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Archived News

The Millburn Downtown Redevelopment Plan is officially DEAD.

Great news. All five Township Committee members officially and unanimously voted down the Millburn Downtown Redevelopment Plan at 9:47pm on Tuesday, December 2, 2008.
(December 2, 2008) More>>

WeLoveMillburn's opinion of the proposed Downtown Redevelopment Plan is now on YouTube.com
(October 12, 2008) More>>

A statement, a question and an idea for the future regarding the November 12th Millburn Township Committee vote on the proposed Downtown Redevelopment Plan.
(November 14, 2008) More>>

WeLoveMillburn unanimously votes that the Millburn Township Committee reject the Planning Board's proposed Downtown Redevelopment Plan
(September 16, 2008) More>>

Planning Board responses to questions about the Downtown Redevelopment Plan submitted to them by members of WeLoveMillburn September 7, 2008


(September 7, 2008) More>>

WeLoveMillburn meets with Planning Board members to discuss the Downtown Redevelopment Plan
(August 13, 2008) More>>

Why does the Millburn Planning Board not honor our request to have a meeting regarding our questions about the proposed Downtown Redevelopment Plan?
(July 29, 2008) More>>

Is the proposed Millburn Downtown Redevelopment Plan the right plan for our community?
(June 30, 2008) More>>

WeLoveMillburn reports on its findings regarding Millburn Township's plan to authorize purchase of the Paper Mill Playhouse
(June 17, 2008) More>>

Proposed Millburn Downtown Redevelopment Plan presented to the Planning Board on June 4, 2008.
(June 9, 2008) More>>

The Millburn school budget passed in a close vote.
(April 16, 2008) More>>

WeLoveMillburn, in a public town meeting, asks the Township Committee to adopt “a community impact statement” before allowing developers to build downtown.
(February 26, 2008) More>>

PetSmart Case Highlights Zoning Issues
(November 29, 2007) More>>

Click here for information on PetSmart from their website
ALSO: Read our open letter to the Millburn Township Committee Members

Risks of car idling addressed by town environmental expert at WeLoveMillburn.com meeting.
(June 26, 2007) More>>

Taxpayer Education Seminar Tuesday, June 5 – 7:30pm, Millburn Public Library
(June 2, 2007) More>>

Township Tax Assessor Ernest F. Del Guercio sent out new reassessment statements to all township residents.
(May 8, 2007) More>>

Less Bureaucracy, More Education. Vote NO on the April 17th $77,500,000 school budget. It's time for accountability. Before you cast your ballot, consider the following.
(April 11, 2007) More>>

The 2007–2008 Millburn school budget: What happened to spending on the children?
This letter appeared in The Item on the editorial page on April 5, 2007. More>>

Results of the Recent Survey of Residents Ranking the Importance of Certain Town Issues

New Jersey voters reject numerous bond referendums
(September 27, 2006) More>>

In spite of the dilemma, Millburn voters pass the $21.3 million school bond referendum.
(September 27, 2006) More>>

Report on Board of Education meeting of Sept. 25, 2006.
This report has the highlights of the most recent Board of Education meeting.
(September 26, 2006) More>>

Township Committee votes to implement deer management plan.
With only Committeewomen Ellen Steinberg abstaining, the other four members of the Township Committee voted for the new deer management plan.
(Sept. 20, 2006) More>>

Millburn advocacy group points out the dilemma residents face in deciding how to vote in the September 26th $21 million School Bond Referendum.
(September 12, 2006) More>>

Update on Short Hills Mall reassessment case from Independent Press story.
All other previous stories and our involvement follow this update.
(August 9, 2006) More>>

We support, in principle, the Historical Society's intention to purchase and save the oldest house (1730) in town.
(June 20, 2006) More>>

Report on Board of Education meeting of June 5, 2006. Beginning with this meeting, we will issue a report with the highlights of each BOE meeting.
(June 11, 2006) More>>

WeLoveMillburn is one year old. New Millburn Organization Keeps Residents Informed and Involved.
(May 18, 2006) More>>

April 18th election confirmed three new members of the Board of Education and the $72 million school budget passed easily. Only 4,767 residents voted. The December 2005 bond vote turned out 5,400 voters out of close to 12,000 registered.
(April 20, 2006) Voting Info>>

The Board of Education, at a regularly scheduled March 13th meeting, voted to send the State the newly proposed $20+ million school bond referendum application.
(March 14, 2006) More>>

MillburnCORE candidates to take leave of absence from WeLoveMillburn to focus on Board of Education.
(March 3, 2006) More>>

There will be no deer management program in Millburn Township this year. This is an update to our first deer report issued on February 5, 2006 which is repeated after this update.
(February 20, 2006) More>>

Millburn press release says the Township has received approval from Essex County for a one-year postponement for scheduled reassessment for 2006. The following release from the Township attempts to explain why. But there are still lots of questions.
(February 14, 2006) More>>

Did Millburn Township make a mistake in settling a large tax dispute with The Short Hills Mall? Did Millburn Township settle for considerably less than what the Mall is actually worth?
(February 12, 2006) More>>

Once again Millburn has the dubious distinction of having the highest property taxes in New Jersey.
(January 21, 2006) More>>

A regular Board of Education meeting was held January 9th at Wyoming School with a large turnout. There was a "special meeting" held the next night at the Ed Center about the new bond plan. There was a very small turnout.
(January 12, 2006)  More>>

Regular Board of Ed meeting Monday, January 9th at Wyoming School. Then today a "special meeting" was announced also for the next night at the Ed Center, 7:30pm.
(January 4th, 2006) More>>

Millburn selects a new Mayor, Dan Baer.
(January 3, 2006)  More>>

Letter to the Board of Education, the Superintendent and local newspapers about criteria for the next bond referendum.
(December 21, 2005) More>>

The ill-conceived $40+ million school bond was decisively defeated. After months of debate, Millburn voters made their voices heard and demanded options.
(December 13, 2005) More>>

Three School Board members discuss their opposition to the Dec. 13th referendum.
(December 6th, 2005) More>>

Frequently asked questions about the Dec. 13th bond referendum.
(November 6th, 2005) More>>

What are the real facts about class size in the Millburn Schools for the 2005-2006 school year? (October 23, 2005) More>>

Shame on us. Since 1998, voter turnout for Millburn school board and spending elections have averaged less than 20%.
(October 10th, 2005) More>>

A report to the community on the proposed Millburn Township School Bond Referendum.
(October 9th, 2005) More>>

New Jersey voters reject numerous bond referendums.
(September 29th, 2005) More>>

For the Kid's Sake, VOTE NO

For Community's Sake, VOTE NO

For Tax Sake, VOTE NO

Questions from residents not answered at the August 23rd Board of Education meeting.
(September 4, 2005) More>>

NJ Department of Education model projects significant excess capacity in Millburn.
(August 19, 2005) More>>

NJ Department of Education rejects Millburn School district's demographic projections.
(August 8, 2005) More>>

Money Magazine 2005 ranks top 100 towns in America but no mention of Millburn. Chatham was #9. What are we missing?
(August 7, 2005) More>>

Board of Education newsletter leaves questions unanswered.
(July 24, 2005) More>>

Board of Education newsletter leaves questions unanswered.
(July 24, 2005) More>>

Demographics study does not support proposed school construction plan.
(July 21, 2005) More>>


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