Sunday, October 14, 2012
Mimi Mehta and Mary Rohe are collecting signatures for a petition to save the skate park, only one within a 25-minute drive of Chatham Township.
In the weeks since Mary Rohe and Mimi Mehta appeared before the Chatham Township Committee and asked them to rebuild the Chatham Skate Park, the two have been hard at work collecting signatures for a petition to that same end. Mehta and Rohe discovered the skate park was closed when, on separate occasions, they went to drop their children off at the park as summer ended. Signs on the park gate said the park was closed, but gave no explanation why. The two later learned that the township's insurance provider advised the closing when structural damage was discovered in the park. The half-pipe shows visible cracks and other signs of wear and tear. Department of Public Works Director John Pacelli said the skate park will need a new deck, …
Monday, July 25, 2011
Readers debate growing enrollment, class sizes and an ever-increasing school budget.
Parents spoke at the past two Board of Education meeting to request an additional first grade teacher at Southern Boulevard School for the 2011-12 academic year. At the July 18 meeting, Heather Turnbull submitted a petition with 71 signatures collected from an online petition favoring another teacher at Chatham Township's elementary school. Since that time six more people have signed the petition, bringing the total to 77 as of Sunday night. Most of the signatures are from New Jersey (the towns are not displayed) but other signators include Jennifer Curtis of Mississippi, Sally Aliano from California, Tami Mendoza of California and Dena Harris of Georgia. International signers include Ijaz Khan of Saudi Arabia, Patrick Whyte of the United …
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
About 80 signatures collected on first day support O'Neill's contract extension.
Two Chatham mothers established an electronic petition Tuesday, asking residents to support Superintendent Jim O'Neill's proposed contract extension. The petition is aimed at Kathleen Serafino, urging the Morris County executive superintendent of schools to approve the pact that would exceed Gov. Chris Christie's proposed school administrators' cap. The petition reads, "By signing this petition, you are asking the Morris County Executive County Superintendent of Schools, Kathleen Serafino, to approve the renegotiated contract of the School District of the Chathams Board of Ed with its Superintendent of Schools, Jim O'Neill." Stacey Ewald, who, along with fellow parent Michelle Clark, began the petition Tuesday morning, said these types…
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Forkem30
8:10 am on Wednesday, May 15, 2013
We used to skateboard when we were kids all over town on Candace, Tanglewood etc.. Let those who want the park including those from out of town, which should have no say, raise all the money privately and fund it themselves. more ›