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 – Township officials hailed the start of a significant redevelopment project on East Second Street, which will be the first such development in many years on that thoroughfare.Early on Tuesday evening, ground was officially broken for the project on a trio of adjoining properties on Ea...

AREA — Governor Phil Murphy has appointed his former chief of staff, George Helmy, to fill an unexpired vacancy left by Senator Robert Menendez, who stepped down this week after recently being convicted on corruption charges.“Eleven months ago, all of us — in New Jersey and across America — were sho...

Your business can sponsor the Police Blotter Call 908-232-4407 or email sales@goleader.comCLARKTuesday, August 13, Khalil Fields, 31, of Jersey City was arrested in the vicinity of Raritan Road on multiple outstanding warrants from the Hudson County Sheriff’s Department, Jersey City and Newark, tota...

CRANFORD — Five young men from Cranford found a missing resident at Yankee Stadium last month.Peter Fekete, a teenager who is neurodivergent, left his home on foot around 2 p.m. on the Sunday of July 7, Mayor Brian Andrews stated in a proclamation at the August 13 Cranford Township Committee meeting...

WESTFIELD — Over the course of the past 90 years, the Town Book Store of Westfield has weathered more than its fair share of challenges. But despite major recessions, the switch to digital media and even the pandemic shutdown, the shop has always persevered.And while the bookstore has had multiple o...

CRANFORD — Residents voiced their opinions on the potential addition of a private temporary ice rink in the Orange Avenue Pool parking lot at the township committee’s August 13 meeting.The pop-up rink would be in operation from October to mid-March. On weekdays the rink would be open from 3:30 p.m. ...

MOUNTAINSIDE — The Mountainside Board of Education approved the 2024-2025 Berkeley Heights Governor Livingston High School General Education Tuition Agreement Contract in the amount of $4,316,718 at Tuesday night’s meeting.The board also approved the Berkeley Heights Governor Livingston High School ...