Editorial: Will Flood Safety Be Sacrificed for Scutari’s Pro-Development Machine?
Last year, NJ21st and residents impacted by the July storms pressed the Mayor and Berkeley Heights Town Council to address...
Berkeley Heights Final School Budget Rises Slightly as Health Benefits Drive Last-Minute Changes
Berkeley Heights’ final adopted ’26-’27 is a little higher than the preliminary we reviewed and has some narrow changes that...
Laura’s Notes on Tonight’s BHPSNJ BOE Meeting Agenda
Based on the attachments, there will be a presentation for the NJSBA STEAM Tank Challenge that highlights Ms Wilczynski’s 5th...
The $400 Cushion: What Changed in Berkeley Heights’ Budget Right Before the Meeting
We’re going to stay on the Berkeley Heights 04/07 budget meeting a little longer because a lot happened that was important....
Laura’s Notes on the 04/30/26 BHPSNJ Meeting – The Debate Over Admin Spending
Potatoes and Policies ruled the night at the 4/30/26 BOE meeting. Coming off a first-ever trip to the national competition,...
May 5 Berkeley Heights Council Agenda- Budget Caps, $2.3M Bond, Lower Columbia and New E-Bike Rules
The ordinances we covered for the last meeting’s agenda are back again for final adoption. Ordinance 2026-05 which allows the...
Budget Truths and Personnel Cuts – Laura’s Notes on the 04/30/2026 BOE Meeting
The Big News of the 4/30/26 BOE meeting should be the final adoption of the budget. But with two positions...
Questions Mount Over Lower Columbia Project and PILOT Allocations during Berkeley Hts. Council Meeting
The 4/21/26 Council meeting was pretty vanilla, with President Foster presiding in the absence of Mayor Devanney. The meeting lasted...
Berkeley Heights Township Cites Need for Oversight on Project It Can’t Account For
During the 4/7/26 Town Council Meeting, Berkeley Heights resident and BOE Representative Natasha Joly asked the Council basic questions connected...
Deflecting through Rhetoric: Why Berkeley Heights Residents are Wary of the 4/8 Planning Board Meeting
Discussion on the Lower Columbia [insert one of a half-dozen different names] project can best be summarized by a back-and-forth...