Springfield Week in Review

Five candidates have filed with Springfield's Clerk's office to run for the on the . All but one of the candidates vying for a three year term on the five-member board are current or former members of the Committee. Republicans Jerry Fernandez and Marc Krauss, incumbents both, are running as part of the Regular Organization Republican of Union County. David Barnett and Margaret Bandrowski are running as part of the Regular Democratic Organization of Union County. Bart Fraenkel is running as a Democratic Choice ticket.

A Springfield man experiencing heart trouble was .The Springfield resident had been experiencing chest pains throughout the night and couldn't sleep, so he dialed 911 shortly after 5 a.m. The Springfield Fire Department and a member of the Springfield police department arrived at the residence, where they found the patient unresponsive and without a pulse. The SPF crew shocked the man back to life with Defibrillation pads. On the way to the hospital, the patient went into cardiac arrest and the First Aid Squad resumed C.P.R., including administering a third shock from the A.E.D. The man survived and was discharged from the hospital.

State police reported a major morning . All eastbound lanes approaching Exit 50 near Vaux Hall Road in Union were closed. Morning traffic was diverted to I-78 express lanes according to a state police bulletin that advised commuters to avoid I-78 eastbound altogether. State police said there were no injuries in the in incident.

On Thursday, March 29, a candle left unattended in a Mountain Ave. apartment set off smoke alarms and cast a flame large enough to prompt a nearby resident to call 911 to report a fire. 
Springfield chief James Sanford said the arriving fire fighters found an orange glow behind a second floor apartment window and smoke detectors ringing.
The fire fighters forced the door to the apartment open and found the flaming candle in the room. They extinguished the candle and ventilated the smoke from the room. Sanford said several other unattended candle were also in the apartment. 
There were no injuries.