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March 18, 2024

WESTFIELD, NJ — Get ready to see your beloved characters and hear your favorite songs come to life with Edison Intermediate School Theater Guild’s upcoming spring musical, Disney’s “Frozen, Jr.” Michael Altman is the director. Janine Dayson is the choreographer and Stephen Markowski is the ...

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WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield Police are getting more license plate recognition cameras to help fight crime, according to Police Chief Christopher Battiloro. The LPR cameras alert the police department of a stolen vehicle entering or leaving Westfield. As a result of an alert, responding police ...

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WESTFIELD, NJ –  Read these stories and more at the links below. Westfield Getting New Restaurants: Vietnamese, Rush Bowls, ‘Play Café,’ More Westfield Council Approves Purchase of Property to Expand Firehouse 2 Westfield Siblings Win Raffle to Become ‘Police Chiefs’ for a ...

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WESTFIELD, NJ — In a strategic move to bolster career exploration opportunities for its students, the Westfield High School counseling department has developed the Blue Devil Community Network. The initiative provides insight into various educational and career pathways by establishing ...

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WESTFIELD, NJ — A bill intended to amend the legislation around affordable housing in New Jersey has been postponed, Mayor Shelley Brindle said Friday. In her weekly update, Mayor Brindle announced that a Senate vote on bill S50, which seeks to change a municipality's responsibility in providing ...

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TRENTON, NJ — At a state Senate budget hearing earlier this week, advocates for the media and transparency voiced their concerns about proposed changes to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act, and by Friday, March 15, the measure had been put on hold. Bill A-4045 was to be heard in committee ...

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WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield police are seeking the public’s assistance regarding a hit-and-run motor vehicle crash that happened last week, the police department posted on social media. On Thursday, March 7, at about 7:20 a.m., a burgundy/red Jeep Grand Cherokee struck a parked Acura MDX on ...

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WESTFIELD, NJ — The Westfield High School softball team will look to its returning players to lead the charge once the spring season gets underway April 1 at Union Catholic.  The Blue Devils are coming off a 13-14 season where they reached the county tournament semifinals and quarterfinals of ...

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SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ — Not in our backyard.  That's the sentiment of Scotch Plains residents and the Township Council, which approved Resolution 2024-68 opposing the location of the proposed Westfield cell tower at the governing body’s meeting on Tuesday, March 5. This cell tower is currently ...

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WESTFIELD, NJ — “An Inspector Calls,” a mystery by J.B. Priestley, opens March 16 at Westfield Community Players. The play, written in 1945, takes place in an industrial city in England in 1912. A young woman has died under mysterious circumstances. Confessions, denials and unsuspecting twists ...

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WESTFIELD, NJ — This senior finishes her career at Westfield High School as the most-decorated swimmer the school has ever known.  Clare Logan is this week’s Andy Heinz and The Westfield Legacy Agency’s Allstate Westfield Athlete of the Week. Logan swam in Olympic Trials in 2021, when she was ...

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PLAINFIELD, NJ — Since Aranwood Kennel manager Richard DuBarton was arrested on charges of animal cruelty late last month, the City of Plainfield has had to quickly move to find a new animal control provider. At Monday's City Council meeting the administration proposed Title Shot Kennels, located ...

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ELIZABETH, NJ — Twelve-year-old Yohan Lopez, of Elizabeth, has been located, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office said Wednesday afternoon. Lopez had been last seen Wednesday, March 13, at 7:30 a.m. wearing a blue shirt and blue sweatshirt with khaki pants, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office ...

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NEW BRUNSWICK — The woman who had bellied up to the counter was very pregnant and very hungry, but couldn’t cover the bacon, egg and cheese sandwich she had ordered. The man behind the register gruffly insisted that she cough up the $12.61 for the food. When bystander Violet Robinson heard their ...

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WESTFIELD, NJ — The residential property being acquired at 1037 Central Avenue will be used to expand and update the adjacent fire station on 1029 Central Avenue. Westfield's town council voted unanimously to approve a special ordinance authorizing the purchase of the property at its meeting on ...

