Boro Wins Silver Sustainable Jersey Certification

Chatham Borough became one of 10 towns certified as silver level sustainable town, thanks to the efforts of Cindy Steffens.

Chatham Borough Mayor Bruce Harris announced Monday that Sustainable Jersey has awarded the borough with Silver Certification for 2012. Harris was quick to credit Cindy Steffens with the credit the "significant achievement" of winning silver level certification. Steffens, who chairs the Green Initiatives Committee, was a "taskmaster," Harris said, who outlined all the projects and the work needed to win silver certification and made sure they all got done in time for the May 31 deadline. Only 10 towns were awarded silver level certification through Sustainable Jersey this year, Harris said. Councilman Len Resto said, "It was really a core group of six volunteers who made this happen," with Steffens taking the lead. "Other towns that got …

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Letters to the Editor

Council Members: Borough Needs Green Volunteers

Enthusiasm and 90 minutes a week is all you need.

To the Editor: Now is the perfect time for Borough residents to volunteer to join the “Green Team” and further our efforts to be a truly sustainable community.  The “Green Team” committees are the Green Initiatives Committee, the Environmental Commission and the Land and Historic Conservancy Advisory Committee.  Each committee is looking for new members, and all you have to do to indicate your interest in joining one of the committees is to complete the “Application for Boards – Commissions – Committees” – which you can download from the website (www.chathamborough.org) under “Forms/Applications” or pick up at the Borough Clerk’s Office at Borough Hall.  The “Green Team” committees have a lot they would like to accomplish this year – but …

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Letter to the Editor: Join the Green Team

Two Borough Council members invite residents to join green efforts in Chatham.

To the Editor: The hard work of Chatham Borough's "Green Team" (the Green Initiatives Committee, Environmental Commission and Land and Historic Conservancy Advisory Committee) has paid off, and the Borough has obtained bronze certification in the Sustainable Jersey program. Now is the perfect time for Borough residents to volunteer to join the Green Team and further our effort to be a truly sustainable community.  Each of the Green Team committees are looking for new members, and all you have to do to indicate your interest in joining one of the committees is to complete the "Application for Boards –Commissions- Committees" – which you can download from the web site (www.chathamborough.org) under "Forms/Applications" or pick up an …