Searching for the truth in Upper Saddle River
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!!! Correction – Saddle River Meeting is on November 18 not November 11 as previously posted!!! Mark your calendar – this week there are 2 meetings worth knowing about that are of interest and are noteworthy. Saddle River Saddle River mayor and council are holding their public session on Monday November 18. No doubt…
Finally!! a Swift 911 that is correct and essential and worth reading carefully. In case you haven’t received it be warned there is a bear in town. Residents in the Old Stone Church area have reported sighting a bear and police and animal control responded, but didn’t find it. Please note all the information –…
The election is over and the abyssmal turnout and results has ensured that 4 more years of questionable decisions and seat of the pants governing will continue. Such a shame residents couldn’t distinguish the difference between being a really nice person ( is the town a sorority?) and an effective elected leader. Or putting the…
Election Day 2019. In case you are sitting on the fence trying to figure out where to cast your vote because you are disgruntled and you just aren’t quite sure, and where is that perfect candidate and you just can’t quite figure it out…..remember this: This isn’t the Lannister’s and the Targaryen’s. It’s Upper Saddle…
With the upcoming election the incumbent Republican candidates Minichetti, Ditkoff & Rotella are clearly worried. The have been resorting to smear tactics, have gotten personal and are running a dirty campaign. They refused to do a town hall forum with their opponents, Grupp, Garbar and Galasso. They started decrying the lack of experience of the Democratic…
The ugliness of the local election in Upper Saddle River showed the teeth of the Republican candidates with their vicious personal attack on Marshall Grupp. Maybe some of their fawning followers fell for it, but for many residents it was a jarring show of the length this party will go to keep the power in…
The dirty games of Washington have arrived in Upper Saddle River. Not content with the repeated habit of stealing opponents campaign signs, or driving over them, or just removing them and dumping (which has gone on for years, through various election cycles) or the plastering of signs in multiples throughout town when the borough code…
Recently…. A recent post by a resident reader posed the position you should not vote for the party, but for yourself. For what the needs of the town are, not the party. Interesting, but possibly a little out of the box thinking for this town. But consider this – Upper Saddle River isn’t Washington DC….
Do You Remember This? An Upper Saddle River Fairy Tale Many, many years ago, when life was quite different, Upper Saddle River embarked on a quest to find what the residents wanted. For ways to improve the quality of life in a town that really was doing quite well, where people clamored to buy a…
Upper Saddle River is a town that leans heavily in one political direction and loyal residents have been singing the praises of the administration to show support, solidarity. Yet, the elected officials have made questionable decisions, had too many eleventh hour corrections and clean ups. Despite the testimonials of great public service, being great people…