By MARTA ESQUÍROZ For The Leader/Times CRANFORD — New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order No. 219 last Friday, allowing restaurants to expand their indoor-capacity limits, but some local restaurant owners say it does not help their businesses. “From today, all our restaurants can expa...

WESTFIELD – Westfield High School will offer four days a week of in-person learning for the third marking period, Superintendent Margaret Dolan, Ed.D., announced at Tuesday’s Board of Education (BOE) meeting. Parents and students were surveyed on whether or not they would prefer in-person or virtual...

FANWOOD — Mayor Colleen Mahr complimented the Fanwood Department of Public Works (DPW) at Monday’s borough council meeting for its hard work during the storm earlier this week. She asked that residents be patient while doing the “snow dance” of digging themselves out and then having the plow dump sn...

TRENTON — Senator Tom Kean, Jr. announced February 1 that he will not seek re-election to the New Jersey State Senate as the representative for the 21st District once his term ends in 2022. Mr. Kean currently is Senate Republican Leader. “Public service will always be a part of who I am and how I li...

WESTFIELD – Westfield High School will offer four days a week of in-person learning for the third marking period, Superintendent Margaret Dolan, Ed.D., announced at Tuesday’s Board of Education (BOE) meeting. Parents and students were surveyed on whether or not they would prefer in-person or virtual...

FANWOOD — Mayor Colleen Mahr complimented the Fanwood Department of Public Works (DPW) at Monday’s borough council meeting for its hard work during the storm earlier this week. She asked that residents be patient while doing the “snow dance” of digging themselves out and then having the plow dump sn...

TRENTON — Senator Tom Kean, Jr. announced February 1 that he will not seek re-election to the New Jersey State Senate as the representative for the 21st District once his term ends in 2022. Mr. Kean currently is Senate Republican Leader. “Public service will always be a part of who I am and how I li...

SCOTCH PLAINS — After opening its doors on Tuesday, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood school district called an emergency remote-learning day for January 22. At first, the district believed that a hardware problem was causing disruptions to its internet connection, but after further inspection, found that t...

WESTFIELD — When the Covid-19 pandemic hit Westfield a little less than a year ago, residents were quick to thank frontline healthcare workers through online messages, signs in driveways and donations. After nearly a year since the beginning of the pandemic, the Westfield Volunteer Rescue Squad (WVR...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Town Council passed an ordinance amending the Westfield Bicycle Board and read a proclamation in honor of the Westfield Green Team achieving Silver Level Certification from Sustainable New Jersey. Mayor Shelley Brindle spoke at the regular meeting about the vaccination situ...