporation (DWC) Board of Directors met July 22 via Zoom to discuss the hiring of a consultant, the guidelines for installing parklets in front of restaurants and the public arts plans for the downtown. One of the first orders of business for the board was to hire...

SCOTCH PLAINS – Mayor Alexander Smith said this week that the township is prepared to assist the Fanwood Police Department in any way necessary as borough officials assess the state of their police operations in the wake of the departure of Chief Richard Trigo earlier this month. Mayor Smith told Th...

WESTFIELD — Dog walker. Babysitter. Intern. Before the summer of 2020, teens might have thought of picking up one of these jobs for their summer break. With the pandemic, job opportunities flagged. Ingenious Westfield teens, however, are using their talents and abilities in new ways to keep busy, ea...

WESTFIELD — The Downtown Westfield Corporation (DWC) Board of Directors met July 22 via Zoom to discuss the hiring of a consultant, the guidelines for installing parklets in front of restaurants and the public arts plans for the downtown. One of the first orders of business for the board was to hire...

The governing body’s vote followed nearly an hour of comments from residents — who were overwhelmingly supportive of keeping the monument, which was dedicated nearly 22 years ago — and came after more than three weeks of social media debate and dueling online petitions about the monument’s propriety...

The governing body’s vote followed nearly an hour of comments from residents — who were overwhelmingly supportive of keeping the monument, which was dedicated nearly 22 years ago — and came after more than three weeks of social media debate and dueling online petitions about the monument’s propriety...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Town Council passed a resolution designating certain areas as “areas in need of redevelopment” at its June 30 meeting. The properties, 146 Elm Street, 131 Elm Street, 360 Watterson Street, 300 South Avenue West, 301 North Avenue West, 116 Elmer Street and 148 Central Avenue...

WESTFIELD — Westfield Planning Board members decided to approve the Rialto Theatre property and the three Lord & Taylor properties as areas in need of redevelopment at their special meeting on Monday. Phil Abramson and Chris Colley of outside redevelopment consultant Topology.is presented a prelimin...