SCOTCH PLAINS — The township council will introduce the 2023 operating budget next week, and it is expected that the municipal portion of the total property-tax levy this year will rise by about 3.5 percent, or $70 for the average household, thanks to higher expenditures associated with health insur...

WESTFIELD — The One Westfield Place redevelopment project took another step forward on Tuesday when the mayor and council voted to approve the redevelopment agreement with HBC|Streetworks and to introduce three key ordinances, including one that will allow the town to bond for up to $57 million to s...

CRANFORD — With one of the biggest capital budget requests to date, at a little over $13 million, Cranford township officials talked slashing requests at their capital budget meeting February 23. Lavonna Patterson, chief financial officer for Cranford, said she did not want the capital budget reques...

FANWOOD — Updates on two major construction projects — the new library and the Carano Square development — were presented at Tuesday’s borough council meeting. The council passed a resolution extending the date for completion of the new library by 58 days, to March 29, 2024. The $8.2-million project...

WESTFIELD — A 17-year-old Fanwood resident who crashed his pickup truck into a tree at Mindowaskin Park on Friday night is facing charges of reckless and careless driving after failing to report the incident to police. According to Chief Christopher Battiloro of the Westfield Police Department, the ...

WESTFIELD — When President Joe Biden gave his State of the Union Address in Washington, D.C., earlier this month, Rabbi Ethan Prosnit of Westfield’s own Temple Emanu-El had a front-row seat. Rabbi Prosnit, who has served as the senior rabbi at Temple Emanu-El since 2014, was invited to attend the ev...

WESTFIELD — A 17-year-old Fanwood resident who crashed his pickup truck into a tree at Mindowaskin Park on Friday night is facing charges of reckless and careless driving after failing to report the incident to police. According to Chief Christopher Battiloro of the Westfield Police Department, the ...

WESTFIELD — After months of presentations, public discussion and heated debate, the Westfield mayor and council voted Tuesday to approve the Lord & Taylor/Train Station Redevelopment Plan, locally known as One Westfield Place. “The significant amount of engagement that we have had with our residents...

CRANFORD — A member of the Cranford Police Department has filed a notice of tort claim against Mayor Brian Andrews for allegedly using social media to send the officer messages of a threatening nature. According to the notice, filed with the township on December 23 of last year, Mr. Andrews utilized...

GARWOOD — Douglas Stoffer will begin his role as Garwood’s next police chief starting March 1, when Chief James Wright is set to retire. Mayor Jen Blumenstock announced Stoffer’s promotion from captain at the February 9 meeting of the governing body. “I’m excited as I begin my tenure here as mayor t...