GARWOOD – The Board of Education met for the first time this calendar year in order to swear in the newly elected board members. The meeting also saw the board elect a new president. Four members of the Board of Education were elected in uncontested races this past November. Salvatore Piarulli, Apri...

SCOTCH PLAINS – Township redevelopment officials will begin a nationwide search for a downtown redeveloper, Mayor Joshua Losardo said, a process that could take most of this year. “Redevelopment is not easy and takes a long time,” the mayor said as he kicked off the second year of his mayoralty. The...

Governor Murphy Swears In Elected Officials WESTFIELD — Governor Phil Murphy paid a special visit to Westfield on Tuesday to administer the oath of office to Mayor Shelley Brindle and Council members David Contract, Dawn Mackey, Mike Dardia and Linda Habgood. The five Democrats won reelection to the...

WESTFIELD — As Westfield looks to the new year, many of the town’s ongoing and oft-contested redevelopment projects will be moving into the next stages of completion. The rapid influx of new construction has left many residents with unanswered questions about what can be built and where. The Westfie...

AREA — New Jersey Democrats gained some contested ground last week when the state’s Congressional Redistricting Commission chose to adopt the party’s map over one submitted by Republicans. Still, elected officials and state residents alike worry that the decision could make it more difficult for the...

AREA — Union County officials and local residents alike were disheartened to learn of the passing of Surrogate James S. LaCorte, who served the county for four full terms. Mr. LaCorte was 74 at the time of his death. As Surrogate, Mr. LaCorte, who was elected to his fifth term in 2019, was responsib...

AREA — New Jersey Democrats gained some contested ground last week when the state’s Congressional Redistricting Commission chose to adopt the party’s map over one submitted by Republicans. Still, elected officials and state residents alike worry that the decision could make it more difficult for the...

AREA — Union County officials and local residents alike were disheartened to learn of the passing of Surrogate James S. LaCorte, who served the county for four full terms. Mr. LaCorte was 74 at the time of his death. As Surrogate, Mr. LaCorte, who was elected to his fifth term in 2019, was responsib...

WESTFIELD – What could be more fulfilling than being in person at a concert with music by the New Jersey Festival Orchestra, three august tenors, a special guest soprano, topped off with angelic voices of elementary school children? The 1728 Presbyterian Church in Westfield, dressed up royally with ...

SCOTCH PLAINS — An increase in Covid cases has brought “a number of challenges” to the Scotch Plains-Fanwood school district, Superintendent Joan Mast, Ed.D., said at last Thursday’s board of education meeting. In addition to more student quarantines, staffing has been impacted by the higher rates, ...