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Westfield BOE VP Aziz Refutes Claims of Anti-Semitism
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Westfield BOE VP Aziz Refutes Claims of Anti-Semitism
KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
WESTFIELD — Sahar Aziz, the vice president of the Westfield Board of Education (BOE), is seeking punitive damages and a dismissal in response to an amended complaint filed against her with the state School Ethics Commission last month. The complaint, filed by The Deborah Project on behalf of residen...
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Cranford Appoints Patterson As New Business Administrator
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Cranford Appoints Patterson As New Business Administrator
LAURA KREISER 
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
CRANFORD — After several months of hunting for the right candidate, Mayor Brian Andrews announced Monday night that Cranford Township has found a new business administrator. Lavona Patterson, the township’s longtime Chief Financial Officer, has been selected to fill the position. Mayor Andrews expla...
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Referendum Sought on Brookside Park Turf Plan
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Referendum Sought on Brookside Park Turf Plan
FRED T. ROSSI 
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
SCOTCH PLAINS — Prior to its vote last week to approve funding for the installation of artificial turf at the baseball field at Brookside Park, one neighborhood resident, Shawnee Path homeowner Fran Wagner, warned the township council that neighbors opposed to the turf proposal were “prepared to tak...
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Garwood Officials to Review Fees, Road Moratoriums
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Garwood Officials to Review Fees, Road Moratoriums
LAURA KREISER 
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
GARWOOD — Garwood infrastructure came into question as a resident raised a question about how fees and road moratoriums compared to other local towns. Resident Michelle Capobianco said she had noticed new ordinances passing in other towns that had to do with street paving. Ms. Capobianco said she lo...
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Parent Files Ethics Complaint Against BOE VP Sahar Aziz
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Parent Files Ethics Complaint Against BOE VP Sahar Aziz
LAUREN S. BARR 
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
WESTFIELD — Since February of last year, residents in Westfield have been speaking out on Tweets by Board of Education (BOE) Vice President Sahar Aziz that they say are anti-Semitic. Now, one Westfield mother has filed a formal complaint with the New Jersey School Ethics Commission in an effort to h...
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Voters Approve BOE Budget
KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
WESTFIELD — Westfield residents voted to approve the local school district’s $112,832,744 budget on Tuesday as part of the board of education’s first off-season election in more than a decade. Additionally, incumbents Kent Diamond and Brendan Galligan — along with newcomer Charles Gelinas — were ele...
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Westfield BOE Election Results
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Brendan Galligan* – 969 ☑️ Kent Diamond* – 970 ☑️ Brian Crawford – 324 Charles Gelinas – 937 ☑️ Dyanna Pepitone – 290 Budget Question 1: general operating fund of $111,882,749 – YES  ☑️ 872,  NO 407 Budget Question 2: additional $949,995 of collected tax revenue to new staff positions – YES ☑️ 790, ...
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Scotch Plains Council Green Lights Brookside Park Turf Plan
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Scotch Plains Council Green Lights Brookside Park Turf Plan
FRED T. ROSSI 
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
SCOTCH PLAINS — Capping several months of a large number of residents publicly expressing their concerns about installing artificial turf at the Brookside Park baseball field, the township council on Tuesday approved a bond ordinance to finance the turf project along with a host of other upgrades an...
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Officials Weigh In On County Seal Debate
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Officials Weigh In On County Seal Debate
KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
COUNTY — The debate over the future of the Union County seal continued on Thursday when numerous residents took to the podium during a regular meeting of the Commissioner Board to weigh in and share their opinions. The current seal, which depicts the shooting of a Revolutionary War-era woman named H...
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Westfield BOE Candidates Debate Ahead of Tuesday Election
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Westfield BOE Candidates Debate Ahead of Tuesday Election
KATIE MOEN 
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
WESTFIELD — Five candidates vying for three open seats on the Westfield Board of Education (BOE) faced off last week during a virtual debate sponsored by the local Parent Teacher Council. The candidates, comprised of two incumbents and three newcomers, took advantage of the opportunity to weigh in o...
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FANWOOD — Despite opposition from neighborhood residents, the planning board last month approved an application to develop property on South Avenue in...
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GARWOOD — During Thursday night’s meeting of the Garwood mayor and council, resident and poet Sheila Moreira was honored with a Community Spirit Award...
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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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