Take eight minutes today and call your best friend. You may say you don’t have time between work demands, carpools, and a stop at Trader Joe’s or ShopRite to pick up dinner. But you will feel less harried and happier if you call. There’s a secret power in an eightminute phone call. You and your best...

As documented in the Union County HAWK, our local communities are frantically building without involvement of the majority of residents. There does not appear to be any coordination by town mayors as to the cumulative impact of massive building in Cranford, Garwood, Westfield, Scotch Plains, Fanwood...

As documented in the Union County HAWK, our local communities are frantically building without involvement of the majority of residents. There does not appear to be any coordination by town mayors as to the cumulative impact of massive building in Cranford, Garwood, Westfield, Scotch Plains, Fanwood...

In the past weeks, I have been asked why I am running for council. My answer is simple. I have been volunteering for a long time—painting fences at a nearby church, sorting books and school supplies at an underserved school, spending time at a local food bank, greeting people, and doing anything tha...

EV Car Show Coming UpDid you know that 7 percent of all new cars sold in the US in the first half of 2023 were electric vehicles (EVs). Did you know that over 3 million EVs have been sold so far in the US? Did you know that EVs require very little maintenance? Now is a great time to buy a new electr...

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...

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...

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of education meeting, the Westfield BOE bowed to political pressure from BOE member Sahar Aziz (and her supporters) and rescinded their motion to consider Aziz’s removal for missing three consecu...

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...

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...