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Remembering Horace Corbin
By FRED T. ROSSI 
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Back in November 1998, I was walking around downtown Westfield when, on a lark, I stopped into the cramped offices of The Westfield Leader/Scotch Plains-Fanwood Times, then located at 50 Elm Street. A tall woman, who I soon learned was Gail Corbin, cheerfully greeted me as I hesitantly asked her, “A...
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Goodbye and Thank You, Horace
Thursday, February 29, 2024
When you own a business with the 134-year history and depth of The Westfield Leader and Union County HAWK’s 59 years, it would be wrong to not think about all those who came before you. For over 20 years, I was lucky enough to work beside and learn from the man who taught me to do just that — Horace...
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Westfield GOP Shows Support for Asm. Crime Bill
Thursday, February 15, 2024
WESTFIELD — In a significant step forward in the fight against rising crime, home invasions, and attempted car thefts in Westfield and across the state of New Jersey, Assemblywoman Michele Matsikoudis recently introduced the groundbreaking crime bill A3806 in the New Jersey General Assembly. This ne...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
The Student View
By DARCY SCHEINER 
Thursday, February 15, 2024
A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramMind Games:The Power of Daily PuzzlesIn a world constantly buzzing with distractions, finding moments of mental respite can feel like an unattainable luxury. However, amidst the chaos, there lies a simple, yet profoundly effective anti...
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Senate Judiciary GOP Probes Rutgers Center for Security, Race and Rights
Thursday, February 15, 2024
WASHINGTON – Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Ranking Member U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), are investigating the financial support underpinning the Rutgers University Center for Security, Race and Rights, which sponsors events featuring anti-Semitic speakers, i...
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Gratitude For Finding Fellowship
By PATRICIA STECKLER, Ph.D. 
Thursday, February 15, 2024
In the 1960s, three Maryland Methodist churches, two with all-white congregations and the other all-Black, were confronted with dwindling membership and faced the prospect of going under. During that time, the ministers and church members in their town, Quince Orchard, considered uniting. However, r...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
Expressing Concerns About the Size And Scope of One Westfield Place
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Dear Streetworks Developers, We hope this letter finds you well.As newly elected members of theWestfield Town Council, we, Councilmen Todd Saunders,Dr.MichaelArmento,Michal Domogala, and David Kiefer, are writing to you in our individual capacities as advocates for the residents of Westfield. This l...
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Our Ocean Deserves Better
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Climate change impacts require immediate actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, chief among them reducing energy use and waste. The government, however, is focusing on massive ocean industrialization beginning with offshore wind, transforming the ocean into giant power plants. This, despite the...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
Westfield Advocates Calls
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Westfield Advocates for Responsible Development (Westfield Advocates) would like to inform the public of the factual and mis-leading inaccuracies inarticle: “Sophia Plans Move Ahead Following Lawsuit Decision”, Katie Moen, Febuary 1, 2024 (https:// www.goleader.com/) The following excerpts from the ...
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Sewer Assessments Unfair to Westfield’s Senior Citizens
Thursday, February 8, 2024
I read with interest the article about sewer rates in(February 1, 2024). I would like to bring to your attention how unfair the sewer assessment is to Westfield senior citizens (per household). We (seniors) have a small (one or two persons) household, yet we have to pay the same rate as families wit...
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