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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Rep. Tom Kean Jr.’s actions consistently reflect a pattern where his voting record directly contradicts his public statements. As NJ-7 voters are aware, Kean supported the “Big Beautiful Budget Bill,” which cuts funding for SNAP, reduces Medicare access for an estimated 70 million people, adds more ...

As Co-Founders of the Raritan Valley Line Mayor’s Alliance representing 32 communities along the RVL, we know firsthand that for communities like ours, reliable train service isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity. Over fifteen thousand of our residents depend on NJ TRANSIT every day to get to work, schoo...

It remains hard to watch the recent impacts of extreme weather in other regions of the US knowing that the inland flooding in New Jersey remains unresolved. Since Irene, I coordinated the Mayors Council Rahway River Watershed Flood Control, and despite securing over $7 million to evaluate 21 alterna...

Artificial Intelligence, a gifted child born decades ago to the realm of Science Fiction, has officially moved out of its parents’ basement and into the real world. It grew up like anyone else that had a lot of “potential” as a kid - by testing its strengths, faltering on its new, wobbly legs and wo...

Nurses are a gift to the world! “Unsung heroes,” I said in my last column, when I described Sam and his gentle approach to caring for me overnight in an intensive care unit.After thanking Sam, I was transferred to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for specialized cardiac care, where I recovered fr...