GARWOOD – The Borough Council held its biweekly meeting on February 11, during which several council members gave reports on various issues concerning the municipality. Councilman Sean Benoit presented the first report of the night, in which he discussed the actions of the Laws and Licenses Committe...

AREA — The governing bodies of Westfield, Scotch Plains, Fanwood and Garwood have approved resolutions to “endorse undertaking a shared services study with the State of New Jersey and the Municipal Division of Courts in Union County.” The state will conduct a financial and operations review to ident...

AREA — Commuter parking permit sales are down in Westfield and Cranford amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, which has changed how people work, possibly permanently. According to a study done by the Pew Research Center, 71 percent of employed adults are working from home and more than half of them ar...

GARWOOD – The Borough Council held its biweekly meeting on February 11, during which several council members gave reports on various issues concerning the municipality. Councilman Sean Benoit presented the first report of the night, in which he discussed the actions of the Laws and Licenses Committe...

By MARTA ESQUÍROZ For The Leader/Times CRANFORD – The zoning board of adjustment met on Monday night to review the application ZBA-20-003 from Cranford Harrison Developers LLC to build new luxury apartments at 24 South Avenue West. Project manager Alex Pavlovsky called the project “transformational”...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Town Council members went through multiple agenda items at their snappy Tuesday night meeting. The council rejected energy aggregation bids, reappointed the municipal judge, passed two ordinances and announced two new traffic lights to be installed in town. The council reje...

By MARTA ESQUÍROZ For The Leader/Times CRANFORD — New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order No. 219 last Friday, allowing restaurants to expand their indoor-capacity limits, but some local restaurant owners say it does not help their businesses. “From today, all our restaurants can expa...

By MARTA ESQUÍROZ For The Leader/Times CRANFORD – The zoning board of adjustment met on Monday night to review the application ZBA-20-003 from Cranford Harrison Developers LLC to build new luxury apartments at 24 South Avenue West. Project manager Alex Pavlovsky called the project “transformational”...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Town Council members went through multiple agenda items at their snappy Tuesday night meeting. The council rejected energy aggregation bids, reappointed the municipal judge, passed two ordinances and announced two new traffic lights to be installed in town. The council reje...

By MARTA ESQUÍROZ For The Leader/Times CRANFORD — New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order No. 219 last Friday, allowing restaurants to expand their indoor-capacity limits, but some local restaurant owners say it does not help their businesses. “From today, all our restaurants can expa...