Group Aiming to Discourage Teen Drinking to Sponsor Senior Night Football

Municipal Alliance Against Substance Abuse will sponsor Red Devils football senior night on Nov. 2.

The Bernards Township Municipal Alliance Against Substance Abuse will sponsor the Ridge Senior Night football game against Watchung Hills and promote its campaign against teen alcohol use at 7 p.m. at home on Friday, Nov. 2. Members of the Alliance will be on hand with giveaways and prizes, as well as to answer any questions about their latest campaign, “It’s 21 for a Reason.”        Municipal Alliance coordinator Kaitlin Kordusky said, "The football game is a great setting to spread the word about 'It’s 21 for a Reason' and the Municipal Alliance’s mission of preventing underage drinking. This will be a fun night with giveaways and prizes, and of course, cheering on our team!” The Ridge High School football team now is undefeated 7-0. “It…

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Bridge Built in a Week Should Be the Norm

Fast bridge repair like that of Route 202 in Bernards shouldn't be the exception.

Transportation officials just replaced the bridge connecting Morris and Somerset counties along Route 202 in what has to be record time, at least in New Jersey. After a full closure for less than 10 days, the bridge just north of the Olde Mill Inn in Harding is expected to be open again on Monday. While the closure inconvenienced drivers along the busy highway for the last week, it's still better than six months of complete or intermittent closures, which is what it could have taken to complete the work. In this case, state officials accommodated local ones concerned about the effect the bridge work was going to have on local businesses and the resulting solution was good for all. Built in 1924, the bridge carried about 10,000 vehicles a …

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takemethere2

5:37 pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2012

You may possibly have bridges confused. The Rt. 15S/Clinton Road crossing Rt. 46 was closed for probably 9 months, the Salem Street Rt. 10 bridge was only closed about 2-3 months.   more ›

After Irene, Bernards Twp. Reaches Out to Public with Social Media

Reverse 9-1-1 phone call also was implemented, and is likely to be used in future, mayor said. UPDDATE on Facebook fans.

After Hurricane Irene, Bernards Township officials sat down to do a "post-mortem" discussion on how the township reacted to a storm that caused at least some emergencies. One of the issues was how to best communicate with the public. Even during the last day or so of a power outage, Mayor John Malay implemented and issued a reverse 9-1-1 call to update residents. At a subsequent Township Committee meeting, Malay said that mode of reaching residents could be applied again in the future, sooner rather than later during a public emergency. And since Sept. 9, the township has posted a Facebook page, and reached out through other forms of social media. As of Thursday morning, the Bernards Township Facebook page had 22 fans (including the …

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Letter to the Editor

LETTER: PVP 23rd Twilight Challenge Attracts 250 To Raise Awareness of Underage Drinking

Annual June event helps combat teen drinking problem and to fund programs that combat substance abuse.

Editor's Note: The following submission is from Danielle D. Cooper, program coordinator at the Bernards Township Health Department, which provides coordination for the Bernards Township Municipal Alliance Against Substance Abuse. On Sunday, June 5, the Bernards Township Municipal Alliance Against Substance Abuse and the Bernards Township Department of Parks and Recreation, held their 23rd Annual Pleasant Valley Twilight Challenge at Pleasant Valley Park in Basking Ridge. This event was held to raise awareness about the dangers of underage drinking. The Bernards Township Municipal Alliance / Youth Services Commission mission is to provide consultation, programs, training, and resources to the members of the Bernards Township community with …

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