PLAINFIELD – Governor Phil Murphy signed three bills to bolster early childhood education in New Jersey, building on a multi-year, administration- wide effort to expand access to free, high-quality preschool and full-day kindergarten programs. Together, these bills will help ensure children in New J...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Town Council formally passed five ordinances during its Tuesday meeting, with topics ranging from parking permit fees to bans on electric bicycles and scooters on park pathways. Mayor Shelley Brindle and Councilman David Contract were absent from the meeting. Councilwoman L...

WESTFIELD — Westfield and Union County were inundated with flash flooding Monday evening after a major storm cell moved through the region. In Westfield, flooding began around 5 p.m. after an hour of heavy rain, and continued late into the evening. The National Weather Center reported that the Westf...

MOUNTAINSIDE — The Mountainside area suffered some moderate damage from Monday night’s thunderstorm and flood, closing most of Route 22.“The Borough of Mountainside has experienced a severe weather event, that brought over five inches of rainfall within a two-hour period, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.,” May...

WESTFIELD — With a little extra time, attention and teamwork, a group of Westfield elementaryschool students carried away coin purses from their recent sewing class. This was not just any group of girls; however, they were brought together by their unique interest in learning to sew and their intere...

WESTFIELD — An Appellate Court this week upheld the dismissal of a complaint filed against former Westfield Board of Education member and vice-president Sahar Aziz over remarks she posted on social media that criticized Israel and Zionism and her signing of a letter that was also critical of Israel....

SCOTCH PLAINS — Amidst the endless memorabilia, pictures, trinkets and mementos in Township Manager Al Mirabella’s town hall office is a three-foot-high stack of newspapers, the ones near the bottom more yellowed with age than more recent ones. They represent every edition of The Scotch Plains-Fanwo...

CLARK — On Monday night, the Clark Township Council held a special meeting and workshop meeting. During the public-comment portion of the special meeting, resident Delia Collins stated that she had read in a public notice in the newspaper that the King Mansion, better known as the Krowicki Gorny Mem...

MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison has recognized students named to the Dean’s List for the Spring semester of the 2024-2025 academic year.Students who achieve at a high level academically are recognized by the dean at the close of each semester. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, ...

WESTFIELD — Practicing physician Dr. Tina Shah is stepping up to run for Congress in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District to put insurance companies and career politicians like Republican incumbent Tom Kean Jr. on notice that it is time to fix what is broken in our healthcare system and in Washin...