Westfield Top Stories
By TAPINTO WESTFIELD STAFF
July 31, 2024
WESTFIELD, NJ — Burglars broke into a home, and a jewelry store reported a luxury watch stolen last week, police said Tuesday. On July 21 at 4:17 a.m., a resident of Grandview Avenue reported a possible burglary in progress, police said. “Westfield Police units arrived on scene and found a ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — A disk that is part of a temporary installation by the late artist Seward Johnson is being put back in its place in Mindowaskin Park after it was thrown into the pond Monday evening, Westfield Police Chief Christopher Battiloro said. The disk accompanies a lifelike statue of a ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — More hot weather is headed our way this week. Westfield is under a heat advisory from Wednesday, July 31 at 1 p.m. until Thursday, Aug. 1, at 8 p.m., the National Weather Service said. Heat index values of 95 to 100 expected. During heat advisories, the Town of Westfield ...
WASHINGTON — The recall of Boar’s Head deli meats has been expanded to approximately 7 million pounds of deli meat and poultry products. The updated recall issued by Boar’s Head Provisions Co in Jarratt, VA, includes additional “ready to eat” meat and poultry products due to possible Listeria ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — A whistleblower lawsuit filed by a Union County employee claims that she was demoted twice after refusing to comply with what she believed were unconstitutional practices. Assistant prosecutor Meghan Tomlinson is seeking damages including back pay, front pay, emotional ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — First, there was a loud “boom.” Then flames. That was how one neighbor, former councilman Mark LoGrippo, described the scene on Tudor Oval Monday, July 29, at about 10:15 p.m. “We were in the kitchen and all the sudden we heard a ‘boom,’” said LoGrippo, who lives two doors ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Westfield and Westfield Memorial Library are partnering to begin a new book discussion group, MLK Westfield and Friends Book Club, whose purpose is to read important books together as a community. The club and the library will host a ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — On Monday, July 29, the Department of Public Works is starting its summer street sweeping pass through town, Mayor Shelley Brindle said in her weekly update Friday. The work will begin in Leaf Collection Zone 1 on the north side (starting in the vicinity of North Avenue and ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield PAL flag football Commissioner Brian Surowitz is excited for the future of his program with expanded growth. The co-ed flag football program was founded in 1998. Surowitz is seeing tremendous growth with a projected 800 kids participating in the co-ed division this ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield High School track and field/cross country coach Christopher Tafelski has received national recognition for a second time for his leadership and performance during the 2023-2024 school year. A campaign to add accessible playground equipment to Franklin Elementary ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield resident John Dunlea, who embezzled more than $1.5 million from a law firm where he worked, was sentenced Friday to five years in prison, according to state Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin. In sentencing Dunlea, 61, state Superior Court Judge Stephen Taylor also ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Do you know a senior citizen who needs help with tasks such as yardwork, moving boxes or washing the windows? The Westfield Recreation Department has a program for that. The Westfield Recreation Department created the Senior Summer Handyman Program in 2016 to help senior ...
NEW JERSEY— Twenty-three of New Jersey's finest athletes will be among the almost 600 athletes representing Team USA in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. The more than 10,500 athletes competing in the XXXIII Olympiad hail from more than 200 nations, plus a team of international refugees, will compete ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — It has been an eventful week for former Westfield High School golfers Colin Summers and Barnes Blake. Summers, a Fairfield University senior and 2021 NJ.com Boys' Golfer of the Year, finished in a two-way tie for fourth with a score of 1-under-par (71-70-71--212) to finish five ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The public is invited to attend a free, fun family event as Westfield hosts the fifth-annual “March to Yorktown” in Mindowaskin Park on Sunday, Aug. 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The March to Yorktown commemorates 7,500 allied troops who trekked nearly 700 miles to capture ...
WASHINGTON – Boar’s Head announced it is recalling several of its deli meats due to possible Listeria contamination. Two deaths, 34 illnesses and 33 hospitalizations across 13 states have been linked to meats sliced at delis, according to an announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — A center in the county that provides services to immigrants seeking U.S. Citizenship has moved to Rahway from its former location in Elizabeth. “The Union County center for We Are One New Jersey has relocated from 288 Broad Street in Elizabeth to a new facility Irving Street ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — With a recently appointed new director of public works, the Town of Westfield is forging ahead with organizational changes that bring renewed focus on services for residents, strategic areas of change for the downtown and new opportunities for growth for existing Westfield ...
TRENTON, NJ/WASHINGTON, DC — New Jersey residents will soon be able to utilize IRS Direct File, which will let them submit their federal tax returns for free. Gov. Phil Murphy and U.S. Department of the Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo announced Wednesday that more than 1.3 million New ...
NEWARK, NJ – A Scotch Plains woman has been charged in connection with her role in embezzling more than $350,000 from a Union County synagogue, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Tuesday, July 23. Stacy Margaritondo, 51, is charged by complaint with one count of wire fraud. She ...
MANVILLE, NJ - Since 2018, Valairco Heating and Cooling has been dedicated to giving back to the community through its Valairco Cares initiative. This program aims to support non-profit organizations that demonstrate exceptional dedication to helping those in need. To date, Valairco has provided ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield High School track and field/cross country coach Christopher Tafelski has received national recognition for a second time for his leadership and performance during the 2023-2024 school year, Westfield Public Schools announced Wednesday. Tafelski has been selected by the ...
WASHINGTON, DC — Just days after being found guilty on 16 counts related to an international bribery scheme, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez has announced that he will resign from the Senate on Aug. 20. Although he resisted resigning while his appeal was pending, Menendez faced a possible expulsion ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — A car was reported stolen, shoplifters took $556 worth of merchandise and there may have been an attempted home burglary last week, police said Tuesday. A resident of Grandview Avenue reported a possible burglary in progress at about 4:17 a.m. on July 21, police ...
CRANFORD, NJ — “Mothers’ Instinct,” a psychological thriller filmed almost entirely in Cranford in 2022, will finally make its US debut this Friday, July 26. The film, which stars Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain, is set in 1960 suburban America. It’s about two next-door neighbors and best ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ — The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Chapter of UNICO, in collaboration with St. Bartholomew's Church and St. Bartholomew's Academy, has announced the milestone return of the 50th Annual Italian Festival. The vibrant celebration of community, culture and culinary delights is set to take ...
TRENTON, NJ — Legislation that Gov. Phil Murphy says "is a monumental step toward building a health care system that is more affordable and more accessible for families all across New Jersey" was signed into law Monday in Trenton. The Louisa Carman Medical Debt Relief Act protects New Jerseyans ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The Town of Westfield has been advised by Elizabethtown Gas that a portion of Springfield Avenue will be closed during overnight hours this week for utility work, Westfield Police said in a Nixle alert Monday. From Monday, July 22, through Thursday, July 25, Springfield Avenue ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield will be among municipalities across the country Aug. 6 to celebrate National Night Out, a yearly event promoting community building through casual and friendly interactions with local law enforcement. Head to the north side of the Westfield train station from 6 p.m. to ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — A campaign to add accessible playground equipment to Franklin Elementary School got a boost recently when the Westfield Foundation donated $20,000 to the effort, leading project organizers to increase the overall fundraising target. Project Playground, which began in 2022 at ...