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...

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, ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...