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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
Gratitude for Free Speech and The Golden Rule: Don’t Censor Me!
By PATRICIA STECKLER, Ph.D. 
Thursday, July 3, 2025
I paused my newly acquired internalized censor,whichwagsitsfingerwhenever I slip and say the “taboo” words: diversity, inclusion, or equity (DIE). A reflective pivot prompted me to wonder if that trio of words had DIEd, and is now replaced by uniformity, exclusion, and inequality.What happened to th...
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Opinions
Editorial: Congratulations, Class of 2025; Wishing You All Future Success
Thursday, June 26, 2025
This week, the Class of 2025 at our area high schools are celebrating their long-awaited graduations, savoring their accomplishments and preparing to begin the next chapter of their lives. Entering ninth grade in the shadow of the pandemic, these young adults ably dealt with unprecedented challenges...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
Congress Must Act to Help Pull USPS Back From the Brink
By Martha Diaz Aszkenazy Chair, National Newspaper Association 
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Publisher, The San Fernando Valley (California) Sun/El Sol NewspapersThe United States Postal Service is on the brink of a self-induced collapse. The failed policies of the Delivering forAmerica Plan have driven away customers through a combination of sky-high rate increases and degraded service. Da...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
The Student View
Posting Isn’t Protesting; The Line
By HANNA SCLAR 
Thursday, June 26, 2025
A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism Program
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
Cranford BOE Announces Community Survey for Superintendent Search
Cranford BOE Announces Community Survey for Superintendent Search
Thursday, June 26, 2025
As many of you are aware, Dr. Scott Rubin has announced his retirement in May and will be leaving the Cranford Public School District at the end of 2025 after nearly nine years of distinguished service. Under Dr. Rubin’s leadership, our Cougars climbed to new heights as he led our District with visi...
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Opinions
Gratitude for Kindness as Ethiopians Do
By PATRICIA STECKLER, Ph.D. 
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Trader Joe’s was crazy crowded on an April Saturday morning when I went to stock up on groceries. Flowers nearly flew into grocery carts with shoppers dashing to grab the popular camellia plants, redolent with tropical perfume. It was the eve of Easter, the end of Passover — time for final Seders — ...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
The Student View
Purged by Policy: How the
By EMILY BRACCO 
Thursday, June 19, 2025
A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism Program
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Opinions
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
By MELISSA B. ROGERS, Ph.D. 
Thursday, June 12, 2025
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Did your parents say this? In any case, they probably taught you to look both ways before crossing a road, and uncountable other habits that prevent harm before real damage is done. As adults, we know accidents happen, and we safeguard children by t...
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Opinions
Editorial: Who’s in Favor of Learning Cursive Writing?
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Students, beware! A move is afoot in Trenton to resurrect a practice that folks of a certain age remember all too well: cursive writing.Generation Xers and Baby Boomers, especially, likely remember learning cursive in school on paper specially printed with two parallel horizontal lines, with a dotte...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
The Student View
A Thank You
By LIBBY VERGA 
Thursday, June 12, 2025
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Advocates Lose Appeal of OWP Lawsuit
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Advocates Lose Appeal of OWP Lawsuit
By LAUREN S. BARR 
Friday, June 27, 2025
WESTFIELD — The New Jersey Appellate Court upheld the Lower Court’s ruling dismissing The Westfield Advocates for Responsible Development’s (WARD) law...
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E-Bikes Banned from Park Trails and Paths in Westfield
Main, News
E-Bikes Banned from Park Trails and Paths in Westfield
By MADOLYN LAURINE 
Thursday, June 26, 2025
WESTFIELD — Visitors to town parks will now have to park their electric bicycles and scooters after the town council during its Tuesday meeting passed...
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JCC of Central New Jersey Names New Bd. of Directors
Community
JCC of Central New Jersey Names New Bd. of Directors
Thursday, June 26, 2025
SCOTCH PLAINS — The JCC of Central New Jersey has announced its new board of directors for the 2025-2026 year. At the JCC’s annual meeting June 9, Lau...
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Towns to Celebrate Independence Day
Main, News
Towns to Celebrate Independence Day
Thursday, June 26, 2025
AREA — Starting this weekend, multiple area communities will present Independence Day celebrations offering an array of activities and capped off by g...
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Raiders Won UCT, Sectional In Boys Volleyball, Finish 27-5
Sports
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Raiders Won UCT, Sectional In Boys Volleyball, Finish 27-5
By DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Competition may have been stiffer but the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys volleyball team still managed to assert its dominance in Union County...
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