This Week at NJ21st: Bonds, Floods, and a Free Press Under Fire
Confidence in Council Fading With last-minute document dumps, blocked Zoom access, and nameless press releases, community confidence in what many...
This Week at NJ21st: Pavement, Proficiency, and Power Outages
Burning Through Reeboks Laura walked for miles and hours documenting driveways the town is spending “emergency” bond money repairing –...
This Week at NJ21st: Flood Fail, Turf Tale, School Ready, Debt Steady
Oooh yeah — serving up alliteration, rhythm, contrast and a dash of parallelism in one epic newsletter title. You’re reading...
Bond Blow-Up, Freelance Shake-Up, Police Records Battle, and Residents Speak Out
Like. What. The. Actual… This week’s newsletter starts with a saga that could fill an entire article. On August 3,...
The Week at NJ21st: Berkeley’s Bottom, Water World, Rajoppi’s Games and Help a Watchdog Out
Top of the class, bottom of the curve An educator in our community breaks down the New Jersey Graduation Proficiency...
The Week at NJ21st: Referendum Breakdown, Turf Field Ghosting and Kindergarten for Everyone
Referendums… After John’s months-long battle with BHPSNJ to obtain details on the proposed referendum, he finally received documents connected to...
This Week at NJ21st: Berkeley Heights Spins Again, A Storm Shakes Jersey, Calls for School District Unification, and a Closer Look at NJ’s Prison Economy
Mid-Summer Suprise We begin with a troubling Town Council meeting in Berkeley Heights. The story starts with the Township rejecting...
This Week at NJ21st: Accountability, Community Love Letters, Dumpsters — and BHPSNJ Still Acting Like the CIA
Who’s In Charge? Back in February, NJ21st uncovered a Union County Prosecutor’s investigation raising serious questions about oversight in key Berkeley...
This Week at NJ21st- Unanswered Questions, Hidden Revenues, and a Simple Transparency Solution
The Sewage Deal Smells Worse John did a write-up on the fifth and final addendum to the Berkeley Heights Sewage...
This Week at NJ21st – Two Packed Agendas on the Same Night, BHPSNJ GPA & Budget Update, 7-District Grade Band Comparison and……Stone Veneer?
So Much Agenda, So Little Detail – In a near-unanimous vote — with Ms. Akiri rightfully dissenting — BHPSNJ moved forward...