Updated: 10:07 p.m. Nov. 12

WESTFIELD, NJ – An online fundraiser has been started for the family of a 49-year-old resident who died while vacationing in the Florida Keys last Thursday.

Rodney Jinkins, who had 8-year-old twin children in McKinley School, died while snorkeling just off of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, authorities had said. As of Monday, funeral ...

WESTFIELD, NJ – Started 30 years ago, the Westfield High School “Booster Button Day” has since switched from distributing buttons to distributing magnets in exchange for donations.

But the fundraiser for local athletics is still commonly called “Booster Button Day.”

An estimated 500 local athletes buttoned up donations in Westfield on ...

WESTFIELD, NJ – About 280 people turned out for a fashion show at Lord & Taylor Thursday evening, funds raised from which will benefit local community programs, organizers said.

The third annual “Small Plates for a Great Cause” featured food from 25 local eateries and had Westfield High School football players and cheerleaders sporting the latest Lord & Taylor ...

The Westfield Rescue Squad plans to equip its ambulances with the opioid antidote naloxone.

WESTFIELD, NJ – Looking to focus efforts on better fighting the opioid epidemic, local health officials are seeking statistics to help evaluate the extent to which opioid abuses are impacting residents.

Westfield Regional Health Department officials said at the Westfield Board of Health ...

WESTFIELD, NJ – With provisional ballots tallied on Tuesday, the outcome of a school board race with six candidates running for three seats remained the same as that on Election Day, figures from the Union County Clerk’s Office show.

While the difference between winning incumbent candidate Charles Ostroff and fellow incumbent Robert Garrison, who lost, narrowed to 62 votes ...

The gap between incumbents Charles Ostroff and Robert Garrison narrowed to 65 votes on Friday, from the 98 vote difference garnered at the polls.

WESTFIELD, NJ – The outcome of a close school board race for three seats hangs in the balance as the Union County Board of Elections tallies mail-in and provisional ballots, county officials said.

Westfield voters' 3,796 mail-in ...

WESTFIELD, NJ – Turnout was strong on Election Day with 47.8 percent of the local electorate's 23,217 registered voters going to the polls.

Mirroring the pick across the Seventh Congressional District, Westfield voters favored Democratic newcomer Tom Malinowski with 6,523 votes over longtime incumbent Republican Rep. Leonard Lance’s 4,297 votes, according to the Union County ...

WESTFIELD, NJ – An ambulance worker was rushed to the hospital after injuring an arm during a fiery crash on Central Avenue early Monday morning, authorities said.

A 2015 BMW 540 sedan crossed the double-yellow lines while driving north near Clover Street at 12:23 a.m. and crashed into the ambulance coming in the opposite direction, police Sgt. Michael Walsh said on Tuesday.

The ...

KEY LARGO, Fla. – A 49-year-old Westfield man died while vacationing in Florida, a spokesman for the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said Friday.

Rodney Jinkins was snorkeling with his family when witnesses saw him unresponsive in the water at about 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, the spokesman, Adam Linhardt said.

“He was taken on the boat,” Linhardt said. “The ...

WESTFIELD, NJ – About 280 people turned out for a fashion show at Lord & Taylor Thursday evening, funds raised from which will benefit local community programs, organizers said.

The third annual “Small Plates for a Great Cause” featured food from 25 local eateries and had Westfield High School football players and cheerleaders sporting the latest Lord & Taylor ...

Updated: 2:42 p.m. Nov. 14

WESTFIELD, NJ – A slate of summer construction projects the school district is seeking early bids for will include significant security upgrades, school officials said.

The projects detailed for the school board on Tuesday include doorway security upgrades, auditorium updates, lobby upgrades, refurbished restrooms and upgrades to the television studio ...

Updated: 5:53 p.m. Nov. 11

WESTFIELD, NJ – An 8.3-acre park on the town’s border with Garwood is home to a regulation size ice hockey rink, at least for the next three months.

Several hundred people gathered for the formal opening of the Westfield Rink on Sunday, a temporary ice rink housed in a tent at Gumbert Park. The rink started hosting hockey practices earlier in the week ...

WESTFIELD, NJ – Voters picked candidates at the polls, but the final outcome of the race hangs in the balance. An ice rink that raised some hackles is turning out to be wildly popular.

A plan to hire a planner to develop concept designs for Westfield parks has some concerned. In other news, a Westfield man died while snorkeling in the Florida Keys Thursday afternoon.

