Searching for the truth in Upper Saddle River
There is nothing like driving around Upper Saddle River to see what is going on. And what a surprise to be found along Carlough Road. Toll Brothers, clearly trying to dispose of the sordid image of a housing development on toxic soil linked to tainted water that has been dumped down the streams and rivers…
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…
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…
September 2019 was an unnaturally dry month, barely any rain fell. A good and bad thing for Toll Brothers at The Preserve, formerly knows as Apple Ridge. No one could see if their new and improved stormwater control worked. The one that they were forced to install after a Stop Work Order. So with no rain,…
What a surprise to see the arrival of colorful door hangers decorating some front doors in town. Courtesy of the Borough of Upper Saddle River. A lovely pink warning slip about some municipal infraction. The list of possible areas of concern is very comprehensive and some lucky homeowners got one. Interesting. Upper Saddle…
Do you remember this? Following 9/11 Christy Todd Whitman told the media that the air quality was safe at Ground Zero. If you lived in this area following the September 11 attacks and could see lower Manhattan you would know this was a lie. Not a stretching of the facts, a plain lie. The…
It sounds like a broken record. Where is the Planning Board? For the 4 straight months the Planning Board meeting has been cancelled. Planning Board Notice of Cancellation Please be advised that the Planning Board Meeting scheduled for Thursday, August 22nd has been cancelled. By Tyler| August 16th, 2019|News and Events And the question is…
Thursday August 15 was a busy day for Upper Saddle River. And once again it was thanks to Toll Brothers Thanks to the vigilance of citizen activists who have worked tirelessly to protect Upper Saddle River in the disastrous toxic mess caused by Toll Brothers this envious address was in the news. But not for…
At the last Upper Saddle River Borough Council Meeting August 1, 2019 the surprise attendee was Toll Brothers. Unannounced. No residents knew. Nothing was said and if there weren’t questions from residents no one would have known. However, just appearing on the Upper Saddle River website are minutes of a meeting that took place between…
The continued environmental destruction by Toll Brothers has brought a pointed response about the entire mess from Marshall Grupp for USR Mayor, Marc Garbar, Leandra Galasso, for USR Borough Council. This ongoing disaster is affecting the entire Upper Saddle River community, and the water supplies of surrounding areas and will have seriously long lasting consequences. With…