A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramWhy Spirited Away is Worth a WatchIt was the winner of the 2003 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and I’m here to tell you why Spirited Away is the best animated film of all time, with no competition.Spirited Away has every comp...

The Minnesota boy with the breadonly sandwich is a story of resiliency. This nine-year-old boy went to school smiling and friendly to all. He sustained a cheerful demeanor despite his alcoholic mother and absent father. No one slathered peanut butter or tuna salad between his lunch bread slices, yet...

I would like to thank The Leader for hosting the candidates forum a couple of weeks ago. Not everyone was able to watch it live or on social media, so I want make sure that voters know why I am running and what I stand for.Let me tell you what I am for. I am for fields for our kids to play on. I am ...

In an era of ever-evolving municipal services and budgetary constraints, the question of whether to privatize essential services such as garbage collection often takes center stage. For many communities, this discussion can be polarizing, but I am standing firm against the privatization of garbage c...

Your opinion on Sahar Aziz was beautifully written, factually accurate, and I hope serves as a wake up call to people that support her or her ilk.I hope people appreciate the lonely work that Stephanie Siegel and Kyle George have done for years to bring attention to her anti semitic behavior. Your a...

We’ve had several residents ask questions about flooding and the Garwood Brook,promptedbycommentsfromthe Republican candidates on Facebook or their mailers. There appears to be some bad information out there, so we’d like to correct the record and discuss flooding, collaborative approaches for flood...

Over the past two years, Cranford has advanced our comprehensive “All of the Above” flood control strategy to address one of the greatest challenges facing our town. We are simultaneously moving forward on regional solutions as well as advancing a broad range of local projects to ensure our communit...

Despite repeated expressions of concern by Cranford residents, Westfield went ahead with approving the development of Williams Nursery with a 162-unit housing development adjacent to Lenape Park. Concerns were expressed that the engineering firm used out-ofdate measurements of rainfall and rather th...

Our mayor recently responded to claims by opponents of her Edison Fields Project that playing sports on artificial turf results in greater injuries than playing on natural grass. In response, she asserted that she hadn’t heard a single concern from anybody about increased injuries from playing on ar...

Westfield Leaf Collection Warning On November 20, 2019, my driveway was damaged during leaf collection. I spoke to John, the driver of the vehicle that damaged my driveway and he told me that he would report the incident and it should be repaired as soon as leaf collection was over. In addition, I s...