BHCW 11/27/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week…. This week’s Newsletter looks at two essential items impacting Berkeley Heights residents being passed immediately after an election during lame-duck sessions. On the state level, legislators are looking to overhaul the Open Public Records Act and the Open Public Meetings Act. All early indications are that these changes make both laws...
Susan Poage Emerges as The Strongest Voice of Reason on the Berkeley Heights Town Council this Year
Last night, the Council approved a controversial 11th-hour measure to fund a redevelopment study involving multiple properties. Much like the surprise hike to the cost of the Municipal Building under the Woodruff Administration, this information occurred immediately after an election was decided. Why would such important matters be kept from the public and candidates? Wouldn’t bringing this up during the...
BHCW 11/12/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week… This week’s newsletter includes a parent exchange with Dr. Varley on class sizes and other issues. This exchange adds evidence to parental concerns about the direction of the District and the value the Superintendent places on feedback from parents outside of her small circle of support. A new board with two...
Illis/Machado Take Council, Joly/Akiri take BOE
It appears, based on the tickets we’ve seen, there was a “behind the scenes” write in campaign to take votes away from Sai (two names consistently came up). It doesn’t appear to amount to much at all so far but I guess just enough to give her a lower count and maybe float a behind the scenes network strategy for...
In Support of Illis & Machado for Town Council
Cheryl Venter, Berkeley Heights I am writing in support of the Illis & Machado ticket for Berkeley Heights Township Council. Berkeley Heights, like numerous towns in New Jersey, is facing the challenge of supporting the mandated residential development that was required by the state, and I am proud that our town has been able to locate this development downtown, allowing...
Mondragon and Maciejewski are the right people for the job!
I have known Tom for many years and have come to understand that he has a deeply rooted passion for transparency and community. I applaud Tom’s efforts in shining a light on local governing bodies, always demanding truth and transparency on the part of local government and making the business of these bodies available and understandable to the public. Tom...
Why I am Voting for Edmund “Tom” Maciejewski and Steve Mondragon
-George de Luna Tom and Steve are deeply invested in our town and are dedicated to raising their school-aged children in the same close-knit, thriving community we currently enjoy. Tom is the best candidate we have. I’ve known him for several years and I ran with him myself. He always impressed me with his deep knowledge of the town and...
Mayor Angie Devanney: Margaret Illis & Bill Machado Are the Right Team for Berkeley Heights – Right Now
-Mayor Angie Devanney I’ve had the privilege of being your mayor for almost five years. We’ve been through some difficult times, but we were able to rise above those challenges because we are always better together. Nearly one year into my second term, I’m often asked what my vision is for the next four years. To build on the successes...
BHCW 10/08/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week… This week’s newsletter contains responses from Town Council Candidates on matters connected to transparency, access, and inclusion while BOE Candidates tackled questions about the District’s busing controversy. We talk about the money that the Law Firm of Cleary, Giacobbe, Alfieri, and Jacobs is raking in as the BOE Majority continues to...
BHCW 10/01/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week… The BOE Majority voted to change election policies, with the final vote slated for October – one month before the election. This week, the reasons for these changes appeared clear to BOE Candidates who wrote to the Council requesting that an unconstitutional ordinance be revoked. The Majority also silenced a BOE...
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