SCOTCH PLAINS – The township council on Monday night formally approved a resolution changing the name of the Scotch Hills Country Club to Shady Rest Country Club. The nine-hole facility on Jerusalem Road was founded 100 years ago as the first African-American-owned country club in the United States,...

WESTFIELD — After more than two years of virtual instruction and an unusual number of natural disasters, students of the Hillcrest and Lamberts Mill Academies may finally be returning to the classroom, thanks to some out-of-the-box thinking and, ironically, a big-box store. Westfield Mayor Shelley B...

WESTFIELD — After more than two years of virtual instruction and an unusual number of natural disasters, students of the Hillcrest and Lamberts Mill Academies may finally be returning to the classroom, thanks to some out-of-the-box thinking and, ironically, a big-box store. Westfield Mayor Shelley B...

WESTFIELD — Frank DeRosa, Sr., an unassuming man in a white butcher’s coat and a cheerful red bow tie, talks about meat the way other people might talk about a treasured work of art. “Do you see this?” he asked, tapping hard on an aged side of beef in his new custom-built cooler. “This right here is...

WESTFIELD — For Lisa Sommers, owner of the new Elm Street Gallery (The Gallery), art and tranquility go hand in hand. “I just find it very fulfilling to make beautiful spaces,” Ms. Sommers told Union County HAWK during a visit to The Gallery last week. “When I first looked at this store, it was pain...

WESTFIELD — After more than two years of virtual instruction and an unusual number of natural disasters, students of the Hillcrest and Lamberts Mill Academies may finally be returning to the classroom, thanks to some out-of-the-box thinking and, ironically, a big-box store. Westfield Mayor Shelley B...

WESTFIELD — After more than two years of virtual instruction and an unusual number of natural disasters, students of the Hillcrest and Lamberts Mill Academies may finally be returning to the classroom, thanks to some out-of-the-box thinking and, ironically, a big-box store. Westfield Mayor Shelley B...

WESTFIELD — Mayor Shelley Brindle and the town council came one step closer towards reaching their ultimate goal of responsible environmental stewardship in November by being granted a designation of honor by a statewide initiative at this year’s League of Municipalities Convention, held last month ...

WESTFIELD — Frank DeRosa, Sr., an unassuming man in a white butcher’s coat and a cheerful red bow tie, talks about meat the way other people might talk about a treasured work of art. “Do you see this?” he asked, tapping hard on an aged side of beef in his new custom-built cooler. “This right here is...

SCOTCH PLAINS — At last Thursday’s meeting of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education, Business Administrator Christopher Jones said the national bus driver shortage has impacted the district. The district has multiple contingency plans to handle regular disruptions to transportation services, ...