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...

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...

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...

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...

WESTFIELD — Mayor Shelley Brindle and the town council came one step closer towards reaching their ultimate goal of responsible environmental stewardship in November by being granted a designation of honor by a statewide initiative at this year’s League of Municipalities Convention, held last month ...

SCOTCH PLAINS — At last Thursday’s meeting of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education, Business Administrator Christopher Jones said the national bus driver shortage has impacted the district. The district has multiple contingency plans to handle regular disruptions to transportation services, ...

GARWOOD — The Garwood Council approved changes to the borough bylaws that would change the roles and makeup of council committees. The ordinances were introduced during Monday’s meeting of the governing body. Borough Administrator Kyle Harris introduced the changes during his report. “What it comes ...

WESTFIELD — A Westfield home that has watched the community grow up around its eaves may be getting a second lease on life as the area’s newest living history project. The pre-Revolutionary War home, located at 112 Ferris Place, is one of two local sites that were recently approved by the Westfield ...