WESTFIELD — On Wednesday evening, The Westfield Foundation celebrated 50 years of giving to the Westfield community by giving away $500,000 in Golden Impact Grant Awards to five area nonprofits.Started by a handful of residents in 1975 with just $200, The Foundation has grown into an organization th...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Construction of the new Lidl supermarket is expected to be completed by the end of next year, Mayor Joshua Losardo said on Tuesday night, with company officials telling him that they anticipate “finishing much sooner, in the Spring.” The township council approved modifications to its...

FANWOOD — The Fanwood Planning Board was met with a full crowd for its hearing on a potential new apartment building at 389 South Avenue. The former Chippery building may be demolished to make way for a new, 16-unit, three-story apartment complex featuring three affordable units and 24 parking space...

FANWOOD – Borough officials this week admitted to an error in calculating the municipal property tax rate for this year, which means that the original estimate of a nearly $100 per average household tax increase will now be about $179.At Monday’s borough council’s meeting, the governing body introdu...

GARWOOD — Last week, following a mandated public hearing, the Garwood Planning Board voted to approve amendments to the housing element of the borough’s Master Plan in accordance with state law and the most recent round of affordablehousing obligations. Robert Renaud, the borough’s affordable- housi...

AREA — New Jersey voters will face a heavy ballot day next week when they head to polls for the gubernatorial Primary Election.In December of last year, Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation to move the date of this year’s Primaries from Tuesday, June 3, to Tuesday, June 10, in order to allow memb...

TRENTON – Following the Senate’s concurrence with General Assembly amendments, a bill sponsored by Senate Majority Leader M. Teresa Ruiz and Senate President Nick Scutari, requiring boards of education to provide students, parents, and guardians with a no-fee option to make direct payments for schoo...

MOUNTAINSIDE — The Mountainside Council is debating whether or not to implement a new requirement that all households keep a fire extinguisher in the kitchen.“The positive for this is that it’s good to have a fire extinguisher in your home,” Michael Jackson, deputy director of the borough’s Office o...

CLARK — The Clark Township Council voted Monday to approve a long-term tax exemption that will be applied to a redevelopment project slated for construction at 27-29 Westfield Avenue.During the evening’s public hearing for Ordinance 25-19, mayoral candidate John Greaves addressed the council regardi...

CRANFORD — Cranford officials are working against a tight deadline to draft a new affordable-housing plan in accordance with state-level mandates. But, like dozens of other communities across New Jersey, the township is quickly running out of time.“This is a complex issue marked by skyrocketingprice...