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...
BHCW 09/24/2023 Newsletter
What’s Important to Know About Berkeley Heights This Week… This weekly newsletter can be a meaningful example – a tale of two governing bodies. You already have a clear picture of how our BOE behaves, so I won’t rehash all that here. Our Mayor and members of the Town Council responded to and spoke openly about complex issues to members...
Council Members Respond to Feedback on the Berkeley Heights Affordable Housing Concern
Council Members Poage, Varenerin and Kingsley respond to feedback on remaining Affordable Housing obligation discussed during the 09/19/2023 Town Council Meeting. I sent an email last night requesting that expressing my displeasure at the Council’s response to suggestions made at the meeting to consider other alternatives to Developers in resolving the remaining Affordable Housing Obligation. Below are the responses I...
Mayor Devanney’s Response to Resident Concerns on Proposed OPRA Reform
In this clip, Mayor Devanney responds to my concerns regarding OPRA reform. The Mayor’s response does not address the specific concerns of the letter connected to legislation proposed by Assemblyman Danielsen that would, in fact, impact residents and journalists. I also believe it overstated the cost and work involved in automatically making documents public – especially when you consider the...
Mayor Devanney Clarifies CMS Field Discussion Between Rec Department and BOE
We will be posting about the BOE Agenda later today but I wanted to share this update. I received clarification from Mayor Devanney regarding the CMS/BOE Field discussions in response to an email I sent the Town Council and BOE surrounding the process on this issue. 2023 Candidates for both bodies were cc’d on the email. This article will be...
BHCW YouTube Channel Top Ten Videos …..So Far
While our YouTube Channel is less popular than our written content, we still get a decent pull on that medium for an outlet covering a town of 13k. Here are the top ten uploads (based on views) to our YouTube Channel to date. #10: BHCW Night Watch Episode 12: Republican Town Council Candidate Edmund Tom Maciejewski 2023 Republican Town Council...
Questions To The Town Council Candidates – Question 3
Third in a Series of Questions to the 2023 Berkeley Heights, NJ Town Council Candidates Flooding has been a topic in town for some time and is often tied to the issue of over development which all the candidates have spoken to more recently. This question has a few parts: (1) Do you agree that flooding in Berkeley Heights is...
Town Council and Environmental Committee Members Discuss Trees, Water and Zombies
Town Council Members Manuel Cuoto, Jeff Varenrin, and Members of the Environmental Committee (Former Town Council Member Alvaro Medeiros, Rich Leister, and John Leo) discuss Trees and Strategies Surrounding Water Concerns in Berkeley Heights. See All Night Watch Episodes See All Content Connected to Environmental Concerns
BHCW 08/07/2023 Newsletter
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2023 Town Council Candidate Questions & Comments During the 07/18/2023 Council Meeting
We encourage residents to watch the entire meeting as there were excellent discussions with community members on Lone Pine and other topics during the session. Agenda Material on Lone Pine All Content Connected to the 2023 Town Council Election
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