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Letters to the Editor
By RICH CRATER
April 4, 2024
To: The Editor As many of you know, I served as an EMT on the Chatham Emergency Squad (CES) for many years. It is demanding and rewarding work and 100% volunteer. The Squad gave me a direct and meaningful way to serve our community. In my two terms as President and many years running or ...
To the Editor: This is a follow-up to my two recent Letters to the Editor concerning the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) Reform item. Thank you once again to Mayor Stacey Ewald of Chatham Township and Mayor Carolyn Dempsey of Chatham Borough for their respective recent comments supporting ...
Dear Editor, Commendations to several of our Chatham business owners! We all have a stake in developing competent business professionals for tomorrow and several of our Chatham business establishments have stepped up to that plate! Mary Weichert of Weichert Realtors, Axlyn Sommer of T. M.
To the Editor: I am following up on my Letter to the Editor of last week (week of 3/11/2024) concerning the proposed reform of the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) in New Jersey. It is welcome news that the proposed S-2930 / A-4045 was withdrawn on Thursday 3/14/24 from consideration for a fast ...
To the Chatham Community, In early February, two students from Chatham High School named Lacey and Sadie walked into my restaurant asking me if LaRosa wanted to be part of a fundraiser called Bailey's Warriors. They explained to me that the fundraiser was for a little girl from Chatham named ...
To the Editor: Attention: Mayor and Committee Members, Township of Chatham and Mayor and Council Members, Borough of Chatham I am a resident of Chatham Township, NJ. I am writing concerning the proposed legislation in Trenton concerning the "reform" of the Open Public Records Act ...
To the Editor: New Jersey Legislators and Governor Murphy appear to be ignoring warnings of serious consequences to property taxes, infrastructure, open space, and the environment as they continue their efforts to ram through deeply flawed affordable housing legislation. A final vote in the ...
To the Editor: February 3, 2024 Dear Mr. Cronin and Mrs. Erezuma’s fifth grade students, families, and Bridges Outreach volunteers, The 160 beautifully decorated brown bag lunches you made on Friday were delivered to friends experiencing homelessness at Lincoln Park in Newark this ...
To the Editor: Dear Southern Boulevard School Third Grade Families, Teachers, Staff and Bridges Volunteers, On Friday, January 19, Southern Boulevard School third-graders raised their fists in triumph. Bad weather and a threatened school closure almost upset their plans to pack 160 brown bag ...
To the Editor: Barring the need for an additional meeting to accomplish Borough business, Monday, December 11 will be the final meeting presided over by Mayor Kobylarz and Council Members Len Resto and Frank Truilo. To say that it has been a challenging few years is an understatement. Mayor ...
Dear Editor, The Presbyterian Church of Chatham Township extends our sincere thanks to the greater Chatham community for its support of our 17th annual Pumpkin Patch. The patch is run entirely by volunteers with 100% of the proceeds addressing hunger and need. We are thrilled to report that ...
To the Editor: We thank the voters of Chatham Township for the gracious and bipartisan support we received in our election to the Township Committee. A special thank-you goes to the many volunteers, donors, fundraisers, and endorsers who helped us get our message out. We are proud of the ...
Dear Editor: When I was Mayor of Chatham Township I made a concerted effort to increase the awareness of mental illness and suicide prevention. My interest in doing so stemmed from my early days on the Township Committee when I learned of a young father in town who died by suicide. This ...
To the Editor: I am writing about the surprising conduct of Mayor Ashley Felice at the October 24th Chatham Township Committee meeting, and the recent tone of her campaign for re-election to the Township Committee. First, let me say that I don’t personally know any of the four candidates ...
To the Editor: Dear Chatham community, On the upcoming ballot on November 7th, the school district will be asking voters to support providing the funds to offer some of its paraprofessionals health benefits. As a student at Chatham High School, I am writing to urge the community to vote “Yes” ...
To the Editor: Dear neighbors, Chatham is a wonderful place to call home for many reasons, and our exceptional schools stand prominently at the top of that list. We are truly fortunate to be part of a community that places education in the highest regard, and my family is deeply grateful for ...
To the Editor: This is a very off-year election, when the top of the ticket is the not-very-exciting New Jersey Senate. I can understand why voting might not seem very pressing to some people. But we have a very pressing election here in Chatham Township, where the two teams could not be more ...
To the Editor: The School District of the Chathams is asking voters for permission to raise property taxes more than two and a half times beyond the 2% state-mandated cap to pay for security and health benefit priorities that it already funds from its base budget. It is clear from some of the ...
To the Editor: Chatham Township has long been blessed with an outstanding Police Department, Fire Departments, Public Works, and First Aid Squad. One reason they are held in such high regard is that they remain totally non-political. Their leaders never weigh in to endorse candidates in local ...
To the Editor: During public comments at the October 16th Board of Education meeting, when asked why school security and paraprofessional health benefits, identified as high priorities, have not been prioritized in school budgets over other expenditures, but rather are the subject of two ...
To the Editor: I accept Mr. Marty McHugh's open challenge. He has challenged me in a letter written Sunday 10/29/23: "Maybe that is what Mark Lois fears, an honest discussion on future planning that involves collaborating and developing consensus among people who may have different points of ...
To the Editor: Mark Lois’ continuing mischaracterizations as well as his rude and rambling attacks on me have no merit. Clearly, he has a fear of something, perhaps it is my openness and transparency. The Master Plan is about getting the community to decide what they want for Chatham ...
To the Editor: This Election Day we have the opportunity to vote on two referendum questions put forth by the School District of the Chathams. One is for school security, and the other is for health benefits for paraprofessionals. I plan to vote Yes for both and hope that others will, ...
To the Editor: Marty McHugh is hoping to trigger progressive change in Chatham Township with his false alarms about an expired master plan. Meeting minutes and video form a record of his own words making repeated calls to fulfill a Democrat party initiative to rewrite a foundational document and ...
To the Editor: As a 30-year resident of Chatham Borough with 45 years of experience in both Emergency Services and education, I am writing to encourage residents to vote yes on both referendum items. The money taxpayers would “save” if the referendum were to be defeated would not be enough ...
To the Editor: I am again writing concerning the upcoming election for Chatham Township Committee which will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. As indicated in two recent prior Letters to the Editor, I support Democrat candidates Jen Rowland and Marty McHugh in their challenge to incumbent ...
To the Editor: I’ll be voting for Jen Rowland and Marty McHugh for Chatham Township Committee, and I hope my fellow Township voters will also. Jen and Marty like to call themselves the “common sense” candidates, which is exactly what I’m looking for in an elected official. When tax dollars ...
To the Editor: Amazing how the defund the police Democrats can't understand or comprehend the concept that it is the Republican Candidates showing their support for the police! Felice and Hamilton have also shown their support for both our all-volunteer fire services, as well as numerous ...
“I do what I’m told”, Marty McHugh declared at the candidate debate on 9/27/2023. This may be the most accurate statement that Mr. McHugh has made in his candidacy for Chatham Township Committee. You can verify this statement on the video recording: ...
