COUNTY — Efforts by the Township of Cranford and at least a dozen other municipalities to get Governor Phil Murphy to reinstate the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) have been refuted in New Jersey Superior Court by state-level higher-ups who claim that the council never lived up to its expectati...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield mayor and council voted Tuesday to go out to bid for over $3.5 million in capital bonds that will be used to finance community improvements, upgrade the local infrastructure and provide some new equipment for the police department. The majority of this year’s $3,860,000 cap...

  COUNTY — The history of Union County — and the best way in which to represent it — has become a matter of some debate among local residents in recent weeks, thanks to a new initiative by the Commissioner Board to update and modernize the county seal. According to information provided by the county...

WESTFIELD — A group of Westfield residents concerned with overdevelopment in the downtown area has filed suit against the town and its elected representatives in response to the One Westfield Place redevelopment project. The lawsuit, filed with the Union County Superior Court system on behalf of Wes...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Municipal Planning Board approved an application on Monday for a redesign plan at Redifarm’s Greene Building, located on North Avenue East next to Westfield Lumber. The Greene Building, known locally as the former site of Handler Manufacturing, is currently being retrofitte...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Despite there being no visible movement of late on the redevelopment of the public properties in the downtown business district, plenty of activity is evident, or soon will be, elsewhere. The former Jade Isle restaurant at the corner of East Second Street and Terrill Road is slated f...

GARWOOD — As Women’s History Month comes to a close, Garwood made sure to celebrate by making some history of its own at the governing body meeting of March 23, where Jada Shucai was sworn in as the borough’s first female police officer. Ms. Shucai began her career in April 2021 as a 911 dispatcher ...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The township council will hold public hearings on Tuesday, April 18, on the municipal operating budget for 2023 as well as separate capital bond ordinances for Brookside Park upgrades and for the purchase of various equipment for municipal departments. At last week’s council meeting,...

WESTFIELD — Westfield residents should expect to see an average municipal tax increase of about $54 this year, town officials said Tuesday. The budget totals $54,948,209 which is up over $2.25 million from last year’s $52,696,210. “The town performed well in 2022, in large part due to reserves, heal...

CRANFORD — Cranford residents should expect to see their municipal taxes go up by about $106 this year, township officials said last Tuesday. This year’s $43,996,168.90 budget, Township Finance Chair Terrence Curran said, represents statewide inflation hikes coupled with “significant [mandated] incr...