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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
Editorial: Vote For Who You Think Best For Your Town
Thursday, October 31, 2024
This Tuesday, voters will decide whom to represent them on town governing bodies in Scotch Plains, Garwood, Cranford, Clark and Mountainside, along with boards of education in Scotch Plains, Garwood, Clark and Cranford. Candidate statements, biographical information, advertisements and endorsements ...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
The Student View
Thursday, October 31, 2024
A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramDear Christian Nationalists, Start Waving the White Flag (and Stop Waving Ours)By ANNA LUCHSINGEREvery few weeks, they show up again. Like hornets, buzzing across my television screen during the nightly news, screaming, threatening, la...
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Opinions
Gratitude for Making Time For Yourself
By PATRICIA STECKLER, Ph.D. 
Thursday, October 24, 2024
“I want to be alone.” Greta Garbo spoke that famous line from the 1932 movie Grand Hotel, and it stuck to her like Gorilla Super Glue. Ms. Garbo was considered one of the outstanding beauties of her time. The press and Hollywood pursued her for magazine covers and acting roles, but she rarely said y...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
Editorial: Four Centuries Captures The Past
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Once again, area residents of all ages are invited to journey back in time to the eras of their forbears during Union County’s Four Centuries in a Weekend event, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Sponsored by the Union County Board of County Commissioners, this tour will take place on...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
The Student View
Is The Government Even
By NELL DRAGOWSKI 
Thursday, October 17, 2024
A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism Program
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
The Student View
It’s Time To Stop Idolizing Celebrities…Seriously
By BEN DICKERSON 
Thursday, October 10, 2024
A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramFor the past several weeks, I have seen Shawn Combs, aka P. Diddy, plastered on every news source. With the breaking news surrounding his indictment and charges including sexual abuse, racketeering and sex trafficking came a huge uproa...
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Letters to the Editor, Opinions
Gratitude for Solitude
By PATRICIA STECKLER, Ph.D. 
Thursday, October 10, 2024
“Delia watches herself get up from the beach and walk away. She watches herself leave her family without a word, hitch a ride to a new town, buy a new dress in a new style, and find a job and a room in a boardinghouse.” Delia, the protagonist ofAnne Tyler’s novel “Ladder of Years,” precipitously lea...
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Opinions
Gratitude for Good Ways to Handle Nosy Questions
By PATRICIA STECKLER, Ph.D. 
Thursday, September 26, 2024
“I hope you don’t mind my asking…” That disclaimer sets my teeth on edge because I know the question to follow will be unduly personal. My inside voice answers: I do mind. Please don’t ask a personal question. It will create an awkward situation.Of course, once question-askers disclaim responsibilit...
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Opinions
The Student View
Locked Doors Aren’t Enough: Gun Violence has to End
By MADDY COEN 
Thursday, September 26, 2024
A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramOn December 10, 2019 three people were killed in a shooting at JC Kosher Supermarket in Jersey City, NJ, located just under five miles from my synagogue, the United Synagogue of Hoboken (USH). In response, security measures were drasti...
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Arts and Entertainment, Opinions
The Student View
‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ It’s Showtime!
By SOPHIA BASALDUA 
Thursday, September 19, 2024
A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramWhile one might become tired of the never-ending sequels in recent years, Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” is one for the millennium.Maintaining the strange and unusual nature of the first film was top priority from the beginning...
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