Searching for the truth in Upper Saddle River
Enormous changes are occurring in and around Upper Saddle River, right before residents eyes, but you wouldn’t easily see it unless you looked hard. The 2 developments by Toll Brothers – despite Stop Work Orders and other setbacks – are still creeping forward steadily. Houses are sprouting up and sometime soon homes will be occupied….
The Planning Board has not met since April 2019 despite a significant amount of construction in town. Bringing the reality of hundreds of new residents within the next few years, possibly as soon as 2 years. The Mayor and Council suddenly cancelled their September meeting without any explanation and re-scheduled it for 2 weeks later…
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…
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…
The mayor and council meeting of August 1, 2019 was an interesting meeting. Of course virtually no residents actually know what happened as few attended and there is still no live streaming of the meetings (beyond what is posted on Facebook), and what transpired might be why the council doesn’t want it out there. It…
Will they ever learn? 11 months ago the Upper Saddle River Mayor and Council held their monthly meeting where Rockland Electric Company came to give a presentation on smart meters. Despite the fact that residents were struggling to understand what was going on and strenuously seeking information the council in their lack of wisdom, thoughtfulness…
What exactly is going on Upper Saddle River Borough Hall? Does the Mayor and Council want the town of Upper Saddle River to thrive? Or just collapse in a slow train wreck of chaos? There are not one but two HUGE construction projects going on in town. There is ongoing environmental destruction occurring with stormwater runoff…