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The Leader The Leader
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www.goleader.com
The legal newspaper of Westfield, Scotch Plains, Fanwood, Mountainside,
Garwood, Cranford, Clark & Union County.

Family owned and operated since 1890, a community newspaper covering Westfield, Cranford, Mountainside, Scotch Plains, Fanwood, Garwood, Clark and Union County, NJ, The Westfield Leader is a subscription based weekly newspaper published every Thursday.

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Republican township council candidate Gabrielle Gilles will remain on her party’s ticket this fall despite her arrest la...
08/14/2026

Republican township council candidate Gabrielle Gilles will remain on her party’s ticket this fall despite her arrest last week on assault charges.

https://www.goleader.com/article/2053,gop-council-candidate-staying-in-race-after-arrest

Discussion at Monday night’s Clark Board of Education meeting centered around the appointment of Robert Smorol III’s as ...
08/14/2026

Discussion at Monday night’s Clark Board of Education meeting centered around the appointment of Robert Smorol III’s as the new assistant principal at Carl H. Kumpf (CHK) Middle School. Smorol III’s father, Robert F. Smorol, Jr., sat on the Board of Education (BOE), until his resignation last week.

https://www.goleader.com/article/2050,clark-boe-member-resigns-son-appointed-asst-principal

Tuesday night the Town Council Tuesday night approved an ordinance removing the local historic designation from a home a...
08/13/2026

Tuesday night the Town Council Tuesday night approved an ordinance removing the local historic designation from a home and saw a presentation for plans for Open Quimby.

https://www.goleader.com/article/2052,town-allows-homeowner-to-remove-historic-designation

The weather cooperated for last night's National Night Out community event at the North Avenue train station in Westfiel...
08/05/2026

The weather cooperated for last night's National Night Out community event at the North Avenue train station in Westfield.
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With Stop & Shop's Westfield closure coming this fall, the future of the site and adjoining properties is unknown. https...
07/30/2026

With Stop & Shop's Westfield closure coming this fall, the future of the site and adjoining properties is unknown.

https://www.goleader.com/article/1956,fate-of-stop-shop-lot-unknown-as-store-announces-closure

New site, same address www.goleader.com To subscribers that got a message saying their subscription renewed: No charges ...
07/24/2026

New site, same address www.goleader.com

To subscribers that got a message saying their subscription renewed: No charges were processed. The emails automatically generated when we moved the database. Our sincerest apologies for the confusion.

Congratulations to Katie Moen and Fred Rossi! Their series covering the protests against Union County selling the jail t...
07/07/2026

Congratulations to Katie Moen and Fred Rossi! Their series covering the protests against Union County selling the jail to ICE has taken FIRST PLACE in the National Newspaper Association Awards!!! www.goleader.com

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