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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
Gratitude for Poetry: Memorization and Active Meditation
By PATRICIA STECKLER, Ph.D. 
Thursday, September 11, 2025
“Breathe in gently and deeply through your nose. Exhale slowly and fully through your mouth. Clear your mind and allow your breath to find its natural rhythm.”That’s the instruction for most mindfulness meditation. You may have tried this in yoga classes or by listening to your favorite meditation a...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
Scientists Are Optimists Seeking a Way Forward
By MELISSA ROGERS, Ph.D. 
Thursday, September 11, 2025
I was driving my daughter’s 12year-old friend home one night when she told me “Doctors withhold cures to keep people sick to make money.” My heart was breaking, as I gently told her that none of the hundreds of physicians that I knew wanted anything except the best treatment for their patients. Year...
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Letters to the Editor
From Listening to Leading: My Plan for Westfield
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Since launching my campaign for mayor, I’ve had the privilege of meeting with and listening to residents across Westfield. These conversations and my 15 years living in town continue to reinforce my belief that our community is strong and Westfield is an undeniably great place to live. I am running ...
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Letters to the Editor
Experience and Value
Experience and Value
Thursday, September 11, 2025
I'd like to tell you a bit more about how my experience bridges two worlds: strategic planning in higher education and active community involvement. As a senior university executive and life- long learner, I’ve worked on initiatives ranging from instructional innovation and risk mitigation to studen...
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Letters to the Editor
Toll Brothers, Inc. is Gunning for Westfield
Toll Brothers, Inc. is Gunning for Westfield
Thursday, September 11, 2025
If a Town’s zoning plan does not allow reasonable opportunities for affordable housing, such a zoning plan is unenforceable, unconstitutional, and susceptible to builder/developer lawsuits to build wherever they want. That’s the law. Some people don’t like that, but that is the law. In 2024, the Leg...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
Editorial: We Are The Leader And We Speak For The Trees
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Last week, we published an article about Union County’s plans to tear down a 150-year-old grove of Oak trees to make way for a new ice rink at Warinanco Park. This project, or at least some iteration of it, has been in the works for years across multiple locations. It has served as an election-year ...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
Read Between the Lines of Rep. Kean’s Words v. Deeds
Thursday, August 14, 2025
Rep. Tom Kean Jr.’s actions consistently reflect a pattern where his voting record directly contradicts his public statements. As NJ-7 voters are aware, Kean supported the “Big Beautiful Budget Bill,” which cuts funding for SNAP, reduces Medicare access for an estimated 70 million people, adds more ...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
The Gateway Program is Vital to the Raritan Valley Line
The Gateway Program is Vital to the Raritan Valley Line
Thursday, August 14, 2025
As Co-Founders of the Raritan Valley Line Mayor’s Alliance representing 32 communities along the RVL, we know firsthand that for communities like ours, reliable train service isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity. Over fifteen thousand of our residents depend on NJ TRANSIT every day to get to work, schoo...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
Letters to the Editor
Rahway River Regional Flood Control Needs Action Now
Thursday, August 14, 2025
It remains hard to watch the recent impacts of extreme weather in other regions of the US knowing that the inland flooding in New Jersey remains unresolved. Since Irene, I coordinated the Mayors Council Rahway River Watershed Flood Control, and despite securing over $7 million to evaluate 21 alterna...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
Elections 2025
Funding our Volunteer Rescue Squad
Thursday, August 14, 2025
Our town prides itself on community, service, and doing right by our neighbors. At the heart of that spirit is the Westfield Volunteer Rescue Squad - a 100 percent volunteer-run organization that has served our town with distinction for over seven decades. They respond to emergencies around the cloc...
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Fanwood Residents Plan Legal Action Against South Ave. Development
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Fanwood Residents Plan Legal Action Against South Ave. Development
By KATIE MOEN and FRED T.ROSSI 
Thursday, September 4, 2025
FANWOOD — A group of Fanwood residents concerned with overdevelopment are banding together in hopes of securing the necessary legal funds to challenge...
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Westfield’s Forgotten History: Remembering Columbus Elementary
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Westfield’s Forgotten History: Remembering Columbus Elementary
By Loganathan Hargreaves WHS Class of ?28 
Thursday, September 4, 2025
I am an upcoming 10th grader at Westfield High School, and I was fortunate to attend the Vanishing Westfield Neighborhoods: The African American Exper...
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Westfield Gears Up For Busy Election Season
By KATIE MOEN 
Friday, September 5, 2025
WESTFIELD — Westfield residents will be faced with a full ballot when they head to the polls this November. Eight candidates - four Republicans and fo...
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Rosanne G. Potter
Obituaries
Rosanne G. Potter
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Rosanne G. Potter Died at Home On Friday, August 29 Rosanne was born in Elizabeth, NJ, on October 4, 1941, the only child of Harry Giuditta, a banker,...
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Main, News
1958 Cuban Cuisine Reopens Following Mandated Closure
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, September 11, 2025
WESTFIELD — 1958 Cuban Cuisine, a Westfield restaurant that was cited for unsanitary conditions last month, has reopened with a satisfactory rating af...
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