SCOTCH PLAINS – A bid by Rahway Road homeowners to keep a backyard gravel path for their young children to ride electric cars and bicycles was rejected by the zoning board of adjustment last week. In the early spring, Bobby Lashkari and Carolina Souza had installed the 475-foot long winding, circula...

COUNTY — A number of parks, playgrounds, community spaces and recreation centers throughout Union County will soon be getting some much-needed love thanks to this year’s Kids Recreation Trust Fund and Greening Union County grants, both of which secured the unanimous approval of the Union County Boar...

The Friends of the Fanwood Memorial Library invite you to “Tips for a Painless Kitchen or Bath Remodel” on Wednesday, October 19 at 7 pm. located at Monk’s Design Studio, 246 South Ave, Fanwood. Join members of the Monk’s Design team for a conversation about planning your kitchen or bathroom remodel...

From what I understand, the votes on the Edison field plan will take place soon. If voted yes, tower lights and artificial turf will be installed on 250,000 square feet behind Edison Intermediate School. What a travesty this would be. The Edison plan needs to be voted down. To burden this location w...

I will be casting my vote for Amanda Como again this year. I believe if more residents exercise their right to vote, she will be our next councilwoman in Ward 1. I’m not sure residents in our ward are aware of just how close she came to winning the last election. Amanda received 44 percent of the vo...

As a Westfield resident with a house on Dudley Avenue, I am accustomed to occasionally having more cars on my street than other areas of town. In addition to being the home of Roosevelt Intermediate School, Dudley Avenue serves as a cut through between North Avenue and Mountain Avenue. Therefore, tr...

WESTFIELD — A regular meeting of the Westfield mayor and council took an unexpected, if not slightly contentious, turn on Tuesday when Mayor Shelley Brindle attempted to engage Councilman Mark LoGrippo in a public conversation about the potential financial impact of the town’s proposed downtown deve...

WESTFIELD —.Dozens of Westfield residents, some, lifelong members of the community and others as young as 10, stepped to the podium during Tuesday night’s regular meeting of the mayor and council to share their views, voice their support and air their concerns about the town’s long-standing proposal...

FANWOOD — The borough council on Monday grappled with the question of how much a local government should be involved in determining what types of businesses should operate in town. Andy Song, the owner of a South Avenue nail salon, spoke on behalf of several other nail salon owners at the council’s ...

CLARK — Superintendent Edward Grande outlined this year’s district goals and objectives during a brief meeting of the Clark Board of Education, which was held on Monday in the township’s council chambers. This year’s district goals can be broken into three objectives, Mr. Grande said: “to foster pos...