Increases to the state plan were unsustainable, said the district’s business administrator. The teachers union president cautioned, “You’re voting on something that really touches really, really deep. That is the health insurance of 500-600 families. … I’m just hoping that you checked every single thing.”

Incumbent Bill Haskins and newcomers Patricia Canning and Hannah Zollman, both longtime South Orange volunteers, didn’t expect to be running unopposed in this election — the first council election ever …

South Orange Mayor Sheena Collum criticizes gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli for going along with Trump’s cancellation of the Gateway Tunnel Project. “Meanwhile,” she writes, “Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill is doing what real leaders do: galvanizing bipartisan support and fighting for New Jersey’s taxpayers, commuters, and economy.”

The question of whether to double the the Open Space Tax Levy from 1 cent to 2 cents per $100 of assessed value will be decided in a referendum on …

Leaders in both progressive towns see New Jersey’s affordable housing mandates not only as a moral obligation but also an equity issue. 

In the midst of a Board of Education race, the superintendent has proposed changes to the district’s Intentional Integration Initiative. Community members are debating whether changes would “dismantle the progress” or “strengthen sustainability.”