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My position on 150 Allen Road has never changed. I opposed Signature Acquisitions&rsquo; plan from&nbsp;the start. I oppose it today. And if elected to the Township Committee, I will keep opposing it. This is not a close call. The proposal would tear down an office building and replace it with two&nbsp;light-industrial and manufacturing buildings on a residential road. It would bring tractor-trailers&nbsp;onto a stretch with a hill, a blind curve, and Mount Prospect School nearby. Our teenage drivers learn on these roads. Our kids walk and ride on them. No traffic study changes what a loaded&nbsp;truck does on a blind curve. The environmental cost is just as clear. The plan called for clearing hundreds of trees, more than&nbsp;400 by residents&rsquo; count, with far fewer replacements than our ordinance requires. We already&nbsp;have drainage and stormwater problems near Allen and Martinsville. Removing that canopy makes them worse, permanently. Then there is density. Our zoning allows a floor area ratio of 15 percent. The applicant asked for&nbsp;nearly 20. That is not a minor adjustment. It is a request to put more building, more traffic, and&nbsp;more noise on land that cannot carry it. Our Zoning Board heard 18 months of testimony and voted 6 to 0 to deny the application.&nbsp;Residents showed up by the dozens, night after night. The process worked, and the answer was&nbsp;no. Now the matter is back before the board. My answer is the same. A revised plan that keeps the&nbsp;same basic use in the same place does not fix the underlying problem. On the Committee, I will: - Support the board&rsquo;s denial and a vigorous legal defense of it - Back zoning that ends light manufacturing as a permitted use in residential-adjacent&nbsp;areas, which the Committee has already moved to do - Keep residents informed and heard at every step Bernards Township&rsquo;s charm is not an accident. It is the result of decisions made by people&nbsp;who cared enough to protect it. I intend to be one of them. Paul Humbert P.S. Before you vote, make sure you know where each candidate for Township Committee stands&nbsp;on this critical issue. If they won't tell you now, you know what they'll do if elected.

Alexis Tarrazi

New York City Metropolitan Area

Basking Ridge

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Bernards is facing real challenges. The town you chose when you moved here is being affected by decisions made far beyond our borders.&nbsp;The Trenton tax and mandate&nbsp;machine is working on two fronts.
 First, New Jersey&rsquo;s affordable housing mandates are forcing dramatic changes on&nbsp;communities like ours without adequate consideration of the impact on our schools, traffic, infrastructure and finances. Second, Trenton continues to look for new ways to tax and redistribute wealth under the&nbsp;banner of &ldquo;progressive taxation.&rdquo; New Jersey already places an enormous burden on its&nbsp;taxpayers, and proposals for still more taxes should concern anyone who cares about&nbsp;keeping our community affordable. We don&rsquo;t need that kind of social engineering in Bernards.&nbsp; At the same time, politics has become increasingly divisive. Those who oppose my&nbsp;campaign, whether on the left or the right, may try to distract voters with attacks, labels&nbsp;and toxic messaging.&nbsp;I won&rsquo;t participate in that kind of politics. I will work relentlessly to protect and preserve Bernards, which has been my hometown&nbsp;for 47 years. My campaign is based on three basic principles: Neighbors matter. Affordability matters. And we must keep Bernards the town&nbsp;you chose when you moved here.&nbsp; My campaign is forward-looking, issue-focused, solution-oriented and moderate in its&nbsp;approach. I believe residents deserve more than slogans. They deserve to know&nbsp;specifically what their elected officials intend to do. That is why I have laid out a plan for what I will do on Day 1, Day 90 and Day 180, and&nbsp;what I believe we can accomplish by Day 360. Find the plan here:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.humbertforbernards.com/post/what-i-ll-do-once-elected" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">humbertforbernards.com/post/what-i-ll-do-once-elected</a> This November, vote for substance, not signs, slogans, and self-promotion.&nbsp;If you believe Bernards is worth protecting, I&rsquo;m asking for your help. Follow and share&nbsp;my campaign on social media, volunteer your time, talk to your neighbors, put up a lawn&nbsp;sign, or make a contribution to help us reach more voters.&nbsp; Every bit of support matters, and I am grateful for all of it. Thank you. Now, on to victory in November! Learn more about my campaign at <a href="http://www.HumbertForBernards.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">HumbertForBernards.com </a>

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Bernards is facing real challenges. The town you chose when you moved here is being affected by decisions made far beyond our borders. The Trenton...

Candidate Pledges to Put Taxpayers First and Reject Contributions from Developers with Business Before the Township

BERNARDS TOWNSHIP, NJ &ndash; Kirsten Light, Republican candidate for Bernards Township Committee, announced today that her campaign is being powered by residents, not political organizations or special interests.

