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Gratitude for Getting to Know People Outside of Our Cultural Circle
By PATRICIA STECKLER, Ph.D. 
Thursday, August 1, 2024
“What are burek and cevapcici?” I asked my Croatian friend when he described the menu at his favorite Bosnian/Croatian restaurant.Cevapcici is a homemade grilled sausage made of ground pork, beef, lamb, onion, garlic, and spices including cayenne and paprika. Burek, he explained, is a phyllo dough s...
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Gratitude for Heightened Awareness about Mental Health and Decreased Stigma
By PATRICIA STECKLER, Ph.D. 
Thursday, July 18, 2024
“Can I come in through the back door?” or “Please schedule my appointments so I don’t run into anyone I know.” These requests were routine in the early part of my forty-year private practice as a clinical psychologist. Teachers didn’t want to encounter their students or students’ parents. Doctors wa...
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Leading the way to living greener
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Leading the way to living greener
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Green Team Leading the way to living greener‘Skip the Stuff’ Ordinance Aims to Reduce Plastic Take-Out TrashA simple, effective solution to that drawer, the one full of unneeded condiment packets, chopsticks, stirrers, bundled packages and a LOT of plastic utensils, is now in effect in Westfield.Oft...
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Editorial: Federal Govt. Needs to Get ‘On Board’ With Fixing Transit Woes
Thursday, July 4, 2024
Why does it feel like as soon as NJ Transit announced a 15-percent rate hike, the trains literally came to a complete stop?Last week, riders were once again stranded all along the commuting corridor we call home — one of the busiest in the nation.NJ Transit is a mess. Trains rarely run on time, ther...
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Gratitude for Letting Go of the Pressure to Pursuit of Passion
By PATRICIA STECKLER, Ph.D. 
Thursday, July 4, 2024
Do you feel as I do? Are you inundated with messages exhorting you to pursue your passion, find your purpose, and develop your hobbies? Last week, I attended a meeting at a senior center with a group in our sixties and seventies. A pastor urged us to find our passions and make retired life zing.The ...
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Editorial: Congratulations to the Class of ’24: You Have Accomplished Much
Lauren 
Thursday, June 27, 2024
This past week marks one of the most significant milestones in the lives of young adults in our area — their graduation from high school. As they donned their caps and gowns and strode across the commencement stage before an audience of proud parents, relatives and friends, our graduates reflected o...
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Rutgers Union Calls on Indicted Board Of Governors Member to Resign
Lauren 
Thursday, June 27, 2024
AREA — The Rutgers union representing more than 6,000 full-time faculty members, graduate workers, and others is calling for Rutgers Board of Governors member William Tambussi to resign or be removed from the Board after Tambussi was indicted on racketeering charges alongside powerful South Jersey D...
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Editorial: Rezoning Is The Right Move For Downtown Westfield
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Last week, the Westfield Mayor and Council voted to rezone 25 properties in what they called “the fringe” area of the Centraol Business District to allow professional offices to operate out of certain street-level spaces.The move drew opposition from nearby residents who claimed that allowing anythi...
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Gratitude for New Words for Widow or Widower
By PATRICIA STECKLER, Ph.D. 
Thursday, June 20, 2024
In January, my first and longest Westfield friend’s dear husband died. We’d met in 1980 when I strolled my baby daughter down our street near Wilson School. She, too, had a toddler, a boy, and in no time, both families gathered in our backyards for playdates, barbecues, and laughter. The kids went t...
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Recent NY Times Letter is Not Logical
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Westfield resident Kathy O’Gara, in a letter to The New York Times published June 11, bemoaned the high civilian death toll in Israel’s recent hostage rescue. Ms. O’Gara, noting that prior hostage deals secured the release of many more hostages without the accompanying death toll, arrived at the “lo...
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