COUNTY — After two years of abrupt policy changes, contentious debate and frustration on all sides, school districts across the state are now preparing to take back the reins and navigate the end of Governor Phil Murphy’s long-standing mask mandate. The mandate, which has been in place since the beg...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Historic Preservation Commission (WHPC) took a stroll down Memory Lane (and East Broad Street, Elm Street and Prospect Street) as part of its annual meet-and-greet presentation, held via Zoom on Monday. “Downtown Westfield is a well-preserved collection of late-19th to mid-...

CLARK — During Tuesday’s meeting of the Clark governing body, Lieutenant Christian Lott swore in new officers and presented rewards to police officers who performed heroic deeds or deeds worthy of praise in 2019. Lt. Lott spent the first part of the meeting highlighting the actions that the Clark po...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The small clapboard house next to the Alan Augustine Village Green and across from the Stage House Inn has been there since the 1760s. Inside are four small, low-ceilinged rooms featuring colonial and early-19th-century furnishings, including tables, chairs, an old-fashioned oven, pe...

WESTFIELD — Tuesday night’s Westfield Board of Education meeting, while calmer than some recent meetings, covered a broad range of hot-button topics, from new state curriculum for sex ed, to new mask-optional policies and racial issues. In regards to the Governor’s lifting of the mask mandate on Mon...

WESTFIELD — Thanks to the efforts of one young Westfield resident, a traffic circle on Route 28 will officially be renamed in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The governing body unanimously voted to approve the name change during its first regular in-person meeting of the year, held Tuesday at t...

SCOTCH PLAINS – Facing a lack of available haulers, the township intends to explore new ways for residents to dispose of bulky household waste that, for many years, was collected every June. Township manager Al Mirabella told the township council at its meeting on Tuesday that the hauler that has co...

GARWOOD – The Garwood Council met on February 10 at Borough Hall for their biweekly meeting. During the meeting, a project manager for the future Department of Public Works (DPW) building and Police Chief James Wright gave presentations to the Council on their specific jobs. The first presentation o...

MOUNTAINSIDE — The Mountainside Board of Education met briefly on Tuesday to discuss the upcoming changes to the district’s mask policy. Governor Phil Murphy announced earlier this month that the state mask mandate would expire on Monday, March 7 due to a steady decline in Covid-19 transmission rate...

CRANFORD — The Cranford Township Committee met last week to hear from department heads and establish a baseline for this year’s upcoming financial discussions at its annual capital budget hearing, held Thursday in the town hall. Big ticket items on this year’s list of requests include roadwork and i...