What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week – 02/24/2024
Property Taxes Hitting 10k, Age of Consent May Lower for Behavioral Health Services, ACLU Launches Clemency Project, Norovirus is the Latest Craze, Message from Kevin Walsh of OSC, April Eclipse – Where Can You See It? NJ Property Taxes Touching 10k Average NJBiz The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs recently released detailed data breaking down property tax rates and...
Legal Spending and Searchable Attachments for 02/26/2024 Berkeley Heights BOE Meeting
The Current Board Set to Vote On Huge Legal Tab from Prior Board Our community continues to pay for the consequences of the prior Board’s decisions. This month’s legal bills total $28,320, of which the “legal firm” (lol) of Cleary, Giacobbe, Alfieri, and Jacobs will receive $23,727. We have spent about $2,000 more compared to Feb and Jan of 2023,...
BHCW Night Watch Episode 28: Former BHPSNJ BOE Member John Sincaglia
John Sincaglia joins BHCW to give his perspective on the first two Berkeley Heights BOE Meetings of the Year, the Audit, the Courtesy Busing Controversy, and More… See All Night Watch Episodes
Berkeley Heights Resident Takes on State DOE to Unpeel BHPSNJ Busing Controversy….and Wins
Another Win for Transparency In Court Cases Demanding information about BHPSNJ Practices In a massive win for transparency, Attorney Walter Luers represented a Berkeley Heights resident in an OPRA case connected to a request for information surrounding Berkeley Heights Public School Transportation services. School busing has been controversial in Berkeley Heights as residents discovered some parents were required to pay...
BHCW 02/18/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week…. This week’s newsletter starts with tackling three significant issues facing the Berkeley Heights School District in the coming months: The Audit/Budget Process, Superintendent Search, and the ongoing Courtesy Busing Controversy. Readers will discover that misdirection, strange numbers, and secrecy continue dominating all three areas, along with the meeting agendas to which...
What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week – 02/17/2024
Property Taxes May Increase Due to School Aid Cuts, Drug Overdose Deaths on the Decline, Don’t Knock Mississippi, Prisoner Suicides Lead To Questions Towns Facing School Aid Cuts Might Get A Green Light to Increase Property Taxes New Jersey Monitor Senate lawmakers approved a bill Thursday allowing school districts facing state aid cuts in the current or coming school year...
BOE Document Drop for December 2023: More Questions on Transportation
Berkeley Heights BOE Committee Meeting Minutes for December 2023 and Team Notes Questions and Comments on Finance and Facilities & Curriculum Committee Meeting Minutes from the Team: Finance and Facilities: Why wasn’t the transportation report in the agenda on Jan 18th and why if it was to be ready for Jan 18th, is the public not able to see it?...
Obstruction By Design: Three Policies the Old Berkeley Heights BOE Changed to Create Chaos For the New BOE
Written by a Berkeley Heights Community Member and BHPSNJ Parent Volunteer If you paid close attention to policy changes and revisions in the last 6th months, you may have wondered why so much was being done regarding policy changes in a short period. Speculation aside, two uncontested community members ran for two open Board seats. This shift in Board members...
BHCW 02/11/2024 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week…. This week’s newsletter features an interview with Mayor Angie Devanny that includes frank discussions with BHCW on the CMS Field, All-Inclusive Play Ground, and the recently passed Land Use Ordinance, among other items. We were proud to create and publish the first-ever 7-District Dashboard ACFR Budget spreadsheet that provides the public...
What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week – 02/10/2024
Electric Bills To Rise, Children With Disabilities Not Getting Services the Need, Family Leave Law On Track to be Strengthened, NJ Rehab Services Are a Mess NJ Families Will See Their Electric Bills Increase This Summer From NJ Spotlight Electric bills will rise again this June as a result of an auction overseen by state officials to acquire the power...
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