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Map of Westfield in Union County.
Inset: Location of Union County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Enumeration Bureau map of Westfield, New Jersey Enumeration Bureau map of Westfield, New Jersey State New Jersey Westfield is a town in Union County of New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the town's populace was 30,316, reflecting an increase of 672 (+2.3%) from the 29,644 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 774 (+2.7%) from the 28,870 counted in the 1990 Census. According to a 2014 nationwide survey, Westfield is considered to be the 30th-safest town/city to live in the United States. Westfield was originally formed as a township on January 27, 1794, from portions of Elizabeth Township, while the region was still part of Essex County, and was incorporated on February 21, 1798, as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships by an act of the New Jersey Legislature.
The Town of Westfield was incorporated on March 4, 1903, replacing Westfield Township. The name of the town is derived from its locale in the western, undeveloped fields of the Elizabethtown tract. The Westfield Memorial Library was established in 1873 as the "Every Saturday Book Club" and has evolved over the past century into the Westfield Memorial Library of today.
Downtown Westfield, with over 200 retail establishments and 400 commercial enterprises, is a county-wide destination in New Jersey.
In 2004, Westfield won the Great American Main Street Award from the National Trust. In 2010, Westfield was the winner of the America in Bloom contest for communities with a populace of 25,001 50,000 against the other two suburbs entered in their category. Shopping and dining in Westfield attracts people from other communities athwart the state.
Westfield is governed under a Special Charter granted by an act of the New Jersey Legislature.
Members of the Westfield Town Council are Frank Arena (Ward 1; R, 2019), Sam Della Fera Jr.
The Westfield Republican Committee is chaired by Assemblyman Jon Bramnick and the Westfield Democratic Committee is chaired by Janice Siegel.
All members are CPR-Defib certified with 27 members presently New Jersey certified EMTs with the remaining members trained to the first responder level.
Westfield is positioned in the 7th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 21st state legislative district. New Jersey's Seventh Congressional District is represented by Leonard Lance (R, Clinton Township). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Cory Booker (D, Newark, term ends 2021) and Bob Menendez (D, Paramus, 2019).
(R, Westfield) and in the General Assembly by Jon Bramnick (R, Westfield) and Nancy Munoz (R, Summit). The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham Township). The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach). Union County is governed by a Board of Chosen Freeholders, whose nine members are propel at-large to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis with three seats coming up for election each year, with an appointed County Manager overseeing the day-to-day operations of the county.
Estrada (D, Elizabeth, 2014), Sergio Granados (D, Elizabeth, 2016) Bette Jane Kowalski (D, Cranford, 2016), Alexander Mirabella (D, Fanwood, 2015) and Vernell Wright (D, Union, 2014). Constitutional officers propel on a countywide basis are County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi (D, Union, 2015), Sheriff Ralph Froehlich (D, Union, 2016) and Surrogate James S.
Public school students in kindergarten through twelfth grades attend the Westfield Public Schools.
As of the 2012 13 school year, the district's 10 schools had an enrollment of 6,315 students and 468.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student teacher ratio of 13.49:1. The precinct has a central kindergarten, six elementary schools (grades 1 5), two middle schools (grades 6 8) divided by a "North Side / South Side" boundary, and one high school (grades 9 12).
The schools in the precinct (with 2012 13 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Lincoln School (289 students), six elementary schools for grades 1 5 Franklin Elementary School (639; North), Jefferson Elementary School (386; South), Mc - Kinley Elementary School (349; South), Tamaques Elementary School (440; South), Washington Elementary School (315; North) and Wilson Elementary School (389; North) Roosevelt Intermediate School (717; North) and Thomas Alva Edison Intermediate School (831; South) for grades 6 8, along with Westfield High School (1,860) for grades 9 12. For high school, enhance school students from Westfield and all of Union County are eligible to apply to attend the Union County Vocational Technical Schools, which include Union County Magnet High School, Union County Academy for Information Technology, Union County Academy for Allied Health Sciences, Union County Vocational Technical High School and Union County Academy for Performing Arts. As of May 2010, the town had a total of 108.63 miles (174.82 km) of roadways, of which 96.69 miles (155.61 km) were maintained by the municipality, 9.94 miles (16.00 km) by Union County and 2.00 miles (3.22 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation. Westfield can be accessed by Exits 135 and 137 of the close-by Garden State Parkway, or by the Lawrence, Mountain, or Springfield Avenue exits of U.S.
A two-mile segment of New Jersey Route 28 runs alongside the commuter barns that marks the boundary between the town's North and South Sides.
NJ Transit (NJT) provides passenger rail service from the Westfield train station on the Raritan Valley Line to Newark Penn Station with connecting service to New York Penn Station.
