Letters to the Editor
By KAREN SCOTT
November 1, 2023
This letter is in support of LeeAnne Pitzer, #4 on the ballot, for re-election to the Sparta Board of Education. LeeAnne is committed to ensuring the best education possible for all the students of Sparta. It is LeeAnne’s desire that the education of all students occurs in a positive and safe ...
To the Editor, There have been a couple letters to the editor recently regarding township committee elections in Delaware Township. Unfortunately, I have noticed this disregard for civility far too often in our local town politics and meetings. I used to attend regularly, but stopped after ...
Signs of the remarkable progress New Providence has made in recent years abound as it looks confidently toward a bright future. There is an unmistakable energy in the air, as evidenced by a bustling, vibrant downtown with new stores and restaurants, with a balanced mix of national chains and ...
There was a time when the Berkeley Heights School District performed well when measured against comparable nearby districts while at the same time maintaining a cost per pupil that was lower than most or all of its counterparts. While any school district can always do better, the operation and ...
To drum up support for the Byram Municipal Building Bond Referendum, residents were delivered an "information flyer” that omitted the excessive bond amount and the excessive size of the buildings. Omitting these prominent facts was intentional and not an accident. After all, the best propaganda ...
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 ...
Dear Caldwell Residents: I hope this letter finds you well. As the upcoming election nears, I wanted to share with you some important announcements related to Election Day. The importance of voting at the local and state level has never been more important. Local voting is where your ...
Please vote NO on this referendum question. Artificial turf will lead to contamination of soil and water, exposure to carcinogens and other dangerous chemicals, more injuries, more scrapes, burns and abrasions, and emissions of toxic gases. Students and other users of the field should not have ...
Dear Editor, As a 33-year resident of Lewisboro, I’ve seen many members of Town leadership talk about making changes, but failing to put them into action. I’ve been extremely impressed with Tony Gonçalves, our current Supervisor, and Town Board members Dan Welsh and Rich Sklarin. It’s evident ...
I am writing in support of Scott Katz for re-election as Westfield Ward 4 Councilman. I am the chair of the Westfield Recreation Commission and I have had the benefit of Scott as a partner on the town council over the past four years. Scott fosters collaboration among varying groups that ...
To the Editor: The School District of the Chathams is asking voters for permission to raise property taxes more than two and a half times beyond the 2% state-mandated cap to pay for security and health benefit priorities that it already funds from its base budget. It is clear from some of the ...
To The Editor, Please join me in thanking Michael Martinez who is running for Madison’s Borough Council. He already contributes so much to local organizations and has a busy family life, with three young daughters and an active dog (#TheDukeofMadison) yet he didn’t shy away from running on ...
The Westfield School Boosters Association is a local community organization founded in 1945 dedicated to the mission of supporting all Westfield High School athletes and athletic programs. Made up of 52 volunteers, the Boosters raise money annually to upgrade and maintain facilities and provide ...
Dear Editor, As an author and historian, I have spent countless hours conducting research, writing hundreds of pages of literature and academia, and reading dozens if not hundreds of accounts of people and historical figures throughout United States history. So far as contemporary history goes, ...
Dear Editor, As both a childhood resident and now an adult resident of Goldens Bridge, I continue to support the need for safe pedestrian and cycle pathways. I have been advocating for this starting in the summer of 2010 by first engaging the Town Board as an individual. By summer’s end an ...
Dear Editor, The new Speaker of the People's House is out of touch with the will of the people. He was elected by a small minority of extreme Right Wing members of the GOP and wants to decimate Social Security and Medicare as a cost reduction action. This is absurd. As is his desire to ban ...
Dear Editor, As a 10+ year resident and parent to both IMES and JJMS students, I am pleased to share my full support for Supervisor Tony Gonçalves, Dan Welsh, and Rich Sklarin during this November’s election cycle. Their approach to leadership and problem solving has always been appreciated, ...
I suggest that this is an important issue to consider for the upcoming Nov. 7 election. Years ago Westfield did a town wide (Brandstetter Carroll) survey showing only 19% of the town ranking artificial turf fields as a priority. A massive turf field complex is proposed for a residential ...
Let’s start with the obvious: There is no place for politics or social agendas in our schools. Pushing agendas in our schools necessarily robs our children of an honest and complete education. We need school board members who recognize how critical it is for education to remain non-political. ...
The Berkeley Heights Republican Municipal Committee requests your support for incumbents, Senator Jon Bramnick, Assemblywoman Nancy Muñoz, and Assemblywoman Michele Matsikoudis. Bramnick, Muñoz, and Matsikoudis don’t hesitate to work with Democrats in Trenton to keep our property taxes under ...
Dear Neighbors, We are less than a week away from one of the most important local elections to date - the Mayor and 3 of the 7 total Council seats will be decided by you, the Summit community. As your most recently elected Summit Councilmember, I would like to share with you why I support ...
I have lived in Summit for nearly 25 years, and for most of that time I’ve believed our City Council and Mayor have served our community well. During the last few years, however, something has changed…something feels very different. We have talked about Broad Street West Redevelopment a lot, and ...
Mayoral candidate David Naidu has volunteered for Summit for 16 years, including serving on local government from 2016 through 2021, where he supported countless initiatives and cast hundreds of votes. While his opponent and her supporters attempt to reduce Mr. Naidu’s legacy to one or two votes ...
Dear Editor, I write to express my strong support for Bob Meara as a candidate for the Sparta Township Board of Education. As a parent of school aged children in Sparta Schools District, I want the best educators, administrators, and board members who are dedicated to achieving the best ...
As a 30+ year resident of Berkeley Heights, I've witnessed many changes to the town, both positive and negative. I've seen council members who claim to be true fiscal conservatives blow up budgets on poorly conceived and executed projects, while failing to address crumbling infrastructure, road ...
As we approach election day, here, in New Providence, I took time to read as much as I could about the 2 council incumbents as well as the 2 new candidates. I also gained knowledge from watching televised council meetings. Typically, I was very impressed with the professionalism, sincerity, and ...
In the lead-up to last April’s Westfield school budget vote, I was surprised how little attention was paid to the PILOT Financial Agreements comprising the One Westfield Place project which the Westfield Town Council approved just one month earlier. When a town grants a PILOT agreement to a real ...
In an episode of “Ask Governor Murphy” on WNYC 93.9 in May 2023, the governor was asked about the proliferation of artificial turf (a.k.a. plastic grass) athletic fields in New Jersey. He stated he has “mixed emotions” but “on the margins, you’d much rather have natural grass.” He acknowledged that ...
Four home games, and 12 away games. That is what the schedule looked like this season for the field hockey team. Countless hours were spent on the bus traveling to towns that were over an hour away, and we were often left trying to find rides to the games due to a shortage of bus drivers. After a ...
I’m writing today to express my enthusiastic support for Michael Martinez for Madison’s Town Council. Our town is often divided on issues & I’ve never publicly expressed my support for a council candidate, until now. So often I hear that people vote straight party ticket because they don’t ...