John’s Notes on the 01/27/2026 New Providence Town Council Agenda
Housing Settlement, Multi-Year Sports Contracts, and $4.25M in Bills New Providence Town Council Agenda (Jan. 27, 2026): Contracts, Fair Share...
24-Hour Notice for $6.5 Million in Spending: New Providence School District Defends Agenda Delay
Let’s start with the highlights of the agenda first, then we’ll move onto some of the concerns that arose in...
One Meeting, Two Approaches: What the New Providence and Berkeley Heights Municipal Reorganizations Show Us
The twelfth article in an ongoing series intended to help NJ residents, especially students, understand their local and state government...
What We Covered in 2025 Part 6: Local Resistance and State Mandates
This selection from of our top 30 for 2025 focuses on zoning, education policy, and authority – different topics all...
What We Covered in 2025 Part 5: Public Safety, Policing, and Institutional Risk
Three articles connected to police bureaucracy and the risks connected to failures of oversight and training, along with a response...
What We Covered in 2025 Part 3: Budgets, State Aid and Making the Numbers Mean Something
Budgets are typically not something that draws big numbers, but we’re working hard to change that. Two of our top articles...
What We Covered in 2025 Part 2: Schools, Rankings, and What the Data Really Says
In 2025, our reporting on education metrics continued to explain school data in a way families and residents could actually...
What We Covered in 2025 Part 1: When the Storm Hit
The first installment of our Top 30 Articles this year… Between now and New Year’s, we will be presenting our...
The 35-Year Wait: A Local Look at NJ Transit’s ADA Compliance Challenges
Image Credit: Adam E. Moreira We received an email from a reader asking that we put a lens on ADA...
What the 7-District ACFR Dashboard Shows About School Costs (Part 2)
How Much of Each Per Pupil Dollar Goes to Instruction This is the second in a series intended to help...