Your business can sponsor the Police Blotter Call 908-232-4407 or email sales@goleader.comCLARKSunday, August 25, Luis Ordonez-Corte, 56, of Clark was arrested on Madison Hill Road and charged with Driving Under the Influence (DUI). He was subsequently released pending a court date.Monday, August 26...

WESTFIELD—The Westfield Town Council tackled a heavy agenda on Tuesday night that, among other initiatives, will authorize local officials to purchase a new fire truck, replace the filtration system at Memorial Pool, acquire a piece of underutilized property on South Avenue and finance improvements ...

CRANFORD — An application to subdivide a ProspectAvenue property into three residential lots was carried to next month following more than three hours of public testimony and debate on Wednesday.The proposal, which has already been tabled twice, was submitted on behalf of Anthony and Lisa Carbone, t...

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...

CLARK — The Clark Board of Education welcomed students, faculty, teachers, administrators and staff back for a new school year on Tuesday during a brief meeting held in the Clark Council chambers. Superintendent Ed Grande said Tuesday that faculty members and staff have been working to prepare for t...

WESTFIELD — A Westfield bakery that is well on its way to becoming a neighborhood institution has recently expanded its operations to bring sweet treats and savory confections to Morristown. Last week, Jeff and Uyen Kirshenbaum, owners of the Kirshenbaum Baking Company, celebrated their second grand...