Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Students from Samuel R. Donald School to join middle schoolers in holiday performance.
Wednesday's Walter T. Bergen School concert will not only feature holiday tunes but encourage the generosity of attendees. The school is asking that relatives and friends who come to the concert, which starts at 7:30 p.m. in the school gym, bring unwrapped toys and gift cards to be donated to Superstorm Sandy victims and children in the Toms River area. Principal Frank Verducci said the donation drive effort is being spearheaded by the WTB National Junior Honor Society members under the direction of Maureen Jacobs and Jillian Engelhardt. Additionally, the students will be sponsoring a "Deck the Halls" competition in the school as a fundraiser to gather money to purchase candy canes for Santa's Rooftop Response, a foundation started by a …
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Council authorizes emergency expenditure while mayor thanks residents for their assistance following the storm.
The Kinnelon Council authorized a special emergency appropriation of $80,000 to be used for expenses associated with Superstorm Sandy during its Thursday meeting. Mayor Robert Collins said the expenses include overtime, gasoline and other emergency costs. Borough Chief Financial Officer Donna Mollineaux explained that this appropriation will give Kinnelon an account to charge its expenses. The hope, she said, is that the borough will get 75 percent of that money back from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after reimbursement forms are filed. After Thanksgiving, the borough will perform a post-storm assessment of its Sandy response to analyze what it did well and what it could do better in the future. Collins and the council …
Friday, November 16, 2012
Mayor said it could be difficult for residents who live in JCP&L region to switch to Butler Electric service.
A Kinnelon councilman plans to propose a borough ordinance that would impose a penalty on utility companies that “put dollars before their customers,” resulting in long delays when repairing outages after events like Superstorm Sandy. Councilman Ronald Mondello said he came up with the idea, which he briefly mentioned during the council’s Thursday meeting, after reading earlier in the day about a Somerville law firm that had enacted a class action lawsuit against Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L) in relation to its Sandy response. Mondello said he would discuss the idea further with the mayor and council before officially proposing an ordinance. During last week's work session meeting, Mayor Robert Collins described his …
Robert Vosatka
9:29 am on Saturday, November 17, 2012
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