The Westfield Leader

08/11/2025

All occupants have been safely evacuated from an ongoing house fire on Blake Drive in Clark. Firefighters from multiple agencies are on the scene, still working to extinguish a three-alarm blaze.

https://www.goleader.com/2025/08/11/multiple-agencies-respond-house-fire-blake-drive-clark/

08/04/2025

A 71-year-old Kenilworth man was killed Monday morning during a multi-vehicle car accident on North Avenue West

WESTFIELD — A Perth Amboy man has been arrested in connection with a multi-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a 71-year-old bicyclist earlier this week.

06/28/2025

Visitors to town parks will now have to park their electric bicycles and scooters after the town council during its Tuesday meeting passed an ordinance banning them from being ridden on pathways and trails.

https://www.goleader.com/2025/06/26/e-bikes-banned-park-trails-paths-westfield/

06/27/2025

The New Jersey Appellate Court upheld the Lower Court’s ruling dismissing The Westfield Advocates for Responsible Development’s (WARD) lawsuit against the Town of Westfield and the developer for One Westfield Place.

https://www.goleader.com/2025/06/27/advocates-lose-appeal-owp-lawsuit/

06/23/2025

05/01/2025

The Westfield Board of Education spent nearly two hours in executive session during Tuesday’s meeting discussing issues related to Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying (HIB).

https://www.goleader.com/2025/05/01/westfield-boe-approves-amendments-hib-agenda/

05/01/2025

The Cranford Theater was successfully evacuated on Wednesday night after a partial ceiling collapse that garnered widespread attention from local first responders.

https://www.goleader.com/2025/05/01/cranford-theater-evacuated-following-ceiling-collapse/

04/25/2025

Since the Winter months, Mountainside residents have been experiencing incidents of rusty, discolored and foul smelling water. Residents say the issue has spread to kitchen sinks, dishwashers, washing machines, bathtubs, showers and even drinking fountains.

https://www.goleader.com/2025/04/24/mountainside-residents-take-issue-rusty-water/

04/25/2025

In the article entitled “Taxes on the Rise in Cranford...” Several errors in the printed version have been corrected for the online link, most notably that the average homeowner in Cranford will see an increase in their municipal taxes of $20 per month ($240/per year) and NOT $1,600 per year. Additionally, the budget is increasing 3.23 percent rather than 4.8 percent; and the salary and wage increase is 2.82 percent, not 2.2 percent.

Our editors apologize for the errors.

https://www.goleader.com/2025/04/24/taxes-rise-cranford-due-mandated-increases/

04/23/2025

The NorthStar Medevac Helicopter landed at Roosevelt Intermediate this afternoon after a person fell on Lenape Trail.

04/23/2025

GOING BLUE....The Westfield Town Hall will be bathed in blue lighting in honor of Autism Awareness Month through the end of April.
Photo by Katie Moen

04/16/2025

Voters in Westfield on Tuesday returned Robert Benacchio, Kristen Sonnek-Schmelz and Mary Wickens to new, three-year terms on the Westfield Board of Education.

https://www.goleader.com/2025/04/16/voters-choose-incumbents-westfield-boe/