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Six Vie For Three Open Seats On The Cranford BOE
By KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
CRANFORD — Six candidates will be vying for three, three-year terms on the Cranford Board of Education this November. Last week, The Leader asked incumbent Susan Shaw and her five challengers - Frank Williams, Lauren Moyle, Joseph Braxton, Craig Coughlin and Brian Niemsyk to weigh in on their though...
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Council Advances Houlihan Plans, Introduces New Parking Platform
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, October 2, 2025
WESTFIELD — Plans to expand the parking lot and add new restrooms, storage and meeting spaces to the Houlihan Sid Fay athletic fields on Lamberts Mill road came one step closer to fruition on Tuesday when the Westfield Town Council voted to introduce a $2.3 million bond ordinance that, if approved, ...
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Commissioners, Candidates Spar Over Social Media Comments
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, October 2, 2025
COUNTY — Union County Commissioner Rebecca Williams recently came under fire for allegedly sharing a vague but controversial post on her personal social media page following the death of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.During a recent meeting of the Commissioner Board, held on September 18, several...
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Garwood is Officially ‘Film-Ready’
By DEVON GOHDE 
Thursday, October 2, 2025
GARWOOD- During Mayor Jen Blumenstock’s report at last Thursday’s Mayor and Council meeting, she announced that Garwood has officially been certified by the New Jersey Film Commission, which makes it part of a database used by film and television production companies to find filming locations in the...
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Historic Westfield Home Slated For Renovations
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, October 2, 2025
WESTFIELD — A Westfield residence that once served as the temporary home of Poet Langston Hughes came back before the Town’s Historic Preservation Commission on Monday night nearly two years after the property was saved from demolition.The property, which Mr. Hughes occupied for a brief time in 1930...
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Garwood Juvenile Charged With Homicide Following Fatal Crash
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Garwood Juvenile Charged With Homicide Following Fatal Crash
By KATIE MOEN and LAUREN S. BARR 
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
CRANFORD — A 17-year-old male from Garwood was charged today with two counts of first-degree murder following a hit-and-run motor vehicle crash that left two teen girls dead on Monday night. According to information provided by the Union County Prosecutor’s Office, the girls, who have been identifie...
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Lawsuit Seeks Reversal of Fanwood Building Approval
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Lawsuit Seeks Reversal of Fanwood Building Approval
By FRED T. ROSSI 
Thursday, September 25, 2025
FANWOOD – A lawsuit has been filed that seeks to have the planning board’s approval of the South Avenue apartment building project overturned and annulled. In June, in the face of opposition from neighborhood residents, the planning board approved NB Home Improvements’ application to develop 383 Sou...
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SPF Voters Face Full BOE Ballot In November
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, September 25, 2025
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD — Voters in Fanwood and Scotch Plains will face a full ballot in November when they head to the polls to choose three members of the District’s Board of Education. Five candidates - incumbents Nancy Norris Bauer and Stephanie Suriani and newcomers Brad Herman, John Greenblatt a...
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Wonder Hearing Continues in Cranford
By MADOLYN LAURINE 
Thursday, September 25, 2025
CRANFORD — Hearings for the proposed Wonder Foods, LLC operations expansion at 42 Jackson Drive entered its third month of testimony on Wednesday during the Cranford Planning Board’s most recent meeting. Board chair Molly Kellett and Vice Chair Juan Carlos Nordelo were absent from the proceedings, w...
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Sherrill, Ciattarelli Clash During Live Debate
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, September 25, 2025
STATE — New Jersey’s gubernatorial candidates squared off on Sunday evening during the season’s first televised debate since the June primary, clashing over everything from immigration to government spending and transparency.Democrat Rebecca Michelle “Mikie” Sherrill, a former Navy helicopter pilot ...
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Washington School Show Celebrates 79 Years
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Washington School Show Celebrates 79 Years
Thursday, January 15, 2026
WESTFIELD -- Westfield’s Washington Elementary “Washington School Show” returns for its 79th annual performance with a unique production entitled, “Le...
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Saks Bankruptcy Leads To Questions For Westfield Redevel.
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Saks Bankruptcy Leads To Questions For Westfield Redevel.
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, January 22, 2026
WESTFIELD – The news that Saks Global, the managing entity behind the One Westfield Place Redevelopment Project, would be filing for bankruptcy made g...
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Cranford Legal Battle Draws To A Close After Three Years
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, January 15, 2026
CRANFORD – A legal battle that has been stretching out for almost three years between the Township of Cranford and an active member of its Police Depa...
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Annette Marie Capone
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Annette Marie Capone Annette Marie (nee Esposito) Capone, 81, died on January 12, 2026, surrounded by family. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, she gre...
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Harmon V. Swart II
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Harmon V. Swart II
Thursday, January 15, 2026
Harmon V. Swart II Harmon V. Swart II, 78, of Cooperstown, NY, formerly of Westfield, NJ, passed away January 1, 2026. He was born August 5, 1947, in ...
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