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[email protected] SEVENTY FIVE CENTS Town Council Reinstates Crossing Guard at Central and Sycamore By LAUREN S. BARR tember, residents in the area of Central Third Ward Councilman Mark Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and Clifton Street began attending coun- Ciarrocca thanked Councilwoman WESTFIELD – Following weeks cil meetings to voice their concern for Neylan for working on the issue so of complaints from residents, Coun- the safety of their children crossing at quickly. He added that, “no matter cilwoman JoAnn Neylan, the Public the traffic light without a guard. The how much data you have, [you] never Safety Committee chairwoman, an- town council chose to put a traffic- know until it’s on the ground,” citing nounced at Tuesday night’s Westfield safety officer there to cross the children a similar instance in which a traffic- Council meeting that the crossing and collect data at the intersection over calming device was installed on Sum- guard at Central and Sycamore Av- the past several weeks. mit Court and then removed. Coun- enues will be reinstated as of today. Councilwoman Neylan stated that cilman James Foerst said that the Nine crossing-guard positions were her committee “listened, responded in council works to make the right deci- eliminated at various locations around a timely manner, and stayed within sion, regardless of politics. Westfield at the start of the new school budget.” She said that the decision to Michelle Weinberg of Boynton year due to budget cuts.