Sunday, March 17, 2013
Results of a months-long task force review of options for improving morning traffic flow at Ridge High expected to go online Monday.
Two projects that have been in the works for months are expected to take another step forward this week. Meanwhile, the Republican Municipal Committee is due to interview and select a candidate for endorsement on Monday night. The Ridge Traffic Task Force, appointed last fall, is expected to put a report online on Monday outlining its review of options for ways to alleviate morning traffic backups at Ridge High School. The task force is expected to hold another public presentation at 7 p.m. the following Monday, March 25, in the courtroom at the Town Hall at 1 Collyer Lane, Bernards Schools Superintendent Nick Markarian said in an email to parents last Friday. After meeting last Wednesday, Bernards Mayor Carolyn Gaziano said that the task …
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Mayor's arts awards, township photography drop-off competition through March 29.
The mayor's arts awards for both an individual and organization are due to come up at this Tuesday's Township Committee meeting — along with honoring the Basking Ridge Garden Club on the organization's 90th anniversary. Township Artist Cinder LeDell is scheduled to receive the individual Mayor's Arts Award for 2013, Vicki Liu will be recognized as student artist, and the ARTsee tour organizers, held with tours of artists' studios in Basking Ridge and Bernardsville, are to receive the mayor's arts award for an organization. The resolutions set to be approved on Tuesday will officially be presented along with a plaque award to the recipients at the opening reception for Parks and Recreation’s Second Annual Community Art Show on Sunday, March…
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Also, the Bernards Planning Board's final review of Quarry Rehabilitation Plan begins this Tuesday.
The Bernards Township school board has two big topics on the agenda for Monday night: introducing the 2013-14 school budget, now that the school district has learned it will receive the same state aid as last year, and also the final adoption of a revised school calendar next year. The board is scheduled to discuss the introduced budget at a meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Ridge High School Performing Arts Center, 268 S. Finley Ave. in Basking Ridge. State aid figures for next year were released on Thursday by the N.J. Department of Education, when the school district learned that Bernards schools will receive $3,057,466 in aid, equal to that the 2012-13 school year. A public hearing and final vote on whether to adopt the budget is …
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Also, Monday is the deadline for the Ridge Alumni Memorial Scholarship, based on character, for graduating senior.
Bernards Township Democrats already have chosen a candidate to represent that party in the upcoming primary election — David Ferdinand, who also ran last year and heads up the Bernards Democratic Committee. Township Republicans already have two candidates who have declared their campaigns for the one seat that will be up for election this November — Carol Bianchi and Kevin Orr, both members of the Bernards Township Planning Board. John Bayeux, chairman of the Bernards Township Republican Committee, said that the local Republican organization plans to issue a call-out this week for any other candidates who wish to seek the Republican committee's endorsement for this June's primary election. One person who won't be on the ballot this year is…
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Was your kid dragging his or her feet about going to school on days that were supposed to be days off before Sandy blew into town?
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Saturday, February 23
After 15 months of hearings, each many hours long, it's time for the Bernards Planning Board to decide whether the Millington Quarry's rehabilitation plan for its post-quarrying life should be endorsed for approval by the Bernards Township Committee. But three longtime members — two of whom sat through hearings in 2011 and 2012 — are gone as of 2013, and their replacements reportedly won't be voting. As of Feb. 27, the Bernards Township Committee has informed Far Hills that it must pay 50 percent of all maintenance and repaving costs for Douglas Road and part of Mine Brook Road — both split exactly down the middle by the border betweeen the two towns. Will Bernards end up maintaining only its side of the street? Mayor of Far Hills wants to…
Monday, February 18, 2013
Bernards Township students will be back in school on Thursday and Friday to make up days lost to Hurricane Sandy.
The Bernards Township Schools and Bernards municipal building and Bernards Township Library all will be closed on Monday for Presidents Day. But while the day was intended to kick off the traditional weeklong February vacation for Bernards Township students, the holiday won't be as long as usual this year — thanks to Hurricane Sandy. The last two days of this week, Thursday and Friday, were intended to be part of the vacation. But the holiday time was lopped off — with students expected to report to school those days — as part of the school board's make-up time for eight days lost to Sandy last October and November. The extra days previous scheduled for time off that have been returned to this year's school calendar include the Martin …
Sunday, February 10, 2013
After sending out a survey to parents, staff and some students, the Board of Education is set to review next year's school calendar.
A revised school calendar for 2013-14 and the following year is set to be discussed at Monday's Board of Education meeting. After sending a survey about future school calendars out to parents, staff and some students that was due on Feb. 5, Schools Superintendent Nick Markarian said in an email to parents that a draft calendar for the 2013-14 school year will be presented at the meeting at 7 p.m. at the William Annin Middle School. The survey results also will be presented at Monday's meeting, the superintendent said. The calendars for the next two years already have been set by the board, but school officials are revisiting the scheduled calendars for several reasons. School officials said that some parents have said that the school year …
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Also, kindergarten registration on Thursday, and 'Jeans for Teens' collection continues.
This Tuesday is the next in a series of hearings on the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge's proposal before the Bernards Township Planning Board to continue its series of hearings on a plan to build a 4,200-square-foot mosque at 124 Church Street in Liberty Corner Village. At the last meeting, in early January, township professionals asked that the number of parking spaces at the house of worship be increased to 110 from a proposal for 50 because they said that mosque worshippers typically arrive one or two in a car for Friday services, rather than about four for church services. The applicant's attorney objected to a requirement he said is not mandated by the township's zoning ordinances. Bernardsville architect Dan Lincoln also presented …
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Also, Ridge High School's new quarterly assessment tests begin this Thursday.
Monday's Board of Education is likely to include discussion on the reconsideration of the already-approved school calendar for the 2013-14 school year and the following year, as school officials look at ways to avoid such a late final day in June and answer requests for a holiday on the Indian festival of Diwali. The school board meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. on Monday, and will be held at the William Annin Middle School. At a previous meeting, the school board introduced a policy change saying that a school calendar for the upcoming year can be revised until March 1, and that policy may be approved this week. Parents to receive survey regarding school calendar Also this week, Schools Superintendent Nick Markarian said in an …
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Hurricane Sandy meant that school has been rescheduled in Bernards Township schools.
Monday's federal holiday to recognize slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will close municipal offices and the Bernards Township Library — but not local schools. All Bernards Township municipal offices will be closed for the holiday, according to the Bernards Township website. The library at 32 S. Maple Ave., after being closed for the holiday, will reopen on Tuesday for scheduled events for the rest of the week. Information is online. Bernards Township schools, however, will be in session after the holiday was returned to the school calendar when the Board of Education combed the second half of this year's school calendar to make up days lost for time off for Hurricane Sandy and the resulting power outages. However, …
