I moved to Garwood six years ago and live in the village’s senior housing, “The Village at Garwood”, on 2nd Ave. I love living in Garwood and enjoy my apartment here. I remember attending town council meetings where some people, for various reasons, expressed their opposition to building this comple...

Garwood is known as a “small town with a big heart”. However, true leadership from our Borough Council must pave the path for showing that heart. Residents want to get involved when they know there is someone leading the charge who will be there to support and guide them. Over the past few years, Ma...

I moved to Garwood six years ago and live in the village’s senior housing, “The Village at Garwood”, on 2nd Ave. I love living in Garwood and enjoy my apartment here. I remember attending town council meetings where some people, for various reasons, expressed their opposition to building this comple...

I am writing this letter to voice my unequivocal support to re-elect Mike Dardia as our Ward 2 councilman. My family has lived next door to the Dardias (as in, we can pretty much touch each other’s houses) since the fall of 2014. From the very beginning, we were well aware this was a new type of nei...

I am deeply disappointed that Mayor Shelley Brindle has decided to end the popular town-wide service of bulky waste home pickup. As a Westfield Councilman back in 1993, I worked with the mayor and council to have the town offer this service for the first time to Westfield residents. Both Republican ...

When I heard Amanda Como was running for town council, my immediate reaction was, “Yes! This makes perfect sense!” For nearly 10 years, since our kids were in pre-school, I have been lucky to call Amanda my friend. We have taken our daughters to girls’ leadership workshops together, she has coached ...

Garwood is known as a “small town with a big heart”. However, true leadership from our Borough Council must pave the path for showing that heart. Residents want to get involved when they know there is someone leading the charge who will be there to support and guide them. Over the past few years, Ma...

As a former Westfield resident of 31 years I still have great interest in the progress and growth of this wonderful town where my wife, Maureen and I, raised our two sons. I read The Leader on a regular basis and try to understand why certain things are happening. I was really annoyed when I read th...

I’ve lived in Westfield for 55 years, and over that time, I’ve been represented by literally dozens of Westfield councilpersons. But I’ve never known one as hard working, as well intentioned, and as competent a councilman as Mike Dardia. Mike is the kind of councilman I like – he doesn’t make a lot ...

When I think back over the past year, I like everyone else, think of the things we lost. The easy interactions with friends, bumping into people out and about around town, seeing family and friends consistently and inside! Thinking only locally, last spring it was hard to imagine missing so many eve...