WESTFIELD — The Westfield Board of Education met Tuesday to hear brief updates on the bond referendum projects set to begin in July, and to hand out its annual Educator of the Year Award, among various other recognitions. The board also heard a single public comment from a current student addressing...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Mayor Joshua Losardo on Tuesday made two announcements pertaining to the downtown redevelopment efforts, including an update on the planned supermarket and another on new grant funding provided to the township. At the council’s meeting this week, the mayor said he had recently joined...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The planning board on Monday agreed to explore whether the senior-housing property on Lake Avenue is suitable for consideration as an Area in Need of Redevelopment, but it was emphasized multiple times that the property’s use will not change and that the 30-yearold complex will remai...

CLARK — An ordinance that would solidify a financial agreement between the Township of Clark and the redevelopment entity behind a proposed mixed-use project on Westfield Avenue was introduced Monday night after more than two hours of public disucssion and debate.The proposed agreement constitutes a...

GARWOOD — During the regular meeting of the Garwood Planning Board last Wednesday, the board listened to a request to amend the zoning designation of the Stephanie Gardens apartments on 54 Third Avenue. Currently, the apartment building sits in a zone for single-family homes.Marc Leibman of the Chie...

AREA — NJ Transit rail service resumed on Tuesday following a three-day workers’ strike that caused massive traffic delays throughout the region.“This is a major victory for New Jersey,” Senate President Nick Scutari said via press release shortly after the locomotive engineers’ union and the transi...

WESTFIELD – Westfield Police Chief Christopher Battiloro has announced the promotions of Sergeant Nicholas Bruno to the rank of Lieutenant of Police and Plainclothes Officer Andres Jaramillo to the rank of Sergeant of Police, both effective May 1.Lieutenant Bruno, age 38, was appointed to the Westfi...

CLARK — In a continued effort to provide enhanced leadership support to and strengthen public-safety operations, Mayor Angel Albanese has announced the appointment of Patrick J. Grady as Clark Township’s first director of police.This newly-established civilian leadership role was created following t...

COUNTY — Union County officials are still working to draft the Request For Proposals (RFP) that will allow them to move forward with plans to auction off a vacant jail complex in Elizabeth.On Thursday, during a regular meeting of the Union County Board of County Commissioners, nearby residents and i...

CRANFORD — Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, who is currently facing charges related to an incident that transpired outside of an immigration detention center in Newark earlier this month, will join Cranford Mayor Terrence Curran for a town hall meeting to discuss federal-level policy shifts and their ...