Thursday, March 18, 2010
It's a 22 percent reduction from the $3 million the township received in 2009.
Millburn is losing less in municipal aid than they thought they could in a worst case scenario. The township will lose about $700,000 in municipal aid from the state for 2010, according to information released by the state. Township officials had thought they could lose up to $1.6 million in state aid, which is slightly more than half of what they received in 2009. Millburn received slightly more than $3 million in 2009 and will receive slightly more than $2.3 million in 2010. It's a 22 percent cut in aid for the township. Earlier in the day Township Administrator Tim Gordon said township officials had been informed the cut would be no more than $250 per taxpayer. In their calculations for the number of tax bills issued by the township, it…
He sends an email to parents about the 2010-11 budget in light of the state aid cut.
Millburn school officials learned Wednesday they would lose all of their nearly $3 million in state aid for 2010-11. On Thursday Schools Supt. Richard Brodow sent a message to parent citing the difficult and painful choices they'll have to make about the budget. He also sent a second message expressing thanks for those who have helped with the budget. Read Brodow's messages below: Dear Parents, Late yesterday, the district received its state aid numbers. We are being cut almost 3 million dollars by the Governor. Words cannot adequately express the difficulty a reduction of this magnitude presents. The choices available are all difficult and painful. As you may know, there is little time left to fully discuss the decisions that must be …
The remaining four speed humps slated for removal likely will be taken out early next week.
Workers on Thursday were removing the first of five speed humps that are slated to be taken out. They were taking advantage of Glen Avenue being closed in front of the Millburn Public Library to remove the speed hump located there. The road was closed between Lackawanna Place and Brookside Drive because of a water main break. It is the only speed hump that would be removed on Thursday, and it also would indicate to workers how long it would take to remove the speed humps. The Township Committee came to a consensus on Tuesday night to remove five of the eight speed humps installed last fall. The speed humps to be removed are three on Glen Avenue between Brookside and Wyoming Avenue and the two on Hobart Avenue. Two speed humps on Parkview …
The road will be closed until Saturday morning.
Glen Avenue will open briefly after midnight before being closed again as crews fix water and gas lines issues. The problems with the lines started on Thursday morning. Workers from both New Jersey American Water, East Orange Water Company and PSE&G were on site Thursday afternoon to fix the problem. The road is closed between Lackawanna Place and Brookside Drive. Capt. James Miller, police public information officer, said the road is to be closed until midnight on Thursday and then will open briefly until 9 a.m. Glen Avenue will again close at 9 a.m. on Friday and stay closed until 9 a.m. on Saturday, a 24-hour period. No one's water service has been affected by the problem, Miller said. Also, no one's gas service should be interrupted. …
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A look at what there is to do in and around town this weekend.
If music is your thing, you're in luck this weekend. Friday at the South Orange Performing Arts Center, Malian guitarist Habib Koité and his band Bamada will perform music which draws its influences from West African cultures, blues and flamenco. The concert is scheduled for 8 p.m. Tickets are $35-45 and can be bought here.Also at SOPAC this weekend will be the Afiara String Quarter, composed of four graduate students from the Julliard School—Yuri Cho and Valerie Li on violin, David Samuel on viola, and Adrian Fung on cello. They will perform on Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are $15 for the general public, $12 for seniors, and $10 for Sopac members. Tickets can be bought here. The Education Foundation of Millburn-Short Hills will hold its …
The Planning Board approves a satellite store for the Montclair-based bakery.
Gina's Bakery will be coming to downtown Millburn. The Planning Board approved the bakery's application Wednesday night to open a satellite store. The bakery will open a retail store in the store once home to Signal Graphics, which moved to South Orange last month. No baking will be done on premises, and the baked goods will be brought by van each morning to the Millburn store. Brad Padden, business advisor for the bakery, said during Wednesday's meeting how the bakery has been at the Millburn Farmers Market for four years. During that time they have been one of the more popular vendors. "Our customers would ask us when we would be opening a store here," he said. The plan is for the bakery to be open five days each week. It will be open 8 …
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Changes to the plan prompt the Planning Board to send it back for a second review.
A proposal to subdivide a Glen Avenue property in the Wyoming Historic District is headed back to the Historic District Commission. The Planning Board is reviewing a proposal to divide a property at 114 Glen Ave. in the historic district. The board reviewed it last month and opted to send it to the Historic District Commission for review. But changes to the plan to address concerns about the plan prompted the Planning Board to decide Wednesday night to send it back to the commission for another review. The changes include reducing a new house's footprint to 1,800 square feet from 3,000 square feet and straightening the new lot line. Last month the commission voted to recommend the Planning Board to reject the plan because it would …
He answers questions and hears comments about the proposed state budget.
Township officials are happy with some of the changes the governor is proposing like civil service reform, but they also believe county officials should share the burden of cuts in aid. That was part of the message Township Committee members told Assemblyman Jon Bramnick, R-21, during his update to the committee Tuesday night. Fresh from Gov. Chris Christie's budget speech, Bramnick explained why the cuts are taking place. While there was an increase in expenses, there also was a reduction in revenue. "There simply was no money," he said. While he said the information on how much municipal aid will be lost will be released over the next few days, he said the state government plans to give local governments tools to keep down costs and …
The subject of the meetings will be rough ideas on how to add parking at the two train stations.
The plans are still in the rough stages, but township officials intend to hold meetings in April about how to add parking at the two train stations. The Township Committee hired a consultant last fall to study the feasability of building a parking deck at the Millburn Train Station in either Lot 2 or Lot 7. The township engineer also is examining adding surface parking at the Short Hills Train Station. Robert Tillotson, a Township Committee member, said during Tuesday's meeting the meetings would be to inform people who live in the area and who use the parking lots about what the proposals are. No dates have been set, but several meetings would be held at the library. The discussions not only would include the parking deck but also the …
The state Department of Education releases figures that show how much each school district will lose.
The Millburn School District will lose all of its state aid, according to information released by the state Department of Education Wednesday afternoon. Millburn will lose nearly $3 million in state aid. Gov. Chris Christie presented his budget address Tuesday afternoon, which indicated school districts would not lose more than 5 percent of their total budget. Earlier in the day Schools Supt. Richard Brodow said he was waiting for official word on how much money the district would lose in the 2010-11 budget. "We're working on contingency plans," he said. "We'll put something together by Monday." The school board is scheduled to meet at 7:45 p.m. at the Education Center on Monday. School board President Noreen Brunini called the cut …
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