What Berkeley Heights Residents Should Know About “the Line”
What is “the Line”? The Line refers to an inherent Ballot design structure unique to NJ that lists candidates according to an endorsed slate versus according to the office they seek. A typical primary ballot design in other states lists candidates according to the office they are seeking, for example, Nevada and Delaware: This is what a NJ Primary Ballot...
Notes on the 03/19/2024 Town Council Meeting
Traffic Safety A recent accident involving a young resident of Berkeley Heights prompted testimony from several residents on traffic concerns on Park Avenue and in general. Since the accident, a petition has been circulating throughout the community advocating for the following: 1. reducing the speed limit to 30 mph for the length of Park Avenue 2. installing permanent automated speed...
NJ Is Rallying to Stop State Sen. Sarlo’s & Assemblyman Danielsen’s Age of Darkness
NJ Is Rallying to Stop State Sen. Sarlo and Assemblyman Danielsen from Destroying the Open Public Records Act Since discovering that Sen. Sarlo has teamed up with Assemblyman Danielsen to usher in a new age of Darkness through a second attempt to gut OPRA, organizations in NJ are rallying a defense. We first want to credit Krystal Knapp and the Jersey Vindicator for breaking...
Resident Comments on Tree Ordinance & New Rules on Correspondence to the Town Council
The following email was sent to BHCW for publication by Steven Kark, Berkeley Heights Resident I want my neighbor to keep his trees the way they are. He wants to cut some of them down. So we had a little discussion and this is what happened. I told him that 3 friends of mine think that the trees are good for...
Notes on the 02/20/2024 Berkeley Heights Town Council Meeting- Trespassing Ordinance and Another Tense Discussion
The Town Council voted through a resolution on 02/20/2024 that broadens parameters that make it easier for local police to question or “act” with regard to suspected trespassing. From a civil liberties perspective, on paper, it appears to make sense as long as it is applied in practice with fidelity to the ordinance. Based on my understanding of the ordinance, more...
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
Night Watch Episode 27: Mayor Angie Devanney
Mayor Angie Devanney joins BHCW to discuss OPRA, Land Ordinance, the CMS Field, the All-Inclusive Playground, and More See All Night Watch Episodes
Notes on the 02/06/2024 Town Council Agenda
All-Inclusive Playground- Update: This item was removed from the Agenda on 2/6/2024 As we’ve reported, the Township appears to be moving forward with an “all-inclusive” playground at CMS; however, this did not appear to be an agenda item for either of the BOE Meetings in January, and the Town Council Liasion for the BOE (Gale Bradford) has not mentioned this...
Night Watch Episode 25: The Return of Liza Viana- Berkeley Heights Township Administrator
Township Administrator Liza Viana comes back to update us on the Sewage Plant, progress on flooding concerns, the Sherman Ave project, Bell Labs, Affordable Housing, and More. See All Night Watch Episodes
Councilman Paul Donnelly Emails Mayor Devanney On Vote to Reappoint Municipal Judge
Earlier today, BHCW posted a video clip on a tense discussion between Councilman Donnelly, Mayor Devanney and the Township Attorney. Soon after we were cc’d on an email from Councilman Donnelly to Mayor Devanney. It read as follows: Dear Angie, all, During last night’s Town Council meeting on Jan 2, 2023, I asked you and council to table the...
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