SPRINGFIELD, NJ — Police Chief John Cook has added the duties of township administrator to his role — at least temporarily. Cook, who will remain chief of police, was appointed as acting township administrator April 24, following the resignation of Ziad Shehady. Cook took on the new position April 27. Shedhady resigned this month to […]
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — Under a $33 million municipal budget introduced at the township committee’s March 27 meeting, taxes would increase about $70 on the average home assessed at $160,000. The tax levy would increase to $23,873,306 from $23,393,635, or the 2 percent allowed by the state. The total budget represents a $1.2 million increase — […]
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — A family who sued the school board in federal court to have their 9-year-old daughter’s class assignment changed after they said she was bullied has withdrawn the suit and removed their children from the school system, school officials announced last month. The development in the highly publicized case, which highlighted the practice […]
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — Residents can test their homes for a potential cause of lung cancer as part of Radon Action Week, a new township initiative aimed at educating homeowners of the dangerous effects of the naturally occurring radioactive gas. “We are proud to announce that Springfield received a grant from funded by the New Jersey […]
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — The Democrat who had outraised her closest opponent by more than $130,000 in a bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance with $300,000 of her own money withdrew as she faced six foes in her party’s candidates forum on Feb. 7. Springfield native and Westfield resident Lisa Mandelbatt took the microphone as […]
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — A contentious proposal approved by the Springfield Planning Board to build two apartment buildings — including six units set aside for Mount Laurel obligations — on Church Mall is expected to come before the Township Committee in February. The board needs another vote to memorialize the resolution before it can be sent to […]
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — Children have been known to use electronic devices to bully or harass others as early as the third grade, a detective with the Union County Prosecutor’s Office told parents at a Springfield Town Hall forum on cyberbullying and internet safety Nov. 27. The relatively young age for using computers comes since technology is […]
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — Springfield school officials and a mother who claims her 9-year-old daughter has been bullied will go before a mediator to settle a widely publicized dispute over the girl’s fourth-grade class assignment. The two sides were ordered into mediation by U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi after Irina Spektor sued the district in federal […]
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — A bullying claim by the mother of 9-year-old student who has not attended her Springfield elementary school for almost six weeks has escalated to address the practice of “looping.” Concerned parents are questioning district policy regarding the elementary school placement protocol, which keeps teachers and students together as they progress from one grade […]
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — A Springfield dentist has agreed to repay $250,000 to Medicaid for improper billing during a 4 ½-year period, the state comptroller announced in an Oct. 12 release. Louis Tratenberg, who runs a practice in Springfield, will repay the money in seven installments through April, according to the settlement between the comptroller’s office and […]