A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramAs a kid, almost every day after school and early Saturday mornings were filled with some sort of recreational sport, and I was constantly running around my neighborhood until the street lights came on. Exercise was never something tha...

It’s our policy that we don’t endorse candidates running for office, and barring something truly egregious, we won’t decry them either. We give you “just the facts”, whatever they may be. We want our readers to make their own choices at the polls. But now that the election is over, it’s time to addr...

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...

“Silence is a true friend who never betrays.” - Confucius A farmhouse, rolling hills, 100 hillside acres, ten writers, a communal table for farm fresh meals, warm hosts, an erudite instructor, and assorted donkeys and goats: Zigbone Farm in Western Maryland is my happy place. My phone and laptop tak...

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...

TRENTON -- Senate President Nick Scutari called for the appointment of an Independent Monitor to oversee the Office of Public Integrity andAccountability in the Department of Law and Public Safety.The OPIA, established in 2018 with the responsibility of investigating violations of public trust, has ...

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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...

“How can I pick both kids up on time when their schools end at 3 p.m. and are five miles apart?” “Why am I the only sibling tasked with caring for my mother? Is it because I’m the only daughter?” Tight mouths and furrowed brows painted my psychotherapy patients’ faces, mostly women, in shades of str...

A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramThe lyric “I’m sorry, the old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now. Why? ‘Cause she’s dead!” has been stuck in my head ever since Taylor Swift released “The Life of a Showgirl.” The truth is, I’m disappointed. And by disappointed, ...