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The Student View
When Politics Overshadow
By GABRIELLA ZERAFA 
Thursday, September 25, 2025
A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism Program
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
The Student View
From Complaints to Compromise: Adjusting to the Block Schedule By CHLOE BENCIVENGA 
Thursday, September 18, 2025
A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramOn the first day of senior year, I walked into school already preparing myself for disaster. Not because of the major workload and stress of college applications, but because of the new block schedule that was implemented at Westfield ...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
Gratitude for Poetry: Memorization and Active Meditation
By PATRICIA STECKLER, Ph.D. 
Thursday, September 11, 2025
“Breathe in gently and deeply through your nose. Exhale slowly and fully through your mouth. Clear your mind and allow your breath to find its natural rhythm.”That’s the instruction for most mindfulness meditation. You may have tried this in yoga classes or by listening to your favorite meditation a...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
Scientists Are Optimists Seeking a Way Forward
By MELISSA ROGERS, Ph.D. 
Thursday, September 11, 2025
I was driving my daughter’s 12year-old friend home one night when she told me “Doctors withhold cures to keep people sick to make money.” My heart was breaking, as I gently told her that none of the hundreds of physicians that I knew wanted anything except the best treatment for their patients. Year...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
Editorial: We Are The Leader And We Speak For The Trees
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Last week, we published an article about Union County’s plans to tear down a 150-year-old grove of Oak trees to make way for a new ice rink at Warinanco Park. This project, or at least some iteration of it, has been in the works for years across multiple locations. It has served as an election-year ...
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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 Experience Exhibit curated by the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Westfield. The experience deeply moved me, especially learning about the closur...
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Opinions
Understanding and Compassion Combat Fatigue and Burnout
By PATRICIA STECKLER, Ph.D. 
Thursday, August 28, 2025
A celebration of nurses filled the last two gratitude columns. Nurses’ compassionate devotion to every patient, even at the end of 12-hour shifts, is the pinnacle of human kindness. They attend to the physical and emotional well-being of every patient, regardless of age, race, or condition. “How do ...
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Opinions
The Evolution and Uses Of Gene Editing
By MELISSA ROGERS 
Thursday, August 28, 2025
The May 8 Leader published a cartoon featuring two canines. One said to the other “Oh sure, they mess with ancient DNA and gene editing technology, and here I am, the dire wolf. I’m warm and cuddly now, but once I grow up and eat a few people, I’ll be the bad guy again.” Cartoonist Neseman’s inspira...
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Opinions
Opinion: The Truth About Mail-In Ballots
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Lately, I’ve been hearing a growing wave of concern about mail-in ballots (VBMs): how they’re sent out, how they’re counted, and whether they’re truly secure. This concern isn’t unfounded—it’s being fueled by a flood of misinformation that’s threatening to undermine the confidence in one of the most...
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Opinions
Westfield, AT&T Should Exhibit Basic Decency, Find Other Location for Tower
Thursday, August 28, 2025
What the Township of Westfield and AT&T are planning to do to their Scotch Plains neighbors at the Conservation Center off Lamberts Mill Road is simply wrong, and I am particularly disheartened by the recent rhetoric from certain officials in favor of this project on the heels of a court decision th...
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2025 Election Results
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2025 Election Results
Lauren 
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Updated Wednesday, November 5, 2025 ~ 11:30 a.m. ~ Unofficial Results * Denotes Incumbent, ☑️ indicates projected winner Westfield Mayor Jeremy Berman...
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News
Westfield Man Gets Probation Following Child Porn Arrest
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, October 30, 2025
WESTFIELD — An 85-year-old Westfield resident who admitted to owning elicit materials depicting child abuse has been given probation after pleading gu...
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Domogala, Berman Vie To Be Next Westfield Mayor
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Domogala, Berman Vie To Be Next Westfield Mayor
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, October 30, 2025
WESTFIELD — Two candidates - Michal Domogala (a Republican currently serving as one of the two Ward 3 representatives on the Town Council) and Democra...
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Westfield Dems Sweep Election, Maintain Majority
Main, News
Westfield Dems Sweep Election, Maintain Majority
By KATIE MOEN 
Thursday, November 6, 2025
WESTFIELD — The Westfield Democrats celebrated a sweeping victory Tuesday night, claiming four open Council seats and securing another four-year Mayor...
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Community
CBI to Commemorate Kristallnacht Anniversary
Thursday, October 30, 2025
SCOTCH PLAINS – Congregation Beth Israel (CBI) in Scotch Plains will commemorate the anniversary of Kristallnacht on Friday evening, November 7, at 7:...
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