Updated: 2:42 p.m. Nov. 14

WESTFIELD, NJ – A slate of summer construction projects the school district is seeking early bids for will include significant security upgrades, school officials said.

The projects detailed for the school board on Tuesday include doorway security upgrades, auditorium updates, lobby upgrades, refurbished restrooms and upgrades to the television studio ...

METUCHEN, NJ — Know a student that soars through math challenges without hesitation?  Have a Math whiz in the family?  It's time to get them to sign up for the Saint Joseph High School Annual Mathematics Competition.   

The event is open to any New Jersey students in grades seven or eight. The 45-minute exam consists of 16 questions including algebra, ...

SUMMIT, NJ — The Project SEARCH program at Overlook Medical Center which, since launching in 2016, has seen 15 out of 18 interns securing competitive employment in the community, will be hosting an open house event for prospective students and families on Dec. 12, from 7 - 8:30 p.m, at the hospital.

Attendees wil learn more about one of New ...

WESTFIELD, NJ – The high school senior finished eighth overall in a Group 4 cross-country meet at Holmdel Park over the weekend with a personal best of 16:38 on the 5K course.

James McCutcheon is this week’s Ron Bansky & Associates Allstate Westfield Athlete of the Week. It is not just his speed that has earned him praise.

Head coach Christopher Tafelski said that ...

Updated: 11:47 a.m. Nov. 12

WESTFIELD, NJ – It was a day of many Dugans at Tamaques Park.

The Westfield Police Athletic League flag football program honored its founder John Dugan, a former Westfield police officer and the Police Athletic League President with an “Appreciation Day” on Saturday.

Young athletes sported T-shirts emblazoned with the name Dugan and the ...

Updated: 5:53 p.m. Nov. 11

WESTFIELD, NJ – An 8.3-acre park on the town’s border with Garwood is home to a regulation size ice hockey rink, at least for the next three months.

Several hundred people gathered for the formal opening of the Westfield Rink on Sunday, a temporary ice rink housed in a tent at Gumbert Park. The rink started hosting hockey practices earlier in the week ...

Homeowners will receive letters notifying them their new assessments in January and February, according to Realty Appraisal Company.

WESTFIELD, NJ — The average home is assessed at $180,913, the sixth highest of Union County’s 21 towns, state data shows.

That is about to change as the town undergoes a revaluation of its 9,200 taxable properties, the first full ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — Should a developer be allowed to build two homes on a property where one exists?

Although the Planning Board made no decision Monday, it considered an application with this aim as a developer proposed subdividing a property of just over half-an-acre at 885 New England Drive, and an attorney representing neighbors argued against the subdivision.

About 50 residents, some ...

WESTFIELD, NJ – A lifetime of local knowledge can be a prohibitive advantage for a Realtor in a particular community.

In addition to her three-plus decades as a licensed Realtor in Westfield, Susan Massa, a broker associate with Keller Williams, also has lived locally her entire life. Massa grew up in Mountainside and attended Gov. Livingston High School in Berkeley Heights.

As a ...

WESTFIELD, NJ – A play described by its director as a “daunting drama” and “absurdist comedy” will show at Westfield High School this week.

The comedy "Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead," by Tom Stoppard, turns the play “Hamlet” on its head by shifting the perspective to two of the most minor characters, Rosencrantz and ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — A performance during AddamsFest by the Westfield Ballroom Saturday included local "zombies" dancing to the Michael Jackson song "Thriller."

The festival, organized by some 300 volunteers, was a first for Westfield and included three days of activities relating the history and works of Westfield native Charles Addams, creator of the ...

SUMMIT, NJ — Claire Toth, Point View Wealth Management Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, will present 'Rewrite Your Financial Future With Clarity' November 15, beginning at 6 p.m., at SAGE Eldercare.

Life changes like divorce, job loss, and widowhood can be financially challenging and isolating. Those contending with a a life change are invited to ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — Minuteman Press, a full-service printing, marketing and design shop, celebrated its grand opening Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Located at 334 South Ave. East, the franchise is run by Westfield couple Jim and Barbara Mooney and their son, Seamus.

Minuteman Press has about 1,000 franchise locations around the world, according to Regional Vice President James ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — Andrew Calcagno of Flatiron Realty LLC, the new property owner of 50-52 Elm Street in Downtown Westfield — where Castle Bootery is located — said he was surprised to learn in an email announcement Friday that the 70-year-old children’s shoe store would close at the end of December.

Castle Bootery in Westfield Closing Shop After 70 ...