Category: Union County Government

Jeanne Kingsley’s Transparency Record in Berkeley Heights, NJ

A recent campaign mailer casts Jeanne Kingsley, candidate for Union County Commissioner, as a champion of transparency and fiscal responsibility. However, her track record tells a different story. In 2017, as a member of the Berkeley Heights Council majority, Kingsley blocked residents from voting on a multimillion-dollar municipal project. By 2022, problems with the completed building forced the township into...
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Union County Park at Berkeley Caterers Site

Berkeley Heights Residents Need to Ask Questions About the Proposed Park -Steven Kark Berkeley Heights residents need to pay attention to what’s happening to our town. Did you see this? Could Berkeley Heights end up losing its iconic Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel—a 100-year tradition—with its July 16 Garden State Fireworks show? The Planning Board is reviewing the...
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Is County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi Up to the Same Old Tricks?

Joanne Rajoppi should be a familiar name to Berkeley Heights Residents.  She was responsible for the disastrous ballot back in 2022 that cost Natasha and Sai the election that year. She’s also been on the wrong end of lawsuits and controversies connected to ballot issues before and after 2022. If you were to go to the Union County Election page...
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Office of State Comptroller Report Raises Questions on Berkeley Heights Shared Services Agreement

Arik Samson is a Resident of Berkeley Heights, NJ Berkeley Heights township hired a top ranking Union County official Joseph Graziano under a shared services agreement with the county and paid him a part time salary to oversee the Department of Public Works while he also got paid salary and full-time benefits from the Union County job where he was the...
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Two Years Of Shining A Light-2023

What we’ve accomplished this year… Today marks two years since we published our first article. When we launched, our goal was to inform the public about the lack of research behind and violations of laws surrounding the reconfiguration of our District and the disingenuous tactic of the Administration and Board Majority of conflating Kindergarten with throwing children and teachers out...
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BHCW 04/23/2023 NEWSLETTER

What’s Important to know about Berkeley Heights, NJ this week…. Online Version PDF Version: There are three ways to get BHCW content delivered to your doorstep: (1) Sign-Up for our weekly/bi weekly newsletter. This is the most popular option so far. Subscribers will get email with articles published for the time period in between. (2) Subscribe to our Substack which will deliver articles...
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BHCW 04/16/2023 NEWSLETTER

What’s Important to know about Berkeley Heights, NJ this week…. Online Version PDF Version: There are three ways to get BHCW content delivered to your doorstep: (1) Sign-Up for our weekly/bi weekly newsletter. This is the most popular option so far. Subscribers will get email with articles published for the time period in between. (2) Subscribe to our Substack which will deliver articles...
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RVR Rail to Trail Project: Video on Mission, Trail & Ale Walk

Get Up, Get Out, Get Involved…….then Drink Some Beer. Join Us On April 22nd for our Trail and Ale Event 7.3 miles of walk/bike path connecting neighborhoods and businesses from Summit to Rosell Park. The primary project we are promoting is a modern pedestrian/bike bridge over 22 to reconnect the RVR segment.  UnionCountyConnects does public events to show county commissioners...
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