SCOTCH PLAINS — The planning board on Monday night retained its leadership and most of its professional team for 2024, with Chairman Jeffrey Strauss saying the board will need to start thinking about updating the township’s master plan as lawmakers in Trenton look set to enact legislation on afforda...

CLARK — During Clark’s first planning board meeting of the new year, held on January 4, the board reviewed an application for a new drive-thru Starbucks at the site of the former Molly Maguire’s restaurant on Central Avenue. The application was last revised in December to incorporate additional park...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education (BOE) met for its reorganization meeting on Thursday, which began with the board announcing the annual school-election results. With a total of 6,837 votes cast in Scotch Plains, 3,969 went to Sonali Phatak Parve and 4,356 went to Evan Mur...

WESTFIELD — Westfield kicked off the new year by officially swearing in its four newest council members during the town’s annual reorganization meeting on Tuesday. Representative Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ07) joined the council on the dais to administer the oaths of office to Todd Saunders (Ward 1), Michael ...

WESTFIELD — A complaint that was filed last year against a member of the Westfield Board of Education has been dismissed by the state’s School Ethics Commission. The complaint, initially filed by resident Stephanie Siegel in February, accused board member Sahar Aziz of using her personal social-medi...

GARWOOD — During Tuesday night's re-organization meeting, Councilwoman Karina Boto and Councilman Sean Foley were sworn in as members of the Garwood Borough Council. Councilman Vincent Kearney, along with being sworn in, also was elected to serve as the new council president with a majority of yes v...

WESTFIELD — Long-awaited efforts to convert Westfield's historic train station depot into a restaurant and cocktail bar are still underway after more than two years of negotiations and construction delays. 'The north-side upgrades will benefit not only the new restaurant, but also future town needs ...

CLARK — The first order of business at the Clark Council Reorganization Meeting held on Tuesday included the election of council president and vice president for the new year. Councilwoman Angel Albanese was sworn in as council president and Steven M. Hund was sworn in as vice president. “I must tha...

SCOTCHPLAINS—Mayor Joshua Losardo on Tuesday set out the township council’s 2024 agenda, which will include further progress on downtown redevelopment, more improvements to parks and recreation programs, continued attention to veterans residing in town, more environmental-related events and programs...

AREA — The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General is actively investigating the death of an alleged car thief who was shot during an altercation with Cranford Police late last week. According to official reports, two officers from the Cranford Police Department were pursuing a stolen vehicle down...