Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Bernards Mayor Gaziano says that Far Hills has said it will contract elsewhere for road maintenance rather than upping share to 50 percent.
As of Wednesday, Bernards Township's arrangement to maintain Douglas Road and a part of Mine Brook Road split down the middle by both towns' borders is over. But Bernards officials said on Tuesday night they've been told that Far Hills now has made other arrangements. Bernards Mayor Carolyn Gaziano reported at Tuesday's Township Committee meeting that she had received a phone call from Far Hills Mayor Paul Vallone informing her that the Far Hills Council had decided to hire a contractor rather than continue the longstanding maintenance agreement with Bernards. The township had asked that the borough increase its share for road maintenance costs to 50 percent, rather than the 20 or 25 percent offered by Far Hills in negotiations late in …
Friday, February 15, 2013
Bernards Twp. Committee insists township will only pave and plow one lane of shared roads under current funding formula.
Bernards Township and Far Hills Borough have had a longstanding agreement in which Bernards has picked up 85 percent of the cost of maintaining and improving Douglas Road and a portion of Mine Brook Road — with the border between the two towns running smack down the middle of both roads — and now Bernards Township's governing body is insisting the borough take on a greater cost share. In fact, the Bernards Township Committee voted this week to send a letter to Far Hills officials requesting that the borough start paying 50 percent of such expenses as plowing, patching and repaving within 60 days. Otherwise, Bernards will only take care of its side of the street, according to a directive approved by the committee. "To me, it's an …
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Better crowd control and ban of outside alcohol needed for longtime event to continue, Vallone says.
The Borough of Far Hills, the Somerset Medical Center and the Far Hills Race Meeting have had a decades-long relationship to host the annual steeplechase horse races at Moorland Farms as a benefit for the hospital in Somerville, including the facility's Steepchase Cancer Center. But even so, in order for the races to continue into the future, changes must be made to halt the many cases of drunkenness, public urination, drug use and sales and other disorderly behavior that marked last Saturday's event, Far Hills Mayor Paul Vallone insists. The Borough Council already had a discussion on the matter at Monday's meeting, which he said was attended by the race meeting's president, Guy Torsilieri, at which Vallone said that an end to excessive …
BR Boy
1:25 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
It will be interesting to see, if we can, how much Far Hills has to pay another town or contractor to perform these services for it. more ›