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It’s Time to Stop E-Bike Dangers: The Safe Ride Initiative
It’s Time to Stop E-Bike Dangers: The Safe Ride Initiative
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Last week’s tragic loss of a middle schooler in Scotch Plains is every parent’s nightmare and just weeks after another youth on an e-bike was hospitalized after a collision. These incidents highlight the danger many of us already see on our own streets right here in Westfield. E-bikes and escooters ...
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Letters to the Editor
Why and What: from Vik Venkataraman
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Rooted in Service “The best way to lose yourself is to find yourself in the service of others.” – Gandhi That line has stuck with me forever. Service runs in my family. My grandmother, back in India, was a fighter for women’s rights. She showed me that leadership is about listening and showing up. L...
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Letters to the Editor
Domogala Releases Mayoral Platform, Outlines Vision
Thursday, September 18, 2025
WESTFIELD – Westfield Ward 3 Councilman and mayoral candidate Mike Domogala this week announced the release of his mayoral platform, laying out a vision focused on fiscal responsibility, balanced development, strong public safety, and investment in parks, recreation, and open spaces.His plan is root...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
The Student View
From Complaints to Compromise: Adjusting to the Block Schedule By CHLOE BENCIVENGA 
Thursday, September 18, 2025
A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramOn the first day of senior year, I walked into school already preparing myself for disaster. Not because of the major workload and stress of college applications, but because of the new block schedule that was implemented at Westfield ...
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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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K. Kultar Singh
Thursday, March 19, 2026
K. Kultar Singh, Late Former Westfield Resident Kanwar Kultar Singh, 94, living in Jericho, NY, died after a brief illness on March 7, 2026. Kultar, a...
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June Gleason
Thursday, March 19, 2026
June Gleason June Gleason passed away peacefully on March 11, 2026, at her home in Clark, New Jersey, surrounded by her loving family. June was born i...
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Union County Seeks To Amend Hazard Mitigation Plan
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Union County Seeks To Amend Hazard Mitigation Plan
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Thursday, March 26, 2026
COUNTY — Union County is working to better safeguard local residents, elected officials and business owners against potential disasters and dangerous ...
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Crusader Boys Came Up Big; Finish Basketball Season, 18-8
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Crusader Boys Came Up Big; Finish Basketball Season, 18-8
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Thursday, March 19, 2026
A pair of impressive winning streaks highlighted the AL Johnson High School boys basketball team’s success this season. The Crusader boys opened the s...
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MOUNTAINSIDE —TheBorough of Mountainside will pay tribute to the lasting legacy of one of its most dedicated youth sports coaches by renaming a sectio...
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