SCOTCH PLAINS – Mayor Alexander Smith said last week that plans for the first phase of downtown redevelopment will be ready to be shown to the public very soon once township officials worked with the developers to finalize standards for building heights and parking. “We’re very close to a real plan,...

WESTFIELD — Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, restaurants have had a difficult and unsteady year of business. Restaurants shut down in-person dining at the beginning of the pandemic, reopened with outdoor dining during the spring, saw Governor Phil Murphy’s reversal of the planned indoor reopening in la...

WESTFIELD — Nine of the 10 candidates running for the Westfield Board of Education took part in Thursday’s virtual “Meet the Candidates,” presented by the Westfield Parent Teacher Council and moderated by Lisa Winkler from the League of Women Voters. There are three open positions on the board this ...

SCOTCH PLAINS – Democrats will seek to expand their 3-to-2 majority on the township council in next month’s election, in which the mayor’s seat and a council seat are up for grabs. Republican Mayor Alexander Smith is seeking a second term and facing a challenge from Deputy Mayor Josh Losardo, a Demo...

WESTFIELD — Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, restaurants have had a difficult and unsteady year of business. Restaurants shut down in-person dining at the beginning of the pandemic, reopened with outdoor dining during the spring, saw Governor Phil Murphy’s reversal of the planned indoor reopening in la...

WESTFIELD — Nine of the 10 candidates running for the Westfield Board of Education took part in Thursday’s virtual “Meet the Candidates,” presented by the Westfield Parent Teacher Council and moderated by Lisa Winkler from the League of Women Voters. There are three open positions on the board this ...

SCOTCH PLAINS – Democrats will seek to expand their 3-to-2 majority on the township council in next month’s election, in which the mayor’s seat and a council seat are up for grabs. Republican Mayor Alexander Smith is seeking a second term and facing a challenge from Deputy Mayor Josh Losardo, a Demo...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Recreation Commission met Monday via Zoom and discussed the statement Mayor Shelley Brindle released pertaining to teenagers loitering in Mindowaskin Park, a Brightwood cleanup and the financials of the commission. (The full statement can be found on Page 6.) Scott Katz, co...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Last Thursday’s Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education (BOE) meeting went past midnight due to the many residents who called in to discuss the field lights that were installed over the summer and the way in which the board handled the project. There is a pending court case on the m...

CRANFORD — After an evening full of testimony and resident questions, members of the Cranford Board of Adjustment on Monday carried over an application for a drive-through Dunkin’ at the corner of South Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard to the board’s Monday, October 26 meeting. The meeting was a continu...