TRENTON–Educatorsshouldspend their time planning and teaching, not filling out endless piles of tedious paperwork. Tothatend,theAssemblyonMarch 18 passed a bill that will create the New JerseyEducatorEvaluationReviewTask Force. Its purpose will be to study and suggest changes to the current public e...

MOORESTOWN – Congressman Kim released the following statement regarding First Lady Tammy Murphy’s decision to suspend her campaign for Senate, which was announced earlier today.“Tammy Murphy has been a voice for progress and public service in our state, and I respect her decision to carry on that wo...

The purpose of this letter is to provide NJ District 7 voters with a view of Tom Kean Jr.’s key votes in Congress and previously in his role as NJ State Representative. Since Rep. Kean refuses to hold district meetings in his hometown of Westfield, I wanted to ensure area constituents were clear in ...

What started with a non-emergency accident with our $1.3 million dollar fire truck in January, ended up with a specially worded council subterfuge from our Fire commissioner, Councilman Mark Lazarow. The final chapter to what the Hawk’s original article called “Garwood Combats Scrutiny.”Two months a...

At Tuesday’s Town Council meeting, the 2024 Municipal Operating and Capital Budgets were presented to Westfield residents. If you didn’t have a chance to tune in, please take a few minutes to review the presentation and the budget details on the Town website (www.westfieldnj.gov) because you are goi...

The purpose of this letter is to advise Garwood residents of two upcoming activities regarding the Borough’s shade trees – the trees between the sidewalk and curb of our streets.The first is that PSE&G manages an ongoing tree pruning program in this area to maintain 8’ of ‘line clearance’ around ele...

It was a busy winter in Garwood, as we began the year swearing two new councilmembers - Councilman Sean Keagan Foley and Councilwoman Karina Boto. Both have hit the ground running as Police Commissioner and DPW Commissioner, respectively, as have our other council members on their respective committ...

As your mayor, it is both an honor and a privilege to have entered another year together and to provide an update on the state of Clark Township. Before I delve into the details, I must take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to the Township Council, Business Administrator Jim Ulrich, Depart...

When the annual capital projects budget for Scotch Plains is set to be introduced at the March 19 Township Council meeting, I am pleased to report that long-overdue capital projects within our aging municipal parks system will continue to be prioritized, along with public safety.Since I joined the C...

A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramWe Need to Ditch the iPadsIt’s the generation of the iPad kids. Generation Alpha.I didn’t get my first iPad until I was in third grade, but even with that, I wasn’t allowed to have social media, or fully access the internet. I played T...