
Council Passes Lease in Special Meeting as Residents Raise Transparency Concerns
The Berkeley Heights Town Council held a Special Meeting over Zoom this past Tuesday at 3:30 PM. The only item...

Laura’s Notes on the 03/18/2025 BOE Meeting Agenda: The Budget
This Board meeting should focus primarily on the Budget. This is the first opportunity the members we elected will deliberate...
Laura Kap Live From the Columbia Tennis Courts- Time For the BOE to Convert the Pickleball Courts?
It appears that the courts the Township converted for pickle-ball are actually on BOE property. If this is the case,...

Fact vs. Fiction: Exposing the Township’s Misinformation on the Lease Agreement
Let’s compare the Mayor’s recent Op-Ed to the “actual facts”: The Lease Agreement Ultimatum Township’s Statement (1/14/25) “If a signed...

Berkeley Heights Township Tactics: Is the CMS Lease Agreement a Power Grab?
The Township of Berkeley Heights published a version of the CMS land lease agreement as an attachment to the March...

Dr. Feltre Responds to Community Questions on Lower Columbia Lease Agreement
This afternoon, Superintendent Dr. Feltre addressed the BHPS community regarding the pressing issue at hand: the Lower Columbia Land Lease...

Leadership Under Pressure: How Five BOE Members Stepped Up
Laura’s Notes on the 02/27/2025 BOE Meeting The concerns I raised in my agenda summary—politically motivated Board appointments and a...

The 02/26/2025 BOE Referendum Presentation in a Snapshot
Laura’s Notes on the 02/26/2025 BOE Meeting Planning a successful referendum revolves around three critical factors: Scope, Budget, and Tax Impact....

Laura’s Notes on the 02/27/2025 BOE Meeting Agenda
ANNUAL APPOINTMENTS Approval of Annual Committee Appointments Each Board of Education (BOE) member has been assigned to chair one committee...

Collaboration or Dictatorship? | Laura’s Notes on the 01/27/2025 BOE Meeting
Collaboration or Dictatorship? With Policy 0155 clearly stating—confirmed by the Board Attorney—that Standing Board Committees remain intact, it’s difficult to...