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...

Hi, my name is Julie Steinberg and I am running for the Westfield Board of Education.One improvement I would like to propose is to increase dual credit in our public schools.Dual credit is a policy that NJ and other states have been encouraging that allows students to: Earn high school credits Atten...

A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramWe Must Start Living Life In theMoment, Which All Starts with a ClickClick. Snap. Release. The shutter initiates, exposing brilliant bundles of light carefully packaged; the exposure balances, the aperture reaches prime lighting, and t...

My name is Julie Steinberg and I am running for the Westfield Board of Education.My husband and I have lived in Westfield for 12 years and raised two children, aged 15 and 18 today. Both of our children benefited from Westfield schools starting in Jefferson through to Edison and ontoWestfield High S...