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Letters to the Editor
Make Westfield a Tree City
Walter A. Korfmacher, Ph.D. Westfield 
Thursday, May 7, 2026
Do you like tree-lined streets? I do, too! Trees are good for the environment and make our streets more walkable on hot days.You could help to make our town full of tree-lined streets at no cost to you! Westfield will plant one or two trees along the street in front of your property if you ask them ...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
Editorial: Hidden In Plain Sight: A Data Center Sprouts In a News Desert
The Leader. 
Thursday, May 7, 2026
The death of local journalism has largely been a quiet affair. Over the course of the past several decades, hundreds if not thousands of smaller outlets like ours have been forced to close their doors for good amid increased costs, dwindling support, and, of course, the advent of the 24hour online n...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
The Student View
When One Leaves, Everyone Changes:
By ELLIE WITTEN 
Thursday, May 7, 2026
A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism Program
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
Safety vs. Control: Rethinking WHS’ New Policies
ByHANNASCLAR 
Thursday, April 30, 2026
As the year has passed, the Westfield High School (WHS) administration has gotten stricter with the rules they are implementing. Certain new safety measures include mandatory lanyard-wearing and SmartPass, a digital hall pass system designed to manage student movement. The system allows teachers to ...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
A Glittery Mess: Prom Shouldn’t Be so Stressful
By ANA BELLE LOMAKA 
Thursday, April 23, 2026
For as long as I can remember, senior prom has been depicted in conversations and teen movies as the “end-all-be-all” event of my high school experience. It’s supposedly this epic, memorable night where some hypothetical climax happens and all the conflict of the past four years magically gets resol...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
Gratitude for Small Talk
By PATRICIA STECKLER, Ph.D. 
Thursday, April 23, 2026
I ride down the elevator in my building, preoccupied with the worries or woes de jour. I step into the lobby, where Mengu, the doorman, greets me with a big smile and asks how I am. I pause to hear how his daughter is enjoying her junior spring semester at the University of Southern California (USC)...
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Letters to the Editor
Letter Carriers to Host Annual Food Drive
Thursday, April 16, 2026
AREA – Each year, on the second Saturday in May, the National Association of Letter Carriers organizes the largest single-day food drive in the United States. This year, The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive falls on May 9th, and your local letter carriers are calling on you to help make a difference for ...
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Westfield Ice Rink - Time to Re-Think?
Michael C. Ince Garwood 
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Eight years ago Westfield erected a temporary ice rink at Gumbert Park, as time has gone by it has become anything but temporary. Some years ago as a Councilman in Garwood I raised questions about the advisability of allowing this temporary structure - which as we have seen has been put up each Fall...
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Letters to the Editor
Garwood’s Upside-down Council Meeting of March 12, 2026
Bruce Paterson Garwood 
Thursday, March 19, 2026
In the Garwood council meeting of March 12, 2026, I must have been teleported to an upside-down Garwood world.This meeting agenda had a final vote for 4 overlay zoning ordinances to satisfy the affordable housing and luxury market rate residential mandates. Sadly, with such a major impact of change ...
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Letters to the Editor
Hope to Spark a Conversation that Leads to Compassionate Guidelines
Ron Holmes Westfield 
Thursday, March 19, 2026
I recently witnessed an incident in Westfield that strengthened my belief that CAKE—Compassion, Acceptance, Kindness, and Empathy— is not just an idea. It is a community tool that depends on everyday people being aware, prepared, and willing to respond when an opportunity to serve presents itself.Wh...
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Former Clark Teacher Pleads Guilty To Child Endangerment
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Former Clark Teacher Pleads Guilty To Child Endangerment
By KATIE MOEN 
Sunday, May 10, 2026
CLARK -- A former teacher in the Clark public school teacher has pled guilty to charges related to child endangerment and the distribution and possess...
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Saks Global Awarded $500 Million In Relief Funds
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Saks Global Awarded $500 Million In Relief Funds
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, April 30, 2026
WESTFIELD — A U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge for the Southern District of Texas last week signed off on $500 million worth of exit financing that Saks Gl...
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Westfield Council Reveals Tamaques Concept Plan
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, May 7, 2026
WESTFIELD — Though it may still be several years before Westfield’s plans for Tamaques Park come to fruition, residents will now have the chance to ta...
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Westfield Board of Ed. Swears in New Members
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Westfield Board of Ed. Swears in New Members
By MADOLYN LAURINE 
Thursday, May 7, 2026
WESTFIELD — Three members of the Westfield Board of Education were sworn in Tuesday at the board’s annual re-organization meeting. Incumbent Kent Diam...
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Westfield BOH Addresses New Marijuana Laws
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, May 7, 2026
WESTFIELD — The Westfield Regional Board of Health will be working to implement new oversight protocols now that State-level restrictions related to p...
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