SCOTCH PLAINS — A Superior Court judge earlier this month dismissed a lawsuit filed in 2021 by a firm that was formerly one of the designated redevelopers for the downtown.In its suit against the mayor, the township council and the planning board, PS&S LLC, a Warren-based engineering firm, argued th...

FANWOOD — Voters in Fanwood and Scotch Plains will be heading to the polls in a few weeks to decide whether or not to approve a $115million bond referendum that will be used to purchase a vacant elementary school and finance upgrades throughout the local school district.But while district officials ...

CLARK — During Monday night’s regular meeting of the Clark Township Council, Councilman Brian P. Toal dedicated his council report to concerns about the current plan to demolish the Krowicki Gorny Funeral Home.“I got stopped in my tracks last week when I got told the address 211 Westfield Avenue,” s...

SCOTCH PLAINS – Township officials hailed the start of a significant redevelopment project on East Second Street, which will be the first such development in many years on that thoroughfare.Early on Tuesday evening, ground was officially broken for the project on a trio of adjoining properties on Ea...

CRANFORD — Five young men from Cranford found a missing resident at Yankee Stadium last month.Peter Fekete, a teenager who is neurodivergent, left his home on foot around 2 p.m. on the Sunday of July 7, Mayor Brian Andrews stated in a proclamation at the August 13 Cranford Township Committee meeting...

WESTFIELD — Over the course of the past 90 years, the Town Book Store of Westfield has weathered more than its fair share of challenges. But despite major recessions, the switch to digital media and even the pandemic shutdown, the shop has always persevered.And while the bookstore has had multiple o...

CRANFORD — Residents voiced their opinions on the potential addition of a private temporary ice rink in the Orange Avenue Pool parking lot at the township committee’s August 13 meeting.The pop-up rink would be in operation from October to mid-March. On weekdays the rink would be open from 3:30 p.m. ...

MOUNTAINSIDE — The Mountainside Board of Education approved the 2024-2025 Berkeley Heights Governor Livingston High School General Education Tuition Agreement Contract in the amount of $4,316,718 at Tuesday night’s meeting.The board also approved the Berkeley Heights Governor Livingston High School ...

GARWOOD — During Thursday night’s meeting of the Garwood mayor and council, Megan Avallone, a health officer with the Westfield Regional Health Department, addressed concerns about a vegetation-control program that has recently been introduced for Garwood Brook. The program, Ms. Avallone said, also ...

SCOTCH PLAINS —A fundraiser will take place in three weeks to mark Lafayette Day and the bicentennial of the farewell tour of Marquis de Lafayette, the French nobleman and military officer who joined the Continental Army and commanded troops during the Revolutionary War — and who also had a connecti...