COUNTY — The Union County Prosecutor’s Office and Acting Prosecutor Lyndsay Ruotolo have another lawsuit on their hands after Victim-Witness Unit employee Maria Reynolds-Jerussi filed a suit in mid-November alleging workplace discrimination based on Ms. Reynolds-Jerussi’s pregnancy as well as unlawf...

CRANFORD — During Monday’s Cranford Board of Education (BOE) meeting, Superintendent Scott Rubin, Ed.D., said the district “made the right decision” about closing schools for the two weeks following Thanksgiving as Covid-19 cases rose and acknowledged there were many questions and concerns regarding...

SCOTCH PLAINS – Redevelopment officials hailed last month’s confirmation by a judge that the township is in full compliance with the affordable-housing settlement agreement it reached with developers in early 2019. “This is a big deal,” Mayor Alexander Smith said of the final declaratory Judgment of...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Town Council met for the last time in 2020 on Tuesday, at which time officials discussed a new recycling vendor, redevelopment plans and multiple end-of-the-year resolutions to prepare for 2021. Town Administrator Jim Gildea made a recommendation at the start of the meeting...

SCOTCH PLAINS – “It was a hell of a good run,” says Alexander Smith, summing up his four-year mayoral term that wraps at the end of the month. “I took the town and moved it in the right direction.” Speaking this week to The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times, the mayor, who was defeated for re-election las...

CRANFORD — After multiple hearings and much deliberation, the Cranford Board of Adjustment carried a motion on Monday to deny Application No. ZBA 19-020 made by NATC Donuts Inc. to open a Dunkin’ drive-thru location at 49 South Avenue West. During the meeting, board members were given the opportunit...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Town Council met for the last time in 2020 on Tuesday, at which time officials discussed a new recycling vendor, redevelopment plans and multiple end-of-the-year resolutions to prepare for 2021. Town Administrator Jim Gildea made a recommendation at the start of the meeting...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Town Council met for the last time in 2020 on Tuesday, at which time officials discussed a new recycling vendor, redevelopment plans and multiple end-of-the-year resolutions to prepare for 2021. Town Administrator Jim Gildea made a recommendation at the start of the meeting...

SCOTCH PLAINS – “It was a hell of a good run,” says Alexander Smith, summing up his four-year mayoral term that wraps at the end of the month. “I took the town and moved it in the right direction.” Speaking this week to The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times, the mayor, who was defeated for re-election las...

CRANFORD — After multiple hearings and much deliberation, the Cranford Board of Adjustment carried a motion on Monday to deny Application No. ZBA 19-020 made by NATC Donuts Inc. to open a Dunkin’ drive-thru location at 49 South Avenue West. During the meeting, board members were given the opportunit...