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Home For The Holidays: County Celebrates Adoption Day
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Home For The Holidays: County Celebrates Adoption Day
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, November 23, 2023
COUNTY — Two-year-old Aviana Bradley-Dupree grinned across the crowded room, clutching a balloon animal in one hand and a chocolate-chip cookie in the other. “Mommy!” she giggled. “Mommy, look!” Her adoptive mothers, Tamika Jones and Adrienne Dupree, grinned back.“That’s my favorite word,” Ms. Jones...
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DWC Gears Up For Busy Holiday Season
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, November 23, 2023
WESTFIELD—Afewnewcommunity- based activities will be added to this year’s local holiday calendar, representatives from the Downtown Westfield Corporation (DWC) said Monday.“We’retryingtomakesurethateverything — especially things like the tree lighting and the photos with Santa — is a bit more organi...
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Fundraiser Benefits Students In Israel
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Fundraiser Benefits Students In Israel
By FRED T. ROSSI 
Thursday, November 23, 2023
WESTFIELD — It was a night for people to come out and show their support not only for Israel but also students there who have been traumatized by the shocking October 7 attacks and the aftermath.A crowd well in excess of 100 attended the “Vigil for Peace in Israel” fundraiser held last Thursday even...
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Residents Ask for Westfield’s DEI to Combat Anti-Semitism
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Residents Ask for Westfield’s DEI to Combat Anti-Semitism
By KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
WESTFIELD — On Tuesday, during a regular meeting of the Westfield Board of Education, numerous parents and local residents stepped to the podium to urge the district’s leadership to use caution in planning its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) program in the wake of the October 7 attacks against...
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Clark Mayor Charged With Fraud, Official Misconduct
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Clark Mayor Charged With Fraud, Official Misconduct
By KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
CLARK — Clark’s longtime mayor, Sal Bonaccorso, could be facing more than 15 years in state prison in connection with official charges of fraud, misconduct and forgery that have been levied against him by the state Attorney General’s office (AG). According to information provided by the state, Bonac...
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AG Releases Long-Awaited Findings On Clark PD, Officials
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AG Releases Long-Awaited Findings On Clark PD, Officials
By KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
CLARK — On Monday, more than three years after the Union County Prosecutor’s Office first assumed control of the Clark Township Police Department, the State Attorney General’s Office released the results of its investigation into alleged misconduct by some of the department’s highest-ranking officia...
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Two Municipal Elections Remain Undecided
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Two Municipal Elections Remain Undecided
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, November 16, 2023
AREA—As Union County officials are still working to count this year’s final round of mail-in ballots, two municipal elections — one in Garwood and another in Cranford — remain undecided. In Garwood, Democratic incumbent Vincent Kearney, who had 592 votes when the polls closed last week, has pulled a...
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Pro-Palestinian Rally Leads To Counter-protest, Arrest
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Pro-Palestinian Rally Leads To Counter-protest, Arrest
By KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
WESTFIELD — A West Orange man was arrested on minor assault charges during a pro-Palestinian rally held in Mindowaskin Park on Saturday after a woman was hit in the face with a hand-lettered sign.The event, organized by Westfield resident Yara Assadi, and touted on social media as “a gathering for P...
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Township Will Look Into Cancer Cases On Sycamore Avenue
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Township Will Look Into Cancer Cases On Sycamore Avenue
By FRED T. ROSSI 
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
SCOTCH PLAINS — Township officials say they will look into why there has been a large number of instances of cancer among residents living on a segment of Sycamore Avenue. At its business meeting on Tuesday, Patricia Darrell, who lives on the SycamoreAvenue cul-de-sac extending from Mountain Avenue,...
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Recreation Commission ‘Back to Square One’ at Brookside Park
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Recreation Commission ‘Back to Square One’ at Brookside Park
By FRED T. ROSSI 
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
SCOTCH PLAINS — A week after voters rejected the installation of artificial turf at Brookside Park, the recreation commission says other improvements at the park are still needed and that it will soon begin discussions on a new capital funding request for next year. At the commission’s meeting on Mo...
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Residents Ask for Westfield’s DEI to Combat Anti-Semitism
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Residents Ask for Westfield’s DEI to Combat Anti-Semitism
By KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
WESTFIELD — On Tuesday, during a regular meeting of the Westfield Board of Education, numerous parents and local residents stepped to the podium to ur...
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Two Municipal Elections Remain Undecided
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Two Municipal Elections Remain Undecided
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, November 16, 2023
AREA—As Union County officials are still working to count this year’s final round of mail-in ballots, two municipal elections — one in Garwood and ano...
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Raiders Won First, Finished Football Season on High Note
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Raiders Won First, Finished Football Season on High Note
By DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, November 23, 2023
TEAM CAPTAINS - RICCA, ROMANO, DELCORE, MUNDLEExperiencing a season of turmoil, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School football team endured it all and...
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Clark Mayor Charged With Fraud, Official Misconduct
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Clark Mayor Charged With Fraud, Official Misconduct
By KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
CLARK — Clark’s longtime mayor, Sal Bonaccorso, could be facing more than 15 years in state prison in connection with official charges of fraud, misco...
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Law Professor Takes Issue With Leader Editorial
Matthew L. Schafer Westfield 
Thursday, November 16, 2023
I’ve practiced FirstAmendment law for more than a decade–first, in D.C. and now in New York. I’ve represented newspapers from New York to Australia. I...
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