WESTFIELD — The Westfield Board of Education met on May 1 for its reorganization meeting, where Business Administrator/Board Secretary Patricia Ramos swore in re-elected membersLeilaMorrelliandSonalPatel, along with newly-elected Julie Steinberg, for their three-year terms. New board leadership also...

WESTFIELD — Plans to convert almost seven acres of underutilized scrub brush into a new recreational asset are underway at Tamaques Park, where town representatives are working to lay out the groundwork for necessary improvements.“We started this process by reviewing materials from years past like t...

SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD — Scotch Plains-Fanwood Public Schools has launched a new website, spfk12.org/future, to engage the community leading up to the Tuesday, September 17 bond referendum. The website features details to help citizens in Scotch Plains and Fanwood learn about how the referendum would...

CLARK Tuesday, April 30, police took a report of a shoplifting incident that occurred at the Ulta Beauty store, located at 1255 Raritan Road. Two male suspects and one female suspect were seen concealing merchandise, valued at $14,727, and passing all points of sale. This incident is under investiga...

WESTFIELD — On Monday, during a regular meeting of the Westfield Board of Health, local officials announced that measles are on the rise in the United States for the first time in over five years.According to information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the country s...

CRANFORD — Township officials are working to lower the speed limit on Walnut Avenue in conjunction with overall plans to address the ongoing construction at 750 Walnut and support the safety of the residents who live in the area. On Tuesday, during a regular meeting of the township committee, Mayor ...

WESTFIELD — Over the course of the next 12 months, theWestfield Board of Education (BOE) plans to introduce a large-scale capital budget referendum that, if approved, will allow the district to improve its facilities and address existing deficiencies.Before any of that can happen, however, the board...

CLARK — During Monday night’s workshop meeting, Janice Patrichie, a resident of Gertrude Street, addressed the Clark Township Council with concerns about traffic on her street caused by the amount of soccer games at Bartell Field. Ms. Patrichie She stressed that this was not the first time she had b...

CLARK —The Clark Board of Education on Monday unanimously approved its 2024-2025 general operating budget of $47,784,275, $36 million of which will need to be raised by taxes.“We’re thrilled to have no staff reductions in this budget,” said Superintendent Edward Grande, noting that the district will...

EAST ORANGE -- Brittany Claybrooks, a former East Orange councilwoman and North Jersey political director of Andy Kim’s U.S. Senate campaign announced her run for the Democratic primary for Congress in New Jersey's 10th Congressional District.'It's time for fresh, young leadership dedicated to makin...