The NJT 113 bus route provides one-seat service to New York City's Port Authority Bus Terminal seven days per week from the town center, taking approximately one hour to NYC, with additional service available along Route 22 on the northern edge of the town (NJT bus routes 114 and 117), taking approximately 45 minutes.
Westfield cable tv is supplied by Comcast , which also brings Westfield Community Television (channel 36), News 12 New Jersey (channel 62), and Scotch Plains Local Access Channel (channel 34) Verizon Fi - OS is also offered in Westfield, which gives the option of digital cable, high-speed internet and telephone service.
Westfield is served by the locally presented weekly newspaper, The Westfield Leader. The Record-Press had served the improve until it ended printed announcement in 2008.
Westfield is also served by multi-community newspapers including the Courier News, a daily journal based in Bridgewater Township, and The Star-Ledger based in Newark.
Westfield Patch is an online news origin dedicated strictly to small-town Westfield news that is updated around the clock by a small staff of paid editors and volunteer contributors.
The Alternative Press of Westfield is a locally owned and directed all-online journal serving the residents, organizations, and company owners of Westfield.
Westfield Community Television (WCT) The small-town improve access channel 36 operates out of the Municipal Building on Broad Street in Westfield on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and half of every Sunday.
WCT shares time on channel 36 with Blue Devil Television, which originates from Westfield High School and produces nearly 200 initial productions each academic year. The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Metropolis of New Jersey is headquartered in Westfield. See also: Category:People from Westfield, New Jersey.
Jon Bramnick (born 1953), member of the New Jersey General Assembly who has represented the 21st Legislative District since 2003. Chris Christie (born 1962), Governor of New Jersey, who lived in Westfield for a year while his home in Mendham was under construction. Chuck Hardwick, politician and company prestige who served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and was a candidate for Governor of New Jersey. (born 1968), New Jersey State Senator and son of former Governor of New Jersey Thomas Kean. Bill Palatucci, (born 1958), attorney who is a member of the Republican National Committee and the New Jersey Apportionment Commission, and is heading selection of staff for the presidential transition of Donald Trump. Randolph Perkins (1871 1936), mayor of Westfield from 1903 to 1905, and represented New Jersey's 6th congressional precinct from 1921 to 1936. Bret Schundler (born 1959), former Mayor of Jersey City and former New Jersey gubernatorial candidate. Warsh (born 1960), State Assemblyman and Executive Director of New Jersey Transit. a b c d e f 2010 Enumeration Gazetteer Files: New Jersey County Subdivisions, United States Enumeration Bureau.
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"Born in Philadelphia, Barchi interval up in Westfield, before moving back to Philadelphia amid his freshman year of high school, attending St.
"Beller was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, but his family moved to Westfield, New Jersey, 'before I could precarious a Southern accent.'" Brown, 27, was married in June to Katy Lynch, whom he met and dated at Westfield High School, and they have moved to a home in non-urban New Jersey." "Born on June 28, 1908, at Westfield, New Jersey, Bunce appeared in 35 stock productions and on Broadway." 2008 Hall of Fame Inductees: Gil Chapman, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
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"With Bradley and his wife, Ernestine, in the van just ahead, Glantz, a 56-year-old Westfield, New Jersey, native, is already plotting the next move in her man's insurgent campaign: the March 7 showdown with Gore in New York, a do-or-die date for Bradley, who considers the state virtually his home turf." "He was born in Urbana, Illinois, but moved to Winfield Park, New Jersey at age 3, and then to Westfield, NJ at age 13." "Greifeld is a resident of Westfield, New Jersey where he resides with his wife and three children." At the time of his death, Hanan was living in Westfield, New Jersey; he is railwayby his wife, a daughter, and two sons.
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Rufus Osgood Mason, their white protector) had chose Westfield, safely removed from the distractions of New York City, as a suitable place for both Hurston and Hughes to work." "Hipp celebration spotlights excellence", New Jersey Education Association, December 1, 2014.
"This year's honorees were former NJEA President Barbara Keshishian, a 1968 graduate of North Bergen High School; author and educator Robert Kaplow, a 1972 graduate of Westfield High School; and jazz guitarist Julio Fernandez, a 1972 graduate of Hoboken High School." 'I was raised in Westfield and attended Westfield High School,' Kaplow said." "Graduated from Westfield High School, Westfield NJ." Massacre, Court TV Crime Library, accessed December 30, 2006.
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""Her family moved to Westfield when she was about 12 she said and she graduated from Westfield High School." "Butch Woolfolk, who moved to close-by Westfield, N.J., as a high school sophomore and began rooting for the Giants, remembers Doug Kotar and Larry Csonka from a several years ago, and Ron Johnson from a decade ago." Wikimedia Commons has media related to Westfield, New Jersey.
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