WESTFIELD — For the past 134 years, the staff of The Westfield Leader has worked to provide readers with responsible news coverage and balanced reporting. The first issue rolled off the presses on September 5, 1890, and The Leader has been a fixture of the local community ever since. In the early da...

FANWOOD — In a little less than two weeks, residents in Scotch Plains and Fanwood will head to the polls to decide whether or not to support a $115-million bond referendum that, if approved, will be used to purchase a new elementary school and finance overdue capital improvements throughout the loca...

CLARK—During Tuesday night’s Clark Township Council Workshop meeting, residents voiced their concerns about a proposed boat launch near Wendell Place, which is part of Union County’s plans for the reservoir. Despite most of the project being cut, including the electric train ride and carousel, resid...

FANWOOD — The borough council will look into revising the parking ordinance to address problems at the municipal lot where businesses, residents and shoppers are competing for limited parking spaces, especially during weekday hours.At its agenda meeting on Tuesday, Lt. Dan Kranz briefed the governin...

AREA — As New Jersey municipalities prepare for a new round of affordable-housing obligations, one Bergen County mayor is working to overturn a long-standing rule that exempts certain urban and low-income communities from having to abide by the same standards as the rest of the state.Last month, Mon...

MOUNTAINSIDE — Dog owners will have to find another way to exercise their four-legged friends this fall while Union County works to renovate the amenities at the Echo Lake Dog Park.According to a notice posted on the county’s website, the dog park will be closed through January of next year.“It’s a ...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Board of Education (BOE) held its first regular meeting of the new school year on Tuesday to lay out some groundwork and finalize plans for the upcoming semester before students return to class next month. “We have been spending the majority of this summer preparing not onl...

WESTFIELD — An online survey about potential changes to Westfield’s trash-pickup ordinance that was posted to the town’s website earlier this month has led to some confusion among local residents who claim that the form is both unclear and poorly worded. The survey, drafted by the Westfield Green Te...

SCOTCH PLAINS — A Superior Court judge earlier this month dismissed a lawsuit filed in 2021 by a firm that was formerly one of the designated redevelopers for the downtown.In its suit against the mayor, the township council and the planning board, PS&S LLC, a Warren-based engineering firm, argued th...

FANWOOD — Voters in Fanwood and Scotch Plains will be heading to the polls in a few weeks to decide whether or not to approve a $115million bond referendum that will be used to purchase a vacant elementary school and finance upgrades throughout the local school district.But while district officials ...