SCOTCH PLAINS — The recreation commission on Monday discussed some ideas for upgrading Haven Park and hoped that neighborhood residents will attend next month’s meeting, which will be held at that park, so they can offer their own ideas for improving the park.The installation of new perimeter fencin...

AREA — New Jersey voters chose Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democrat Mikie Sherrill as the candidates to compete for the state’s Governor in November.Rep. Sherrill, a former Navy helicopter pilot and federal prosecutor who was first elected to serve as a congresswoman in New Jersey’s 11th Distric...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The zoning board of adjustment last week approved an application to expand a Mountainview Avenue home and also backed a Westfield Avenue homeowner’s request to install a new fence.Staci Hutchinson, who lives at 206 Mountainview Avenue with her husband and three children and her fathe...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Last month, the township was awarded a $60,259 grant to be used for litter-abatement programs this year. Mayor Joshua Losardo said he was grateful for the funding, telling Union County HAWK that, “every penny counts” when it comes to funding municipal services.The grant, from the sta...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Planning Board struggled to work through the sole application at its June 4 meeting after the developers and owners of a new youth sports training facility at 140 Bryant Avenue failed to submit the proper site plans addressing ordinances for parking, landscaping and lighting....

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Board of Adjustment denied its first application of the year at its Monday meeting when Teddy Gencarelli, of 14 South Wickom Drive, was told to remove roughly 100 square feet of concrete pavers, which extend to the side-yard fencing. The zoning infraction was discovered ear...

CRANFORD — A New York man has been charged with Eluding Police, Burglary, and Theft following an investigation by the Cranford Police Detective Bureau related to an incident that occurred in Cranford during the early-morning hours of May 5.At approximately 4:15 a.m. that day, Cranford officers were ...

WESTFIELD — Property owners in Westfield will receive their estimated tax bills now that the town council passed a resolution to approve the third installment of 2025 during its Tuesday meeting. Residents will likely see a tax rate of 2.29 percent, with estimates based on the 2024 levy of $192.2 mil...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Planning Board struggled to work through the sole application at its June 4 meeting after the developers and owners of a new youth sports training facility at 140 Bryant Avenue failed to submit the proper site plans addressing ordinances for parking, landscaping and lighting....

WESTFIELD — On Wednesday evening, The Westfield Foundation celebrated 50 years of giving to the Westfield community by giving away $500,000 in Golden Impact Grant Awards to five area nonprofits.Started by a handful of residents in 1975 with just $200, The Foundation has grown into an organization th...