Category: Newsletter

What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. This week, tensions escalated between the Mayor, Town Council, and the Fire Department as the Fire Chief strongly opposed a controversial proposal to move the Fire Protection Bureau under the Building Department. The move has sparked backlash, with concerns over safety, efficiency, and potential conflicts of interest. NJ21st...

What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. This week was an eventful one for our school district: We cover communications from the Mayor, Town Administrator, and Recreation Committee that attempt to pressure the District into handing over its land by threatening service cuts and restricting student access to tennis courts. Board of Education Meeting (02/27/2025):...

What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. This week’s newsletter opens with the School Ethics Commission’s recommendation to censure Pamela Stanley, Robert Cianculli, Jordan Hyman, Michael D’Aquila, and Joy Young for their tax-funded yet unsuccessful political hit job on Sai Akiri. Next, we dive into the latest Town Council meeting that includes heated discussions on...

What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. This week’s newsletter starts with an in-depth look at the audit findings for Berkeley Heights, New Providence, Summit, Madison, Millburn, Westfield, and Chatham to help families of these communities provide more informed feedback on their Budget ProcessDistricts. To make the data more accessible, we’ve incorporated visual dashboards that...

What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. Our latest newsletter kicks off with a deep dive into serious concerns surrounding Governor Livingston’s GPA system and its potential impact on both past and present students navigating college admissions. We then turn our focus to the Town Council’s controversial decision to dismantle the local ethics committee—while approving...

What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. This week’s newsletter kicks off with a Town Council meeting that raced through 20 resolutions at lightning speed, swiftly dissolving an ethics committee—without a hint of dissent or discussion. Next, we break down a packed Board of Education (BOE) meeting, where machine representative Gale Bradford once again bypassed...

What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. This week’s newsletter delves into a critical follow-up report from the Office of State Comptroller. The report exposes a private police training program that cost New Jersey taxpayers $1 million and promoted unconstitutional and discriminatory practices. Disturbingly, Berkeley Heights Township, alongside 15 other municipalities, participated in this training....

What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. This week’s newsletter kicks off with a recap of the BOE organization meeting, which, much like last year, featured disruptive theatrics. Ms. Stanley made attempts to filibuster critical discussions, while the business administrator issued inaccurate accusations toward BOE members. Unfortunately, key issues were either deferred or overlooked. Next,...

What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. This week’s newsletter opens with coverage of the Town Council and Board of Education reorganization meetings. Notably, this year marks the first time in recent history that both meetings were scheduled on the same day. Typically, the Town Council reorganization occurs on New Year’s Day. We provide a...

What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. This week’s newsletter kicks off with the timing of the BHPSNJ Budget Survey release—a topic that didn’t seem to surface at the last BOE meeting. The survey, announced just as the holidays are underway and ahead of the District’s presentation of the prior year’s audit, raises questions. Next,...