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Letters to the Editor
Robert Shire Westfield 
Thursday, September 21, 2023
If You Can’t Perform Two Positions, Don’t Hold Two PositionsAccording to The Leader, Board of Education Member Aziz was recently called to account for missing three consecutive meetings. She responded by asking whether fellow board member Brendan Gilligan had spearheaded a “collective attempt to rem...
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Opinions
OPRA Request Validates Concerns Regarding Playground Trees
Ed Minall Scotch Plains 
Thursday, September 21, 2023
I performed an OPRA request for Greenside Playground construction related documentation. The documentation I received reinforced my concern whether Scotch Plains Officials are incompetent or just don’t care to properly manage construction at Greenside Playground. The documentation I will be referrin...
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Letters to the Editor
Kyle George Westfield 
Thursday, September 21, 2023
BOE Within Their Rights to Consider Removal After Three Missed MeetingsAt the September 11 special board of education meeting, the Westfield BOE bowed to political pressure from BOE member Sahar Aziz (and her supporters) and rescinded their motion to consider Aziz’s removal for missing three consecu...
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Letters to the Editor
Marci Bandelli - Westfield 
Thursday, September 21, 2023
We Have Been Duped By Tom Kean, Jr.It shouldn’t be surprising to all of us who reside in CD-7, at least not for those of us who have been paying attention, that we have a Tom Kean, Jr. problem. Tom Kean, Jr. is lock step ready to support anything Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarth...
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The Student View
By DARCY SCHEINER 
Thursday, September 21, 2023
A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramNot to be ‘Mean’, But…“Did you hear her new song?” “Isn’t that lyric soooo good?” “Are you excited for her next album?” “Are you going to the Eras tour?” These are the questions I, a teenage girl inWestfield, N.J., am bombarded with ev...
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Dr. Virginia Apgar Deserves More Recognition in Hometown
By DAVID SAVRANSKY Guest Columnist 
Thursday, September 21, 2023
How is it that after living inWestfield for 11 years, I have never heard anyone mention a single word about Dr. Virginia Apgar? Born and raised in Westfield, Dr.Apgar is responsible for saving the lives of countless babies all over the world, yet goes without proper recognition in her hometown. What...
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Gratitude Every Day For Coming Home
By PATRICIA STECKLER, Ph.D. 
Thursday, September 14, 2023
“Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be Astonished. Tell about it.”Those wonderful, wise words by the poet Mary Oliver inspire us to find joy in the everydayness of life. To love a sycamore when it sheds strips of bark and reveals its mottled trunk. To delight in seeing a dog on a hot day...
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Gratitude for Gratefulness
By PATRICIA STECKLER, Ph.D. 
Thursday, August 31, 2023
What’s the difference, you might ask, between gratitude and gratefulness? Here’s an example: Friends brought soothing soups and multi-hued flowers to my dear friend two weeks ago to sweeten her recovery from major surgery. Appreciating their kindness and expressing thanks is gratitude. In contrast, ...
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Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should
Thursday, August 24, 2023
This week, The Westfield Leader and Union County HAWK contain an article about an internal affairs investigation launched by the Westfield Police Department in response to a YouTube video that levied some serious accusations of misconduct and retaliatory behavior by one of the town’s newest officers...
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Opinions
Gratitude for Daydreaming Envy Away
By PATRICIA STECKLER, Ph.D. and THERESA STILES For The Westfield Leader and Union County HAWK 
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Our guest contributor, Theresa Stiles, crafted this creative romp as a remedy for overcoming envy.Bang! Bang! Bang! Order in the court. Guilty as charged. I daydream, but not in a good way, about envy. Sometimes you have to eat the green pie to see the light. Allow me to present my case. With gavel ...
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By KATIE MOEN 
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WESTFIELD — An 85-year-old Westfield resident who admitted to owning elicit materials depicting child abuse has been given probation after pleading gu...
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2025 Election Results
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2025 Election Results
Lauren 
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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Domogala, Berman Vie To Be Next Westfield Mayor
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WESTFIELD — Two candidates - Michal Domogala (a Republican currently serving as one of the two Ward 3 representatives on the Town Council) and Democra...
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