WESTFIELD, NJ – The Westfield Planning Board unanimously approved an application to subdivide 667 Fourth Avenue at Monday night’s meeting.

The application was carried from last month’s meeting, at which the board heard lengthy testimony from several experts and members of the community, who voiced support for the subdivision. 

The house on that site was originally ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — The town of Westfield officially launched its inaugural Town Hall Internship Program Monday with 33* students from Westfield High School.

The program aims to provide WHS students with valuable experience on the community level. Students are expected to work for two to four hours a week for the duration of the program. High schoolers in all grades were ...

RAHWAY, NJ – Westfield council members Linda Habgood, Doug Stokes and David Contract appeared on behalf of Mayor Shelley Brindle at the 29th Annual Gateway Chamber of Commerce Mayor's Dinner at the Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel on Thursday evening.

The dinner included networking and speeches from mayors and administrators in Union County, who spoke about their respective ...

RAHWAY, NJ – Westfield Mayor Shelley Brindle was among 13 Union County mayors on Wednesday who signed a statement of principles as part of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a gun safety coalition committed to removing illegal guns off the streets.

Brindle attended with Westfield High School students David Sherwood, Briana Brown, Katie Clark and Will Rackear, some of the student ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — Greater Westfield Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Gene Jannotti spoke during the town council's conference session Tuesday to announce planned changes to Westfield’s Festifall Street fair.

“We are always willing to make changes that we think will satisfy the public and increase the street fair in its entirety,” he ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — The Westfield Town Council adopted an ordinance that bans retail pet stores in Westfield from selling dogs and cats from puppy and kitten mills at Tuesday night’s meeting.

The ordinance, which was first introduced at the March 29 meeting, states that pet shops in Westfield can only sell dogs and cats obtained from animal shelters or rescue ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — It’s been 100 days since former HBO executive Shelley Brindle was sworn in as Westfield’s first female mayor. In just over three months, Brindle has seen the town through several damaging storms, proposed a new town budget and joined mayors of neighboring towns as co-chair of a committee for a one-seat ride on New Jersey Transit.

Brindle said that the early ...

WESTFIELD, NJ —  The Westfield Volunteer Rescue Squad, now in its 67th year of service, was honored at last week’s town council meeting.

WVRS vice president Michael Besaw thanked the squad's dedicated volunteer members and the residents and business owners who provide financial support.

Members of the squad went out on 2,181 calls in 2017, according ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — A new ordinance under consideration by the Westfield Town Council would put regulations on short-term home rentals.

Ordinance 2104 stems from issues that were brought to the council’s attention more than a year ago, Town Administrator Jim Gildea said during the town council’s recent conference meeting.

“We had one or two instances in town where there ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — Mayor Shelley Brindle read a proclamation at last week’s town council meeting making April Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month in the town of Westfield.

Parkinson’s Support Group Facilitator Barbara Ringk told the audience of a Westfield support group that meets on the second Monday of each month at 1:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian ...