CLARK — More than 100 residents gathered in the Clark Township Council Chambers last week for a public hearing on Union County’s plans to renovate the Clark Reservoir. The project — which consists of environmental remediation at the site and the installation of, among other amenities, two boat ramps...

CLARK — During Monday night’s regular meeting of the Clark Board of Education, Superintendent Edward Grande discussed recent and upcoming events at Clark Schools. During his Superintendent Report, Mr. Grande noted that at last week’s Making a Difference student recognition program at Frank K. Hehnly...

WESTFIELD — Representatives from the Westfield Public Schools system appeared before the town’s planning board on Monday to present a courtesy review of the district’s plans to expand and renovate numerous buildings throughout the district. Superintendent Raymond González, Ed.D., and Business Admini...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The planning board on Monday unanimously approved a lot consolidation sought by the Evangel Church, which wants to then expand its parking lot to accommodate its growing congregation.The Terrill Road house of worship owns the 6.8-acre lot where the church building and a 241-car parki...

FANWOOD — The borough council approved one shared-services agreement with Garwood and is set to approve another one later this month.At its penultimate meeting of the year on Monday evening, the council approved an agreement to share Municipal Court Administrator Catherine Frank with the Garwood cou...

TRENTON – Mayor Shelley Brindle of Westfield is the new 2nd Vice President of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities. Mayor Brindle was elected at the League of Municipalities’ Annual Business Meeting in Atlantic City.As 2nd Vice President of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities, May...

SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD – The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education finalized plans on Thursday evening to proceed with a January 28, 2025, special election aimed at addressing high enrollment in the elementary schools and other pressing needs across the district. The new plan was guided by communi...

WESTFIELD — A Westfield High School (WHS) graduate was fatally struck during a hit-and-run motor vehicle accident while walking through a city in North Carolina last weekend.According to information provided by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, Ryan Zadrozny, 23, was hit by a Mercedes-Ben...

CRANFORD Monday, December 2, two Elizabeth men were charged with theft after the Cranford Police Department investigated a report of packages being stolen from a residential front porch on Sunday, December 1. At approximately 6 p.m., units were dispatched to the 50 block of Elizabeth Avenue on the r...

MOUNTAINSIDE — Two new ordinances were discussed at the November 26 Mountainside Borough Council meeting. The first ordinance is to appropriate $75,000, the total amount to fund the project to install a new generator for borough hall. The second ordinance is to fix the salary ranges for multiple mun...