It has been an exciting and busy week in Westfield with the high school parking forum dominating discussion. Residents used the forum to discuss traffic conditions in the area around the high school, including student parking on side streets. Residents said students have been littering the area with condom wrappers and Westfield High School is looking to tackle student stress and homework loads. The Westfield High School Breast Cancer Awareness Club held their annual semi-formal last Friday. The annual Special Education Expo focused on technology and presented retiring BOE member Alice …

It has been a busy week in Westfield and surrounding towns, centering on the county court complex in Elizabeth. The week started and ended with not guilty pleas being entered in a Westfield corruption case and a murder in Cranford. In between, the school budget has been updated, scouts raced and Facebook became a school issue. Check out the week that was. The Kid Fest at the JCC in Scotch Plains drew in crowds from around the region. Suspended Board of Education Business Administrator Bob Berman pleaded not guilty to state bribery charges. Cranford Police charged William Parisio with the …

It has been an eventful week in Westfied. From the school district business administrator being charged with bribery to a state wrestling champ to the most competitive Board of Education election in years, it’s been busy. Here is a look at the week that was. WHS senior Christian Barber became the town’s first state wrestling champion since 1976. Jennifer Silva announced her BOE candidacy. Ann Cary announced her BOE reelection campaign. TownStats was formed to put every municipal budget online. Tim Dodd has found television news success after graduating from Westfield High School. The Board of…

From state championship swimmers to shared services summits to school budgets, it has been a busy week here in Westfield. Check out the week that was. The Westfield High School girls swim team won their second consecutive state championship. Board of Education candidate Mark Friedman sent a letter to the editor on fiscal and communication issues. The swim team celebrated the state championship with a parade through Westfield. A broken meter was found in the middle of Prospect Street. Six-year-old Benjamin Handwerker decided to celebrate his birthday by giving back and took up a collection for…

While schools may have been closed this week, Westfield remained busy. The governor’s budget address came out with an increase in aid for the town’s public schools and flat aid for the town government. New homes sold around town and Roosevelt students are giving back. Here is the week in review. A group of teachers at Roosevelt have organized a comedy night to benefit the Carly Pfeiffer Memorial Fund. Novelist Brad Parks appeared at the Town Book Store to sign copies of his latest book. The Rialto kicked off a new series of Saturday morning cartoons for kids. If a fourth snow day is held, …

It’s been a busy week in Westfield, with sports teams gaining titles and students showing spelling prowness. The Board of Education is being asked to return a teacher to the classroom and students at the high school are dancing the night away after eating pie. Here is Westfield’s week in review. Senior wrestler Christian Barber hit his 100th career win becoming the top winning wrestler in town history. Westfield police released more details regarding last week’s arrest of WHS ice hockey coach Brendan Hickey on marijuana possession charges. A Dorian Road resident painted a love message in the …

From gangs to school data to singing and dancing parents, it has been a busy week in Westfield. Check out Westfield’s Week in Review. Washington School parents and teachers took to the stage last weekend to packed houses to put on the 63rd annual Washington School Show. A new report showed that the state’s Transit Village designation is not the only part of the puzzle in a rise in property values in towns with the designation. Residents share stories of their worst Valentine’s Days. Brummer’s Chocolates is preparing for Valentine’s Day by sharing the story of how they moved from Jersey City …

Here is the week in review. A state police report showed that 11 gang members, representing five gangs, live in Westfield. If you've been thinking that you have not seen as much snow as we've received in the past few months, you're correct, New Jersey has the snowiest January in history this year. Westfielders remembered Frank Scott, the recently deceased retired assistant principal of Westfield High School. Springfield Avenue in Mountainside was closed part of Tuesday due to a car accident that brought down a utility pole. The former owners of Clyne & Murphy's recently opened a new …

Snow, snow and more snow. This past week in Westfield was dominated by a snow storm which surprised many by pummeling the town with 18 inches of snow instead of a predicted six inches. Schools were closed for the second in the year and roads have becomg obstacle courses as snow piles line the sides. Here is a look at the week that was in Westfield. Wrestler Christian Barber captured a 2011 county championship during the weekend's county wrestling tournament. The Rescue Squad put on their dancing shoes during a celebration of the squad's 60 years of service to the community. The new pastor of …

From horses on highways to water, water everywhere in Wychwood, it's been a busy week in Westfield. The Town Council was accused of "ruining" someone's life and Schools Superintendent Margaret Dolan has been told to get on Facebook. Here is a look this week in Westfield. The Wild West came to Route 22 Sunday as 18 horses escaped from the county stables in the Watchung Reservation and headed to the highway. The county police rounded them up and brought them back up the mountain.Westfield High School senior Katherine Frega wanted to turn her successful battle with cancer into something …