Union County Bans E-Bikes in Parks
After the death of a 13 year old in Scotch Plains due to a collision involving an e-bike, the County...
Legal But Opaque: A Case Study Mapping the Political Economy of Union County Governance
Harbor Consultants, based in Cranford, has been operating on two fronts in Union County… municipal contractor and political donor. Both...
Morris County’s 2025 Budget- A Flat Rate That’s Not So Flat
Morris County is heading down the same tunnel as Union, Middlesex, and Somerset: budgets are up, outside revenues are down,...
Middlesex 2025 Budget – Same Song, Different County
As expected, Middlesex is following the same track flagged in Union and Somerset: tax bills climb despite a lower rate,...
DEP Permits, FEMA Submissions and Berkeley Heights- What an OPRA Request Tells Us
Continuing Fact Check of the Township’s Flood Response Narrative DEP Permits On 08/31/2025 we drilled down on the Township’s “our...
This Week at NJ21st: County Budgets to Chicken Fights
Help a Civic Journalism Organization Out Laura kicks off our 10-day fundraising campaign and outlines plans to involve students and...
Somerset County’s 2025 Budget – Aid Dropped, Debt Popped
Somerset County’s budget tells a similar story to the Union County budget we wrote about a couple of days ago...
Despite July Warning, Ballots Still Mislead Voters in Berkeley Heights BOE Race
Berkeley Heights voters opened their mailboxes this week to find yet another problematic ballot. The Board of Education section tells...
Scutari, OPRA, and the Missing Answers in Union County’s Budgets
After we published questions on the Union County Budget last week (Executive Summary), a resident reached out with more detailed...
This Week at NJ21st: Turf Tensions, BTC Creep, Nixon Exit and County Budget Questions
What is Happening? We start our newsletter with a Town Council Meeting that lands in the top ten strangest Berkeley Heights has...
