Bridging the Budget Gap
Matthew Moench and Jeffrey Brookner exchange a goodwill handshake before the start of Tuesday's school budget public meeting Collegiality and civilized discussion prevailed among the municipal...
View ArticleDoes this Man Hold the Key?
Pensive School Board President Jeffrey Brookner waits for the May 4th budget meeting to start at the Bridgewater Municipal Complex. (Photo by Dick Bergeron) A handful of people will now determine the...
View ArticleUnion Urges its Members to Boycott Tonight’s Meeting
BREA President Steve Beatty, on behalf of the Executive Committee of the Bridgewater-Raritan Education Association has requested his membership to boycott this evening’s 7:00 PM school budget meeting...
View ArticleBridgewater and Raritan Councils Agree on School Budget Cuts
Parents line up to express their opinions at the mike, while others listen to school budget deliberations at the Bridgewater Municipal Complex At 12:10 AM today, at the end of a meeting that began at...
View ArticleRespecting the Power of Unions
Bridgewater Councilman Allen Kurdyla listens as Terry Yessman addresses the school budget meeting of the Bridgewater and Raritan municipal councils. (by Dick Bergeron) It’s just about all over now,...
View ArticleSchool Board to Approve Key Proposals
This evening, the Bridgewater-Raritan Board of Education will hold a special meeting beginning at 7:00 PM at the Wade Administration Building in Martinsville. It should be brief. There are only two...
View ArticleThe Elephant Who Wasn’t in the Room
One of the items approved tonight by the Bridgewater Township Council in its vote in favor of the use of $3 million of open space money for capital improvements to parks and other open space parcels in...
View ArticleUnion takes off the Gloves with School Board Members; Councils may Preempt...
In a Facebook entry which was still on the Web site of the Bridgewater-Raritan Education Association at the time of this writing, union leaders called for the removal of any Bridgewater-Raritan Board...
View ArticleCould this man hold the key . . . .
. . . . . as to whether or not the Bridgewater Township Council will take action this evening, February 6th, at its regular session meeting (7:30 P.M.) to separate local voters from exercising their...
View ArticleTuesday Night’s School Board Meeting (Feb. 14) could be Decisive
There is a great deal hanging on the eventual outcome of whether or not the Bridgewater-Raritan Board of Education should move the election of its school board members (including the annual fate of the...
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