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WESTFIELD, NJ — Several new restaurants are headed to Westfield, including award-winning Vietnamese, quick-serve Mediterranean, health-conscious smoothie bowls and a “play café” where parents can sip lattes while kids keep themselves amused.  Read below for a preview of what we know is to ...

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NEW BRUNSWICK — Reported bias incidents at Rutgers-New Brunswick more than doubled in 2023 from the previous year, according to statistics released by state officials. There were 77 reported bias incidents in 2023, up from the 36 that were reported in 2022, according to data from Attorney ...

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WESTFIELD, NJ — Want to help save our oceans? Dive in and buy a hoodie from Westfield High School’s Ocean Preservation Club. After starting in the middle of last year, the club has grown to more than 100 members. It is run by co-presidents Jordan Hadel and Sabrina Muller. “We kind of just ...

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TRENTON, NJ — Advocates for transparency and open government testified Monday, March 11, against an overhaul to the state’s Open Public Records Act as government interests lauded the measure. The bill (S-2930), which if passed would be the first major update to the state’s public records law in ...

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WESTFIELD, NJ — The Westfield boys indoor track team took its talents up north this past weekend from the friendly confines of the Garden State and competed in the 2024 New Balance Nationals Indoor Track & Field Championships (March 7-10) at the TRACK at New Balance and the Reggie Lewis Track ...

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WESTFIELD, NJ — The community raffle, created by the Westfield United Fund, was the non-profit’s new fundraising initiative that offered an exclusive experience for the winners. On March 8, Gauri Rijhsinghani, 7, and her brother, Anuj Rijhsinghani, 5, spent an afternoon learning about the roles ...

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WESTFIELD, NJ — A wind advisory is in effect on Monday, March 11, from 2 a.m. until 11 p.m., the National Weather Service announced. Northwest winds blowing 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph are expected, it said, and Isolated wind gusts upwards of 60 mph may be possible. “Gusty winds will ...

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UNION, NJ -- It rained on their parade... and they didn't care.  The weather for the 2024 Union County St. Patrick's Day Parade was rainy and cool, not dissimilar from the weather in Ireland, the ancestral homeland of the large majority of participants in this year's march along Morris Avenue.

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UNION COUNTY, NJ — Residents could face a 1.75% increase in the county portion of their property tax bill this year, after the 2024 budget is presented for a Union County Commissioner board vote in upcoming months.  County Manager Ed Oatman presented a 2024 executive budget with a 1.75% tax ...

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WESTFIELD, NJ — With new initiatives, more residents are stopping by the library to not only read, but engage with new programs and community events, said Library Director Allen McGinley. The Westfield Department of Health is warning residents to avoid a recently recalled supplement product ...

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WESTFIELD, NJ — A flood watch is in effect in Westfield from 10 p.m. Saturday, March 9, through 9 a.m. Sunday, March 10, the National Weather Service has announced. One to two inches of rain are expected to fall, the weather service said, with the heaviest rain expected Saturday evening into the ...

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SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ — The Friendly Sons of St Patrick of Union County honored Westfield resident Bob Sloan and long-time childhood friend Jim O'Brien of Scotch Plains as the organization's Irishmen of the Year at the 62nd Annual Irish Heritage Tribute Dinner, Thursday, March 7, at Shackamaxon Country ...

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WASHINGTON, DC — Francesca Mani, a Westfield High School sophomore who has been advocating for stronger laws surrounding AI-generated pornography, attended President Biden’s State of the Union Address Thursday night as the guest of Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07). Each member of Congress is ...

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WESTFIELD, NJ — It’ll be very. On March 14, 15 and 16 students at Westfield High School will perform “Heathers The Musical: Teen Edition.”   “The musical is about Veronica Sawyer, a high school girl living in Ohio,” said senior Rachel Klemm, who plays Veronica. “During senior year, she ...

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NEWARK, NJ — The Center for Politics and Race in America at Rutgers-Newark is now the Sheila Y. Oliver Center for Race in Politics in America. University officials, along with state and local officials, renamed the school at a ceremony attended by family members of the late lieutenant ...

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