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Lawsuit Looks to Hold Boy Scouts, Schools Liable for Sexual Abuse
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Lawsuit Looks to Hold Boy Scouts, Schools Liable for Sexual Abuse
JESSE WINTER 
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
WESTFIELD — The tidal wave of sexual abuse scandals that enveloped the Boy Scouts of America has made its way to Westfield. On April 21 the law firm Rebenack, Aronow and Mascolo filed a civil action lawsuit case against various local Boy Scout councils and Westfield Public Schools in the Superior Co...
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Lessons Learned Help Westfield Memorial Library to Grow
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Lessons Learned Help Westfield Memorial Library to Grow
JENNIFER GLACKIN 
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
WESTFIELD — Many places shut down when the pandemic hit in March of 2020. The Westfield Memorial Library was no different. It shut its doors, hoping to reopen in a few weeks, but then found itself facing similar hardships and had to find new ways to serve the community, Interim Director Jennifer Sch...
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Zoning Bd. Rejects North Avenue Dunkin’ Drive-Thru Window
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Zoning Bd. Rejects North Avenue Dunkin’ Drive-Thru Window
FRED T. ROSSI 
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
SCOTCH PLAINS — Citing concerns about traffic congestion on and off the property, the zoning board of adjustment last week rejected, by a 6-to-1 vote, an application to add a drive-thru window at a Dunkin’ outlet on North Avenue. Plainfield Gas Realty LLC, which owns the gasoline station and Dunkin’...
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Westfield BOE Appoints New Supt.; Honors Philhower Winner
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Westfield BOE Appoints New Supt.; Honors Philhower Winner
JENNIFER GLACKIN 
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
WESTFIELD — Raymond A. Gonzalez, Ed.D., was named the new superintendent of Westfield Public Schools at the virtual Westfield Board of Education (BOE) meeting on Tuesday. Dr. Gonzalez will begin his new position effective Sunday, August 1, replacing Margaret Dolan, Ed.D., following her retirement th...
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SP-F Elementary Students To Get Full-Day Return
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SP-F Elementary Students To Get Full-Day Return
JENNIFER GLACKIN 
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
SCOTCH PLAINS — At last Thursday’s board of education meeting, Superintendent Joan Mast, Ed.D., thanked staff for their efforts to reopen the district’s five elementary schools for five full days on Monday, May 17. In an April 28 letter to the community, Dr. Mast wrote that the Covid-19 activity lev...
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Tesla Supercharging Stations Approved in Cranford
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Tesla Supercharging Stations Approved in Cranford
MARTA ESQUÍROZ 
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
By MARTA ESQUÍROZ For The Leader/Times CRANFORD — Following a hearing Monday night, the zoning board of adjustment approved an application by Tesla Inc. to install 12 Tesla supercharging stations at 370 North Avenue East. Jesse Karp, deployment lead for supercharging in the northeast, explained that...
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Westfield BOE Appoints New Supt.; Honors Philhower Winner
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Westfield BOE Appoints New Supt.; Honors Philhower Winner
JENNIFER GLACKIN 
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
WESTFIELD — Raymond A. Gonzalez, Ed.D., was named the new superintendent of Westfield Public Schools at the virtual Westfield Board of Education (BOE) meeting on Tuesday. Dr. Gonzalez will begin his new position effective Sunday, August 1, replacing Margaret Dolan, Ed.D., following her retirement th...
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SP-F Elementary Students To Get Full-Day Return
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SP-F Elementary Students To Get Full-Day Return
JENNIFER GLACKIN 
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
SCOTCH PLAINS — At last Thursday’s board of education meeting, Superintendent Joan Mast, Ed.D., thanked staff for their efforts to reopen the district’s five elementary schools for five full days on Monday, May 17. In an April 28 letter to the community, Dr. Mast wrote that the Covid-19 activity lev...
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Tesla Supercharging Stations Approved in Cranford
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Tesla Supercharging Stations Approved in Cranford
MARTA ESQUÍROZ 
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
By MARTA ESQUÍROZ For The Leader/Times CRANFORD — Following a hearing Monday night, the zoning board of adjustment approved an application by Tesla Inc. to install 12 Tesla supercharging stations at 370 North Avenue East. Jesse Karp, deployment lead for supercharging in the northeast, explained that...
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WalletHub Ranks Westfield Worst Small City to Start a Business
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WalletHub Ranks Westfield Worst Small City to Start a Business
MARTA ESQUÍROZ 
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
By MARTA ESQUÍROZ For The Leader/Times WESTFIELD — The personal finance website WalletHub published its “2021 Best and Worst Small Cities to Start a Business,” in which Westfield came in last among 1,337 cities across the United States. The listing looked at cities with a population of between 25,00...
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Fanwood Residents Plan Legal Action Against South Ave. Development
By KATIE MOEN and FRED T.ROSSI 
Thursday, September 4, 2025
FANWOOD — A group of Fanwood residents concerned with overdevelopment are banding together in hopes of securing the necessary legal funds to challenge...
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Westfield’s Forgotten History: Remembering Columbus Elementary
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Westfield’s Forgotten History: Remembering Columbus Elementary
By Loganathan Hargreaves WHS Class of ?28 
Thursday, September 4, 2025
I am an upcoming 10th grader at Westfield High School, and I was fortunate to attend the Vanishing Westfield Neighborhoods: The African American Exper...
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Friday, September 5, 2025
WESTFIELD — Westfield residents will be faced with a full ballot when they head to the polls this November. Eight candidates - four Republicans and fo...
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1958 Cuban Cuisine Reopens Following Mandated Closure
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Thursday, September 11, 2025
WESTFIELD — 1958 Cuban Cuisine, a Westfield restaurant that was cited for unsanitary conditions last month, has reopened with a satisfactory rating af...
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Former Westfield Resident, Bob Van Arnum, Passes Robert (“Bob”) Van Arnum, loving husband of Deborah (“Debbie”) Van Arnum and father of Bradford (“Bra...
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