This is the second article covering next week’s pair of town council meetings in Berkeley Heights; the last article covered a $169K stream cleaning contract, a $232K sewer contract error, along with…
Tracking repeated efforts to shift, dilute or subordinate the Office of the State Comptroller’s independent watchdog role, including every amendment, hearing and vote involving S4609.
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Ongoing coverage examining where the storm-bond money went, what residents were told and what the Township’s own records show.
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Ongoing coverage of the Berkeley Heights Police Department expansion, including transparency, fiscal impact and the questions surrounding the decision.
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Coverage of New Jersey’s move to adaptive testing, including transparency, comparability, accountability and the public’s right to know how the new system works.
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A developing series examining how PILOT agreements, inaccurate projections, municipal incentives and school funding pressures collided in Berkeley Heights.
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A developing series examining how local recreation operations function, where transparency breaks down and what residents aren’t being told.
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