The 21st Briefing: Housing Shift & Special Ed Reform
A deep dive into a major legislative Monday agenda at the state level, specifically focusing on a housing and development...
Community Voices: High Density PILOT Agreements are Plain Evil
Bruce Paterson is a resident of Garwood, NJ Dear Editor Presently, all towns are experiencing budget cycles of government. In...
The Berkeley Heights Pilot Problem Part 1: How “Inaccurate Projections” Created Our Current School Funding Crisis
As PILOTS and school funding discussions have recently intensified we are going to put out a multi-part series on the...
Luxury Living, Boutique Retail and the Quiet Erasure of Working and Middle Class NJ
Commentary I grew up in a NJ Neighborhood with families just like mine – blue collar, many of whom broke...
928 Units and a $16.6 Million Bill- Monday’s Berkeley Heights Council Meeting
The meeting next week is on Monday which gives us one less day to get the information out there –...
Housing in Focus: Key Bills on This Week’s Assembly Committee Agenda
TRENTON, NJ — Housing stays on the radar with three bills scheduled for the Assembly Housing Committee. Let’s take a look...
Decades of Change: Berkeley Heights Looks to Finalize New Affordable Housing Framework
BERKELEY HEIGHTS – John covered the Multi Use ordinance, and I was gifted with the task of covering the remaining...
No Redline, No Explainer: Resident Presses Council on Pulled Connell ‘Density Bomb’ Ordinance
During the 02/17/2026 Berkeley Heights Town Council meeting, a resident asks simple questions about the Connell mixed-use ordinance that got...
Connell Density Plan Reappears: Here’s What Changed Since The February Draft
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — Last month we reported on a proposal to amend the Township’s Mixed Use (MU) Zone and...
Loretta Rivers – Build For Families, Not Machines
Loretta Rivers, Piscataway Board of Education representative and former Assembly candidate I’m not against innovation, not against economic development, and...