The Week That Was in Union County — Clark Death a Homicide, Teen Slain in Linden

Countywide

The Union County Homicide Task Force has been continuing work on the investigation into the while also working two other active homicide investigations in the county – the shooting death of a Linden teen and the stabbing of a 17-year-old during a large fight in Rahway.

Clark

Matthew Dorsi, lawyer for Michael and Theodore Pecoraro, says into their mother's homicide. Police say there was

Cranford

Former Cranford Deputy Mayor Ann Darby no longer works for JPMorgan Chase, but the wife of New York Federal Reserve Bank President William Dudley continues to receive deferred-income checks in the amount of $190,000 a year for the work she did at JPMC, the The Huffington Post reports.

New Providence

A into a power pole on South Street near the intersection of Hansel Road in New Providence on July 11. The accident is still under investigation.

Summit/Berkeley Heights

A Summit man arrested in and who is was charged in a New York state case relating to the sexual assault of a minor, , said Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow.

Mountainside

A afternoon after the woman was injured in a serious accident that ran her vehicle off the road on Route 22, according to a witness and Mountainside police.

Fanwood

. At the meeting, held in Fanwood, residents questioned the petition process and voiced concerns about the grassroots organization that submitted an application for consolidation between the borough and Scotch Plains.

Springfield

Following the Springfield Township Committee’s 3-2 vote in favor of absorbing the functions of the Township's Board of Health, former Board of Health members and advisors said they were let down by the decision but happy they were able to get the word out about their issues. The meeting to decide the fate of the Board of Health was Springfield Mayor Ziad Shehady repeatedly stopped the meeting to admonish spectators for heckling.

Westfield

In a heated  Tuesday evening, a large group of Westfield residents let  members know not only are they unhappy about the proposed installation of a lighted turf field at  but they are also upset about the fact that funding for the field has been lumped in with district-wide roof repairs.

Westfield firefighters union president Mike Sawicki in firefighters over the past two years.