New Jersey is home to the second- largest Jewish population in our nation, with our neighbor New York having the largest. The local Jewish community felt Saturday’s horrific attacks in Israel at the core. Israel, even for those who have never been there, is a nation Jews hold close to them. Much lik...

Running for town council is not just something you do at the last minute, especially for a town like Garwood, where every decision made and dollar expended has to stretch further than most neighboring towns. It requires a commitmentnotonlytocampaigndoorto- door to get the pulse of what is important ...

Edison: Inside the Box Thinking Our mayor, who continues to conceal the $11.8 million initial (and estimated $18 million total in 15 years) price tag on her pet Edison Fields Project from the public in her “Mayor’s Updates”, likes to fashion herself a thinker “outside the box”. This project, though,...

How old is too old to have fun? Members of an organization that fosters connection and provides activities for people over 50 gathered recently to revise their tagline and logo. Some thought the existing logo, “Your Home · Your Neighborhood · Your Future,” didn’t accurately capture the vibrancy and ...

Plastic Consumption Is Enviro. Concern Responding to the letter from the two candidates for the General Assembly for district 22 (from the October 5 edition) about why Greenpeace is mum regarding ocean wind farms and protecting whales. I have no doubt that Greenpeaces' lack of involvement is due to ...

Reader Expresses Disappointment in Robert Kennedy, Jr. Coverage I’m deeply disappointed that The Leader’s October 5 edition devoted a large amount of precious column inches in its news section to a one-sided, promotional article about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. opening a regional headquarters in Elizabe...

A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism Program Has WHS lost its Artistic Flair? When contemplating one’s day to day routine, art may not be an initial thought; however, art is thread throughout our society in more ways than expected. It’s intertwined in daily music choices, archit...

Professor Sahar Aziz, commenting on the recent Hamas attacks, declared, “No one really cared while Gaza’s Palestinians were subjected to a blockade imposed by Israel that denied them the essentials of life...No one really cared when Israel bombed the coastal enclave every few years, killing many hun...

As I go door-to-door campaigning, I have the opportunity to meet and talk to many of our new residents. And often what I hear is that they picked Westfield over other communities because of all the positive momentum in our town, especially in our downtown.Some new residents even tell me that they ch...

As GOP candidates for the General Assembly, District 22 we are puzzled as the environmental activist group Greenpeace is mum regarding ocean wind farms and protecting whales.The Green Peace web site has extensive information and pleads with President Biden to stop/prevent Ocean Floor Mining off our ...