This Week at NJ21st: Schools in Focus, Council in Question
Back to School An educator in our community breaks down recent U.S. News school rankings on our 7-District Dashboard and provides...
Policy Brief on the Rights of Undocumented Students in NJ
Recently, I provided a brief to local Boards of Education, Municipal Governments and Police Departments on the rights of undocumented...
Adaptive Testing Rollout Stirs Déjà Vu for Local BOE Member
As previously reported, NJ21st cc’d various Boards of Education within the 21st on our emails to state and federal representatives...
New Dashboard Lets NJ Residents Track Housing Trends in Their Own Town
New Jersey has just made it a lot easier for residents to understand what’s really happening with housing in their...
Community Issues & Priorities: New Providence Voter Survey
This year, New Jersey voters will choose the next Governor, along with candidates for State Assembly, County Commissioner, Town Council,...
Digging Deeper into the Berkeley Heights Unsigned Press Release: What NJDEP Actually Allows—and What Other Towns Are Doing
Continuing to Fact Check Berkeley Heights 08/26/2025 Unsigned, Unattributed Press Release In our first article of the Townships unsigned press...
This Week at NJ21st: Bonds, Floods, and a Free Press Under Fire
Confidence in Council Fading With last-minute document dumps, blocked Zoom access, and nameless press releases, community confidence in what many...
Plainfield’s Flood Plan Advances—Will Funding Catch Up Before 2026?
Third in a series evaluating municipal compliance with the Union County Hazard Mitigation Plan NJ21st obtained Plainfield’s stormwater files through...
No Ordinance, No Referendum: Were Berkeley Heights Residents Shut Out?
Let’s start simple: if a New Jersey town wants to lease public land, it’s supposed to pass an ordinance. Ordinances...
$3.5M “Emergency” Storm Bond Now Likely to Fall on Berkeley Heights Taxpayers
In an unsigned Township article published August 26, an unnamed township representative confirmed one material fact- New Jersey is unlikely...