WESTFIELD — Plans to convert an underutilized section ofTamaques Park into a new recreation area are moving ahead at a good pace, members of the Westfield Recreation Commission said Monday.“Our design firm did another walkthrough last Saturday,” Recreation Director Megan Schaffer said. “We’ll be sch...

MOUNTAINSIDE — The Mountainside Council discussed at Tuesday night’s work session meeting the issue of statewide home invasions, with the majority of recent incidents involving the theft of car keys. “There’s a large amount of home invasions where people are coming into homes at night, looking for c...

WESTFIELD — Last year, more than 900,000 New Jersey residents experienced some degree of food insecurity. According to information provided by the state, those numbers are becoming more alarming each year. “The numbers really spiked during the pandemic, and they have not retreated,” said Elizabeth M...

The Westfield Leader and Union County HAWK have long held that editorials and opinions do not belong on the front page with news articles and facts. Today, we are breaking that tradition for the first time since I bought the paper in 2020 to talk about a potentially detrimental move that could strip...

SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD — The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education met November 21 to discuss the month’s agenda and lay plans for next year. The board voted on a wide range of motions, among them a new high-school ceramics course and board policies projects. The board voted to approve two referen...

AREA — The results of several municipal elections that were too close to call on November 5 have now been officially certified by the Union County Clerk’s office. In Garwood, Sean Keagan Foley, a Democrat who was first elected to fill the remainder of an unexpired term on the borough council in 2023...

WESTFIELD — The Downtown Westfield Corporation (DWC) met last Wednesday to discuss events for the holiday season and reflect on programs from the year soon to close. The board’s promotions committee laid out its holiday event schedule, which will include a new Santa’s Sleigh “social media” worthy in...

CRANFORD — An application to add two additional residential stories to an existing mixed-use building on North Avenue West was adjourned for the third time on Monday when the Cranford Zoning Board ofAdjustment voted to give the applicant more time to address certain concerns and draft new site plans...

CRANFORD — A member of the Cranford Police Department who has filed suit against the township, its mayor and its police chief will be heading to trial next year after more than two years of legal complications. By way of background, Sgt. Timothy O’Brien has alleged via formal complaint that he was d...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Board of Education returned to the topic of teacher retention during its regular meeting on Monday as part of an ongoing conversation about budgetary constraints. This issue was discussed at prior meetings, but this meeting drew a larger turnout from the general public concer...