TOP LOCAL News
By COLETTE DOUDIN
August 29, 2025
WESTFIELD, NJ — With a name that evokes the comfort and favorite dishes found in one’s personal dwelling, Almost Home General is celebrating the opening of its Westfield location. Open at the former location of Alpha Fit Club, Almost Home General offers chef-inspired menu items in an inviting ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Summer may be nearly over, but live music in downtown Westfield will continue with Sweet Sounds Encore, the Downtown Westfield Corporation has announced.Live bands will play every Friday in September, from 6 – 9 .m., on Quimby Street.“After such a successful Sweet Sounds season this ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The Westfield boys football team looks to improve with returning experience as the 2025 football season begins this week.Last season, the Blue Devils (5-6) dropped three of their last four games including a 14-9 home loss to rival Plainfield in the final Thanksgiving Day rivalry ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — A suspended New York City broker, now living in Westfield, faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted of fraud charges levied in a federal indictment.The man, Kenneth Thom, 41, is accused of using Facebook to defraud investors whom he lured by promoting himself as a “Wall Street ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Mayors along the Raritan Valley Line (RVL) are urging state and federal leaders to continue funding and building the Gateway Program, citing its potential to bring permanent one-seat train rides for commuters to New York City.The RVL Mayors Alliance, which includes Westfield Mayor ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield Pest Control Vice President Amanda Blackman says she can’t adequately express her deep thankfulness to those who are supporting her 3-year-old boy’s fight to survive serious illnesses, including optic nerve tumors.A GoFundMe page she created for her son, Buzz, titled ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Part of Elm Street will be closed Monday night, Aug. 25, through Tuesday morning, Aug. 26, for road work, Westfield police said in a Nixle alert Monday afternoon.“The Town’s contractor, P&A Construction, plans to mill and pave Elm Street (between East Broad Street and North ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The Westfield boys soccer team comes off an impressive 2024 season but know they have a bit of work to do.The Blue Devils, No. 8 in the final NJ.com Top 20 boys' soccer rankings last season, are coming off a stellar 18-3-3 record with an unblemished Union County Conference Watchung ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – The 51st annual Labor Day Italian Festival returns on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in Scotch Plains. Hosted by the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Chapter of UNICO, St. Bartholomew's Church, and St. Bartholomew's Academy, the festival has been an annual tradition honoring San Nicola di Bari, ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — With the first weeks of fall approaching in the Garden State, home gardeners with an abundance of vegetables can contribute to a local organization that provides low-cost meals to homebound individuals.Mobile Meals of Westfield, a nonprofit that serves people in Westfield as well as ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — A new ranking of public high schools by U.S. News & World Report puts Westfield High School at #38 in the state and #811 in the country, up from #40 in the state and #863 nationwide last year.The Westfield Police Department is seeking witnesses to the crash on North Avenue that ...
CRANFORD, NJ — Track 5 Coffee is warning customers about a fraudulent website posing as the local coffee shop, urging the public not to click on links or share personal information.Owner Kevin Brennan recently discovered Track5Coffee.com, a website filled with inaccurate information about the ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — A longtime destination for first ear piercings, allowance-friendly “buy 3 get 2 free” jewelry and Hello Kitty press-on nails is leaving downtown Westfield.Signs in the window of Claire’s at 141 E. Broad St. announce a store-closing sale. On Wednesday, following its decision to ...
JERICHO, NY — In his professional debut, Fairfield University graduate and Westfield High School alum Colin Summers recorded a top 10 finish.Summers shot 1-over-par (71-69-74--214) to finish in a four-way tie for seventh place after Thursday's final round at the 110th Met Open at Meadow Brook Club ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Mark your calendar: Starting in the 2025-2026 school year, Westfield Public Schools will be closed on Diwali, Eid al-Fitr and Lunar New Year when those holidays fall on school days.The Westfield Board of Education approved the change to the calendars at a meeting in 2024.“In sort of ...
CRANFORD, NJ — Authorities have identified the man who was struck and killed by a New Jersey Transit train early Tuesday morning.Brian Posch, 29, of Clark, was hit by a Raritan Valley Line train at about 1:45 a.m. just east of Cranford Station, a transit spokesperson said.The train had departed ...
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — Route 22 is scheduled to have lane closures in both directions this week on the Bridge over Echo Lake as the bridge deck replacement project nears completion in Mountainside, Union County. The New Jersey Department of Transportation said that Route 22 eastbound lane closures are ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The Westfield Police Department is seeking witnesses to the crash on North Avenue that resulted in the death of a bicyclist earlier this month, Police Chief Christopher Battiloro announced Wednesday.The crash occurred on Monday, Aug. 4, at about 9:54 a.m. on the 1000 block of West ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The number of geese killed in Union County has decreased over the past three decades, but an animal control activist group says that’s not enough.Members of the Animal Protection League of New Jersey, a 501(c)3 nonprofit group that works with government officials to find ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — A home burglary, a pilfered iPhone and criminal mischief were among the incidents in town last week, Westfield Police said Tuesday.On Aug. 10, someone reported that her iPhone was taken from her purse after she left it in a shopping cart.“Officer Taha was dispatched to a business in ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — A new ranking of public high schools by U.S. News & World Report puts Westfield High School at #38 in the state and #811 in the country, up from #40 in the state and #863 nationwide last year.The publication also ranked WHS as #111 in the country’s top science, technology, ...
CRANFORD, NJ — A man was killed early Tuesday morning when he was struck by a New Jersey Transit train on the Raritan Valley Line, officials said.The incident occurred at about 1:44 a.m. just east of Cranford Station when train 5403, which had departed Newark Penn Station minutes earlier, hit an ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The sounds of fifes, drums and muskets filled the air near Westfield Town Hall on Sunday afternoon as the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route New Jersey (W3R-NJ) held its sixth-annual March to Yorktown Day Commemoration & Encampment Festival.The festival — a free, fun ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — With the start of school approaching, Westfield is working with Union County to make two key crossings safer with the installation of pedestrian-activated flashing signs. Town administrator Jim Gildea identified the locations for the new signs during the town council's conference ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — A flash flood warning is in effect for Union County until 9:15 p.m. Sunday Aug. 17, according to the National Weather Service.Thunderstorms are producing heavy rain across the area, the weather service said.“Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths ...
BEACH HAVEN, NJ — Clubgoers at Bird & Betty’s got an unexpected treat Saturday night when Kevin Jonas, of the Jonas Brothers, jumped on stage for a surprise performance of the band’s hit single “Burnin’ Up.” This isn't the first time the pop star has surprised the crowd at Birds. He also ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Mayor Shelley Brindle gave an update on summer road paving projects in her weekly update on Friday, Aug. 15.The town’s paving contractor, P&A Construction, completed milling and paving last week on Knollwood Terrace (Shackamaxon Drive to Nancy Drive), Hyslip Avenue (Shackamaxon ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — A redesign of Quimby Street downtown is officially underway now that the town council has awarded the design contract to Arterial LLC.The long-contended cell tower proposed to be installed at the Westfield Conservation center can now move forward after a lawsuit from Scotch Plains ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The contract for Charlie’s Ale Garden at AddamsFest in Westfield once again goes to the Harvest Group, which runs Addams Tavern on Elm Street downtown, after a public bid process and a vote by the town council at Tuesday's meeting. A resolution authorizing an award of contract to ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The latest exhibit at the Rialto Sidewalk Gallery exhibit is available for viewing, featuring the work of three published Westfield poets.“Nature in Poetry” highlights six poems written by Robin Rosen Chang, Moriah Cohen and Liz Kingsley.The poems are displayed in the windows of the ...