Legal But Opaque: A Case Study Mapping the Political Economy of Union County Governance
Harbor Consultants, based in Cranford, has been operating on two fronts in Union County… municipal contractor and political donor. Both...
Wetlands in Peril, Sidewalks for Show, Flooding Unchecked Part 1: Unmasking the CMS Lease Scandal
The first part of this three-part series will begin with the property originally proposed for a synthetic turf field at...
BOE Rep Joly Calls Out Inaccuracies and Manufactured Urgency During 09/16/2025 Town Council Meeting
In her statement, BOE Representative Natasha Joly reiterates concerns about the legality of the lease, the absence of any meaningful...
Township Administrator Responds to Email on Turf Field Communication and Sewage Plant
NJ21st submitted a series of questions to Berkeley Heights Township Administrator Liza Viana over the past two weeks, covering sewage...
Tax Breaks, Turf Politics, and Rising Sewer Costs: What Berkeley Heights Council Plans to Approve Tuesday
Tuesday’s Berkeley Heights 09/16 Town Council Meeting agenda is jammed with big ticket items that connect to redevelopment, the sewage...
Berkeley Heights Town Council Trying To Rush Through CMS Project and Force District’s Hand Again
On the agenda for Council this week is a Resolution for Harbor Consultants to provide professional engineering, surveying and planning...
Emails Confirm Columbia Turf Field Off the Table, Funding Questions Ahead
We submitted an OPRA request for the email discussion on the Turf Field referenced in BOE Member Akiri’s updates to...
So No Berkeley Heights…No Turf Field
Recreation Commissioner Uses Private Gmail Account on Surprising Update to the Board The following email came from BOE Representative Sai...
No Ordinance, No Referendum: Were Berkeley Heights Residents Shut Out?
Let’s start simple: if a New Jersey town wants to lease public land, it’s supposed to pass an ordinance. Ordinances...
A Turf Field Deal Without “Turf Field” And a Lease That’s Now Called Something Else
After months of NJ21st trying to get a clear answer on the legality of the CMS lease agreement, Berkeley Heights...
