SCOTCH PLAINS — The planning board on Monday gave its unanimous approval to an application to construct a multi-family residential building on Front Street, the first significant private development in the downtown since the township’s redevelopment efforts got underway. The 41-unit, three-story bui...

AREA — For kids in the New Jersey foster-care system, life can feel like a never-ending series of unanswered questions — where is home? Am I safe? Who can I trust? Will anyone be there to listen? Thanks to the efforts of one dedicated volunteer group, however, Union County’s most vulnerable resident...

WESTFIELD — Students and parents spoke during Tuesday’s board of education meeting about their frustration with the school district’s response to the recent anti-Semitic and racial graffiti found in Westfield High School (WHS) bathrooms. There were two separate incidents reported this month. The fir...

AREA — For kids in the New Jersey foster-care system, life can feel like a never-ending series of unanswered questions — where is home? Am I safe? Who can I trust? Will anyone be there to listen? Thanks to the efforts of one dedicated volunteer group, however, Union County’s most vulnerable resident...

FANWOOD – The borough council this week reacted to the planned dissolution of the Plainfield Municipal Utilities Authority (PMUA) by planning the approval of a resolution declaring an emergency that will allow it to solicit bids for recycling services and bypass normal bidding procedures. Last month...

COUNTY — The first in-person meeting of the Union County Board of County Commissioners since the start of the pandemic took a contentious turn when the board voted to approve pay raises for the county’s top administrators in spite of public outcry. Dozens of local residents and lower-level county em...

WESTFIELD — A multi-faceted construction project slated for downtown Westfield came one step closer to actualization on Tuesday when the mayor and council voted unanimously to adopt the Prospect and Ferris Redevelopment Plan. If completed, the proposed four-story building would consist of up to 64 h...

COUNTY — The first in-person meeting of the Union County Board of County Commissioners since the start of the pandemic took a contentious turn when the board voted to approve pay raises for the county’s top administrators in spite of public outcry. Dozens of local residents and lower-level county em...

SCOTCH PLAINS – The township council on Monday night formally approved a resolution changing the name of the Scotch Hills Country Club to Shady Rest Country Club. The nine-hole facility on Jerusalem Road was founded 100 years ago as the first African-American-owned country club in the United States,...

WESTFIELD — After more than two years of virtual instruction and an unusual number of natural disasters, students of the Hillcrest and Lamberts Mill Academies may finally be returning to the classroom, thanks to some out-of-the-box thinking and, ironically, a big-box store. Westfield Mayor Shelley B...