Enhancing Our Parks, Recreational Facilities and Public Spaces

The town of Westfield is blessed with many public parks that contribute to the natural beauty of our great town. Over the past four years, I have worked hard with the mayor and council to ...

Let's talk about parking.

We have danced around this issue for too many years. As your mayor, I will tackle it head on to get this town back in business.

I was here in 2004, when 80 ...

Last year, our town council enacted rules prohibiting street parking when it snows three inches or more. As promised, our Public Safety Committee has reviewed the data collected from last ...

This week, I knocked on my 1307th door in Ward 1! I look forward to meeting my neighbors because inevitably, I hear a great, new idea or am inspired by a story they share.

On your doorsteps, ...

Dear Residents,

Campaigning for the Ward 2 Town Council seat in Westfield has been an incredible experience. I often find that the highlights are when I simply ask residents what’s on their ...

A major concern that Ward 3 voters have shared with me is road and pedestrian safety. Specifically, residents have said there is too much speeding and too many cars that don’t ...

From the arrival of the railroad in Westfield in 1839 up to the year 2014, there was no direct train service to Manhattan. For 175 long years, no mayor or municipal body, of either party, in the ...

A first-time candidate running to serve in the General Assembly for the 21st District, I am, quite simply, tired of politics as usual. I believe that with the right ...

In my prior letters to the editor, I let you know that over the coming weeks, I would remind residents of all the components of my platform. (You can also read the entire platform, which ...

I’m committed to having my campaign reflect my values: inclusive, informed, open-minded, positive and ethical. This is the type of leader I was at HBO, and the type of mayor I will be for you ...

For District 21, Trump's tax proposal is giving residents twenty thousand reasons to vote Democratic next month.

Trump's tax bill wants to eliminate the State and Local Tax (SALT) ...

Dear Residents,

Although I’ve lived in Westfield with my family for the last 14 years, I continue to learn more about our town as I meet residents of Ward 2 during my campaign for town ...

One of the greatest concerns raised by Ward 3 residents with whom I’ve spoken is the poor state of Ward 3 roads. Residents are dissatisfied that the roads they have to drive on every day ...

Hello Westfield friends, neighbors and residents,  

My name is Kent Diamond and I am running for the Westfield Board of Education. 

My wife, Carolyn, and I have two small ...

As I mentioned last week in my letter on TAPinto, my letters from here until election day will expand on my campaign platform.

The central tenets of my platform are: 1) Scrub the Budget, 2) ...

At the local level, Republicans and Democrats share the same goals for themselves and their families: they want to live in a safe, attractiv, and vibrant community.  As a council member, ...

In last week’s letter, I let you know that over the coming weeks, I would remind residents of all the components of my platform. My entire online can be read ...

The loss of life in Las Vegas this week was even more tragic because it was preventable. In spite of what the gun lobby would like us to believe, we can and must make this country safe from gun ...

I’m running for Mayor because we pay too much in taxes and get too little in return. Since our current Mayor was appointed in 2005, property taxes to support municipal services have gone up ...

Dear Residents,

Many of you have asked about what I intend to bring to Westfield as the Ward 2 Councilman.  After living here for 14 years and sending my sons from elementary into the ...

During my first campaign for Westfield town council, I promised I would work hard to protect your property values and keep Westfield a great place to live. Since my swearing-in on January 2010, ...

As chairman of the Public Works Committee for the past two years, I have worked with the mayor and my council colleagues to improve the conservation center by reducing fees for residents, expanding ...

Although the Town of Westfield collects the entire amount of property tax due from each resident, it only keeps 16 percent for its municipal budget. By law, the Town remits 84 ...

I humbly ask for your vote on Tuesday, Nov. 7, so that we may continue making Westfield an even more desirable place to live, visit and raise a family. I am proud of the ...