U.S. Representative Thomas Kean Jr.’s pathetic 29 percent score on the 2023 Humane Society Legislative Fund’s Humane Scorecard is an insult to New Jersey’s 7th District residents. Kean finished dead last among New Jersey’s 12 House representatives, nine of whom had perfect 100 percent scores. Kean f...

The Borough of Fanwood is always trying to take advantage of opportunities to apply for grants that will make the Borough a better place to live. Currently, we have an opportunity to apply for a Green Acres Grant which we would use to make further improvements in Forest Road Park. In 2021 the Boroug...

A collaboration with the Westfield High School Journalism ProgramWhy Early Decisioning toColleges Should Not ExistWhat is Early Decisioning to a college?When applying to a school, an applicant can choose early decision. Early Decision is a legally binding contract between the applicant and the schoo...

Sixty seconds. That’s the amount of time it would take you each night, before you go to bed to make sure your house and property are secure. Use those 60 seconds to ensure your vehicles are locked, your ground-floor windows and doors are secure, your exterior lights are on and your home security sys...

Among the first acts of the newly elected Westfield Council members was an attempt to remove Thomas Jardim as the Town Attorney, claiming that he had provided “bad advice” about whether approval of the One Westfield Place redevelopment project could have legally been the subject of a “non-binding re...

“Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” - Winston Churchill With this pithy statement, Winston Churchill aptly summarized what we have come to learn over the past 250 years in this country: demo...

Scotch Plains Mayor Losardo Outlines Goals for 2024There is something special about this time of the year. The new year is a rebirth, a time to recharge, set goals and focus on what is most important for ourselves, our families and our community.I am proud to be submitting my fourth annual “Mayor’s ...

For some time now I have been thinking about writing a letter to the editor to help address some confusion about how municipal government works.After reading our new Councilman Kiefer’s letter in the Tap, I realized that, as we enter a new legislative year, now would be a good time.I was interested ...

There they go again! Santa Claus apparently paused his round-theworld trip a few weeks ago to hand out plenty of goodies to state and county government officials in the form of outrageous pay raises. Unlike the ugly sweater or the tacky knick-knack, however, we the people who pay those government sa...

It has come to my attention that over the New Year’s weekend, Fanwood was one of several New Jersey municipalities where buses presumably carrying migrants from Texas arrived so they could be loaded onto trains to New York. The New Jersey Governor’s office, in remarks to the news media, has conclude...