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Letters to the Editor
Action, Not Words
Thursday, September 12, 2024
In my brief tenure as a councilman, I made it my mission to be a man of action. I didn’t just talk about understanding the process—I underwent the necessary training to grasp the intricacies of governance. I didn't just claim to care about the people of Garwood—I walked every street, seeking to meet...
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Towns Can’t Just Say ‘No’ to Affordable Housing
Towns Can’t Just Say ‘No’ to Affordable Housing
Thursday, September 12, 2024
There is a lot of discussion about affordable housing mandates, but the court of public opinion does not give credit to towns that manage the mandate well. Millburn Township, just a few miles away, offers a ready contrast to Cranford, and should be an object lesson for voters. For years Milburn kick...
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Letters to the Editor
Vote NO for the SPF Bond Referendum on September 17
Thursday, September 12, 2024
The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education and Superintendent Mast are asking voters to approve a $115 million bond referendum on September 17, but the plan just doesn’t make sense.SPF residents will have to fund the purchase and renovation of the La Grande School, which the district previously ow...
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Scotch Plains-Fanwood Public Schools Remind Community to Vote Sept. 17
Thursday, September 12, 2024
SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD – Scotch Plains-Fanwood Public Schools is encouraging all residents to vote on Sept. 17. Polls will be open from 2-8 p.m., and residents can learn more by visiting spfk12.org/future.Leading up to the vote, the district worked with its architectural and financial advisors to ana...
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SP-F BOE No Win for Residents – Especially Senior citizens
Thursday, September 12, 2024
F-SP residents are being asked to vote on a $115 million bond referendum for the Board of Education. We are asked to pay $81 million for the old LaGrande school which officials sold for a 'song' in the 1970's. Officials also sold the Shackamaxon school about the same time for an unreasonably low cos...
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Letters to the Editor
A Better-Balanced Berm
Thursday, August 22, 2024
I read with bewilderment the article in last week’s Union County Hawk about the negotiations between the Township of Cranford and Hartz Mountain regarding the development at 750 Walnut Street - not the financial terms, but the landscape plan.I have passed the subject site for years and shook my head...
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Save the Westfield Flyers
Thursday, August 22, 2024
A town regulation has been proposed that “unsolicited advertising circulars, newspapers and other like printed material shall be placed on the ground floor at the place where the premises receives its mail or within a three-foot radius of that point.” The people in those cars now have to act as mail...
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Hazardous Tree Assessments Overdue in Our Parks
Thursday, August 22, 2024
I recently conducted a walkthrough of several local parks located within Scotch Plains. I was taken aback by the number of hazardous trees existing within those parks. I walked Ponderosa, Jerseyland, Brookside’s Nature Trail, Kramer Manor and Farley Parks.I recommended years ago to Scotch Plains Rec...
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Letters to the Editor
Union County Desecrates Memory of Slaves and Patriots
Thursday, August 1, 2024
Some who have suggested that Union County's plans for an amusement park at the Clark Wildlife Preserve and Habitat should be transferred to Oak Ridge Park might like to know that the park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in October 1995 as Homestead Farm at Oak Ridge, which is ...
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Beyond Dredging the Reservoir Plan is the Plan from Hell
Thursday, August 1, 2024
We have lived on Frances Drive on the shore of the Clark reservoir for 40 years. All those years we have enjoyed our peace and privacy and nice views of the reservoir and wildlife.The Union County plan to dredge the reservoir will be great for flood control and aesthetics and to provide healthier wa...
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