
BHCW 04/02/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week…. Online Version PDF Version There are three ways to get BHCW content delivered to your doorstep: (1) Sign-Up for our weekly/bi weekly newsletter. This is the most popular option so far. Subscribers will get email with articles published for the time period in between. (2) Subscribe to our Substack which will deliver articles to...

Save The Trees…Seriously.
Are local politics causing Berkeley Heights to go under Water? -John Leo Jr. Our town faces losing over 200 trees with a single five acre development project and your elected officials allow it to happen. In October of last year, I penned an article about the significance of a decaying township tree canopy. Many residents are beginning to make the...

BHCW 03/26/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week…. Online Version Download PDF Version: There are three ways to get BHCW content delivered to your doorstep: (1) Sign-Up for our weekly/bi weekly newsletter. This is the most popular option so far. Subscribers will get email with articles published for the time period in between. (2) Subscribe to our Substack which will deliver articles...

BHCW Night Watch Episode 10: Liza talks Budget, Westminster Development, and more.
Town Administrator Liza Viana joins us on this episode of Night Watch to discuss the Budget, the Westminster Development, life after the reappointment debacle, OPRA, and John Leo’s announcement that he is related to Elvis. All Night Watch Episodes

Town Council, Budget – What A Difference.
What a better process looks like… Here is a clip from the last Town Council Meeting (public comment on the budget). Residents should compare this 15-minute clip to the clip we published yesterday of the most recent BOE Meeting where the tentative District Budget was discussed and voted on. It’s a good side-by-side exhibit of open, receptive, civil government (Town...

Westminster Subdivision final presentation ThiS Thursday
Posted on behalf of those fighting the machines … FINAL NOTICE TO RESIDENTS Westminster Subdivision final presentation at Zoning Board of Adjustment We need concerned/affected residents to login, ask questions and read prepared statements to oppose this development. Link to Zoning Board Meeting, Thursday March 23rd, 2023 7:30PM Related Content:BHCW BOOK OF REVELATIONS: WESTMINSTER CHURCH, DISAPPEARANCE OF TREES AND INCREASED...

BHCW Book Of Revelations: Westminster Church, DISAPPEARANCE of Trees and Increased Flooding
Get Your Arks Ready, Bitches John met with neighbors super friendly to Westminster Church over its long local history but who are now met with the threat of clear cutting trees, increased flooding and a new road for a minor development planned to help boost the church’s financial position. Zoning Meeting Thursday 23rd at 730. Zoom only. https://zoom.us/j/3575747364

BHCW Night Watch Ep. 9: BHPS Budget, Bradford Votes, District Publishes OPRA Responses (sort of), Town Budget
In this episode of Night Watch, we discuss the ongoing circus of the BOE Budget, fight about Gale Bradford’s vote, discuss the District Publishing ONLY the cover letter to OPRA responses (but not the actual material), and the Town Budget. All Night Watch Episodes

BHCW Night Watch Episode 8: Laura Takes Over
The crew gets together to talk about the District Budget (slated for Monday), Varley’s letter to the BOE asking them to hide things better and some Town enviro-shit Leo and Shauna care about. All Night Watch Episodes

2023 TOWNSHIP BUDGET PROCESS – We deserve better
When are this year’s public Township Budget Hearings planned? -Sai Akiri Update: Received a response from Liza, township administrator. In 2021 the public budget hearing was held on March 1,2021. The township budget was introduced on April 6, 2021, for approval. In 2020 three public budget hearings were held in the month of February and March. This year, there is...