With economic uncertainty affecting the lives of so many people, food insecurity is a significant need nationwide, including in our surrounding communities and right here in Westfield. To help address this issue – which is unfortunately not new – Scouting for Food was established 35 years ago, first...

I believe that if you care about something deeply enough, your community, your neighbors, and the future your children will inherit, you do not wait for someone else to fix what is broken. You act. That belief guided my work as an elected official and continues to guide me now as I plan to travel to...

In the season of Thanksgiving in addition to wishing everyone a wonderful holiday with family and friends, I would like to express my thanks to the community of Scotch Plains-Fanwood for the opportunity to represent them for the last 18 years on the Board of Education. I worked very hard to put stud...

A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramThere is no better feeling than the smell of a fresh book, and the anticipation of flipping through pages, never knowing what will follow. That simple joy is the pure serotonin that reading offers people of all ages around the world. U...

A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramIn 1997, my parents settled in New Jersey and never looked back. Having immigrated from Ukraine, this state became their introduction to America, and later, the only home I’d come to know — my birthplace and the official “land of my pe...

A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism Program

This Tuesday voters will head to the polls to elect a new governor, fill seats local on governing bodies in Westfield, Garwood, Cranford and Clark, and choose representation to the State Assembly and Boards of Education in Scotch Plains, Fanwood, Clark and Cranford. Candidate statements, biographica...

This is in rebuttal to Mayor Curran and Commissioner Prunty’s letter to the editor titled “Cranford should Focus on One Pool” The pools suffered their biggest decline in 2020 with COVID. To date, taxpayers dollars have not been used to support the pools. The gap has been funded by a federal grant re...

Dear Neighbors and Friends, Thank you to those who have already voted and support my campaign. It means a great deal to me and, if elected, I will do everything in my power to best represent you. To those who are still undecided, let me leave you with one final personal letter.When I was first asked...

Dear Ward 1 Neighbors, I’m Reshma Adwar, and I’m running for Town Council to be your representative.Living in Westfield was a longheld dream since I was a teenager. When my husband and I moved here with our two children, that dream came to life - not just because of the vibrant downtown and great sc...