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Garwood Planning Bd. OK’s Luxury Car Storage Facility
By DEVON GOHDE 
Thursday, March 20, 2025
GARWOOD— Last week, the Garwood Planning Board voted to approve an application to build a car storage facility on South Avenue.Applicant Alaa El-Banna appealed to the planning board on Wednesday after learning that the address in question, 639-645 South Avenue (near the Westfield border), was not zo...
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Resident Criticizes Williams For Not Participating In Pledge
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, March 20, 2025
AREA — A regular meeting of the Union County Board of County Commissioners took a contentious turn last week when a resident attempted to call Commissioner Rebecca Williams to task for standing with her arms at her sides during the Pledge of Allegiance. Garwood resident Bruce Paterson, a vocal criti...
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Health Dept. Urges Vigilance For Pets for Bird Flu in Cats
Thursday, March 20, 2025
WESTFIELD – The Westfield Regional Health Department (WRHD) is urging pet owners to be vigilant following reports of bird flu (H5N1) in cats. The virus has recently been detected in several outdoor cats in Hunterdon County and over 100 domestic cats nationwide.Cats are susceptible to the H5N1 virus ...
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Mountainside Supports Digitizing Legal Ads
By SERENA BROWN 
Thursday, March 20, 2025
MOUNTAINSIDE — At Tuesday night’s meeting, the council agreed to pass a resolution in support of a legislative push that would allow government entities to post legal notices on their own websites instead of printing them in a designated newspaper as they are currently required to do.Last year, NJ A...
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Happy Ending For Pups Found at Clark Intersection
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Happy Ending For Pups Found at Clark Intersection
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, March 13, 2025
CLARK — Last December, on one of the coldest nights of the year, a litter of puppies was found abandoned in a construction bucket on the side of the road at an intersection in Clark. The pups, who were only about a week old at the time that they were found, were freezing, covered in fleas and suffer...
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Fanwood Mourns the Passing Of Dedicated Police Officer
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Fanwood Mourns the Passing Of Dedicated Police Officer
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, March 13, 2025
FANWOOD —The Fanwood community is mourning the loss of a dedicated member of the borough’s police department, who passed away last week after an extended battle with Lymphoma.According to information provided by the Fanwood Police Department, Officer Carlos Gonzalez, Jr. died at the age of 35 on Mar...
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SP Council Unveils 2025 Budget With Average $179 Tax Hike
By FRED T. ROSSI 
Thursday, March 13, 2025
SCOTCH PLAINS — The township council on Tuesday introduced a $34.6-million operating budget that will result in an increase this year of about $179 for the average assessed home.Calling the spending plan a “very, very good” budget, Township Manager Al Mirabella noted that municipal budgets had been ...
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Scotch Plains to Finance $5.4 Mil. In Capital Improvements
By FRED T. ROSSI 
Thursday, March 13, 2025
SCOTCH PLAINS — This year’s capital bond ordinance includes funding for a variety of activities, among them road improvements, the acquisition of computer technology, police and fire department purchases, park upgrades, new vehicles and improvements at the public works facility. The $5.386-million b...
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Township’s Land-Use Boards Facing Light Agendas
By FRED T. ROSSI 
Thursday, March 13, 2025
SCOTCH PLAINS — The planning board’s agenda for its meeting on Monday evening consisted of memorializing its approval last month of a minor subdivision application on Westfield Avenue. Beyond that, the board’s master plan subcommittee will soon get to work on updating the township’s master plan, whi...
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Westfield Council Tables Solar-Panel Ordinance
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, March 13, 2025
WESTFIELD — An ordinance that would have removed most of Westfield’s last remaining solarpanel restrictions was returned to the Code Review and Town Property Committee on Tuesday following a public hearing and several weeks of discussion between council members, the planning board and residents.“It ...
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By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, April 30, 2026
WESTFIELD — A U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge for the Southern District of Texas last week signed off on $500 million worth of exit financing that Saks Gl...
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Early Morning Fire Destroys Westfield Home
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Early Morning Fire Destroys Westfield Home
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Thursday, April 30, 2026
WESTFIELD — A Kirkview Circle home has been deemed uninhabitable following an early morning fire that destroyed the two-and-a-half story residence on ...
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Westfield Board of Ed. Swears in New Members
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Westfield Board of Ed. Swears in New Members
By MADOLYN LAURINE 
Thursday, May 7, 2026
WESTFIELD — Three members of the Westfield Board of Education were sworn in Tuesday at the board’s annual re-organization meeting. Incumbent Kent Diam...
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HACKETTSTOWN, NJ -- Seven Centenary University students have been awarded scholarships to support research excellence through Schering-Plough and the ...
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