FANWOOD — After voting to prohibit all cannabis-based businesses from operating within the boundaries of the borough back in 2021, Fanwood officials said Tuesday that it may be time to reopen the debate. “I think it’s time for a conversation about where the cannabis industry is today,” Mayor Colleen...

COUNTY — The Union County Board of County Commissioners announced last week that it would be prepared to pay up to $100,000 to a Middlesex Borough woman whose son died in 2018 after allegedly being forcibly restrained by police while under the care of a county-run mental-health facility in Berkeley ...

SCOTCH PLAINS – The petition calling for a referendum on the Brookside Park artificial turf question, which was delivered to the municipal building last week, will be reviewed before the township council considers the next steps, according to Mayor Joshua Losardo. The petition, which garnered 2,050 ...

SCOTCH PLAINS – A split recreation commission on Monday voted to include funding for an artificial turf field at Brookside Park as part of its budget request to the township council, which will consider the turf question only after it holds a special meeting on the subject next month. After hearing ...

SCOTCH PLAINS — A state-wide debate surrounding the definition of age-appropriate content in public schools reached the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education (BOE) last week when two of the district’s librarians stepped to the podium to share their methodologies for selecting materials. “With the...

SCOTCH PLAINS – Neighbors of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School were successful in obtaining an order prohibiting the board of education (BOE) from using the newly-installed lights at Perry Tyson Field. Union County Superior Court Assignment Judge Karen Cassidy ruled following a two-hour court hearin...

Cranford Committee (2 Seats) (100% reporting) Brian Andrews (D) – 7,988 ☑️ Jason Gareis (D) –  7,556 ☑️ Chrissa Stulpin (R) – 6,672 Gina Black (R) – 6,583 Cranford BOE (3 Seats) Lisa Carbone – 9,646 ☑️ Kurt Petschow – 9,047 ☑️ Kristen Mallon – 6,715 ☑️ Francis Riccio, III – 3,770 Fanwood Fanwood BOE...