South Jersey Observer
The Mt. Ephraim Board of Education (BOE) is scheduled to meet tomorrow, Monday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m. to vote on proposed cuts in order to balance its 2016-17 budget. The regular BOE meeting was held on March 14, which I attended. During that meeting, School Superintendent, Leslie Koller and Finance Manager/Board Secretary, Bill Gerson, spoke […]
The Bellmawr Board of Education (BOE) voted to approve its tentative $16,981,271 budget for 2016-17. The budget has been submitted to the county for approval. There will be a public hearing on the budget at the next BOE meeting on Wednesday, April 27. Additional details about the budget, including any potential tax impact, will be […]
Dear Residents of Bellmawr: Tonight, the monthly mayor and council caucus meeting was at 5:00 p.m. at the Borough Hall. I arrived at the Borough Hall at about 4:50 p.m. and walked into the conference room where it appeared that a meeting of some sort was already in progress. Almost immediately after I walked into […]
In response to an OPRA (Open Public Records Act Request), South Jersey Observer has learned that the Mt. Ephraim School District paid $3,100.04 in legal fees to defend Joan Greenwood for the Ethics Complaint that was filed against her. The Mt. Ephraim School Board previously voted to approve the Parker, McCay law firm to defend […]
CNBNews.net is reporting that the Gloucester City Board of Education has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed against them for alleged Open Public Records Act (OPRA) violations. On December 30, 2015, John Schmidt submitted an Open Public Records Act request to the Gloucester City School Board Custodian of Records, Margaret McDonnell. Schmidt […]
During the March 8 Board of Education (BOE) meeting, School Superintendent, Joe Rafferty gave an update on the progress of the new middle school. He said: “Sometime in October, we will be able to go in and out of the building. In December, they should be complete with construction. We are looking that we will […]
Gloucester City’s first St. Patrick’s Day parade kicked off today at 1:00 p.m. at King & Monmouth Street. Grand Marshal Bishop Dennis Sullivan was joined by Msgr. William Hodge of St. Mary’s Church. Msgr. Hodge was the driving force behind the parade. Videos:
*Article updated on March 23, 2016 to note that John Paff obtained narrowly redacted versions of the civil lawsuit. Paff updated his post by writing: “It looks as if there were two $50,000 settlements for a total of $100,000.” School superintendent, Leslie Koller, was reached on March 23 for a comment and she stated: “We […]
John Paff, a well known open government advocate, filed a pro se lawsuit against Bellmawr Borough Council alleging violations of the Open Public Meetings Act. In his complaint, Paff alleges that Bellmawr Borough Council has failed or refused to record minutes of its caucus meetings and further, that minutes have failed to specify the […]
SJO has learned that the Bellmawr Borough Council has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by John Paff, a well known open government advocate. Paff, who blogs at New Jersey Open Government Notes, New Jersey Civil Settlements, and Random Notes on NJ Government, is suing Bellmawr Borough Council for alleged violations of the […]