"As I have spoken with residents across Bernards Township, one message comes through loud and clear: people want independent leadership that is accountable to taxpayers, not political insiders," said Light. "That is exactly why I am running."

Light emphasized that her campaign is independent of the established Republican political organizations and their financial support.

"I have not received financial contributions from the local Republican organization or the county Republican organization, and my campaign is not being directed by party insiders," said Light. "My responsibility is to the residents of Bernards Township and the taxpayers who call this community home."

Light also announced a strict campaign finance policy designed to avoid conflicts of interest and preserve public trust.

"I have not accepted, do not accept, and will not accept campaign contributions from developers who have business before the Township," said Light. "Furthermore, I will not accept campaign contributions from the professional representatives of those developers, including attorneys, engineers, planners, consultants, or other individuals whose livelihoods depend upon development applications before our Township."

Light stated that local government decisions must be made based on what is best for residents, neighborhoods, schools, infrastructure, and taxpayers, not based on campaign relationships.

"Residents deserve to know that when decisions are made regarding development, zoning, infrastructure, or taxpayer resources, those decisions are being made on their merits and not influenced by campaign contributions," said Light. "Public service should be about serving the public."

A longtime finance professional and community advocate, Light said she entered the race because she believes Bernards Township needs leaders who are willing to ask tough questions, challenge conventional thinking, and focus on long-term financial sustainability.

"My campaign is built on transparency, accountability, responsible fiscal management, and preserving the character of our community," said Light. "Whether the issue is development, affordable housing obligations, taxes, infrastructure, or public spending, residents deserve honest answers and independent leadership."

Light concluded by reaffirming her commitment to earning the trust of voters through principled leadership and open communication.

"I am not running on behalf of any political organization, special interest, or development community. I am running on behalf of the residents of Bernards Township. My only agenda is to protect taxpayers, preserve our quality of life, and ensure that our local government remains accountable to the people it serves."

Contact: Light for Township Committee &ndash; <a href="mailto:followthelight2026@gmail.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">followthelight2026@gmail.com</a>
Campaign Website: lightthewaytovictory.com

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Kirsten Light:  An Independent Conservative Voice for Bernards Township Residents

An Essex County home inspector has built a free website that lets anyone look up the public records behind a New Jersey property &mdash; building permits, flood zones, fire history, property taxes, and more &mdash; by typing in an address.
The site, <a href="https://oprasearch.app/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Permit &amp; Parcel</a>, covers all 564 New Jersey municipalities and brings together records from official sources, including state and county databases, FEMA flood maps, and the towns&rsquo; own municipal codes. No account or email is required, and there&rsquo;s no cost.
&ldquo;I kept watching buyers fall in love with a house before anyone checked the paper trail &mdash; the open permits, the flood zone, what the town actually requires when a home changes hands,&rdquo; said Leo Betancor, a Certified Master Inspector based in Cedar Grove and the founder of the site. &ldquo;All of that is public record. It just wasn&rsquo;t in one place anyone could actually use.&rdquo;
Alongside the main lookup, the site includes free single-purpose tools: a <a href="https://oprasearch.app/tools/lead-safe/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">lead-safe inspection lookup</a> showing which of the two state-required inspection methods each town uses under New Jersey&rsquo;s lead paint law, a searchable <a href="https://oprasearch.app/lead-contractors/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">directory of DCA-certified lead evaluation and abatement contractors</a> sorted by distance, a <a href="https://oprasearch.app/tools/fire/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">fire-incident map</a> built from more than 40 years of state fire records, and a <a href="https://oprasearch.app/tools/radon/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">radon map</a> covering every municipality.
Homeowners can also <a href="https://oprasearch.app/tools/tax/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">look up property taxes and assessments</a>, <a href="https://oprasearch.app/tools/hvac-age/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">check the age of a furnace, air conditioner or water heater</a> using its serial number, and <a href="https://oprasearch.app/tools/co/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">find their town&rsquo;s certificate-of-occupancy requirements</a> before selling or renting a home.
A companion site, <a href="https://njflood.zone/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">njflood.zone</a>, gives instant FEMA flood-zone answers for any New Jersey address &mdash; built after the federal government shutdown left FEMA&rsquo;s own map site unreliable &mdash; running on the site&rsquo;s own servers with the complete flood map data for the state loaded locally.
As an added benefit for homebuyers, Permit &amp; Parcel users can receive $100 off a qualifying home inspection with Smart Choice Inspections, Betancor&rsquo;s North Jersey home inspection company.
The project was recently featured in <a href="https://www.tapinto.net/towns/east-hanover-slash-florham-park/columns/at-home-with-holly/articles/deep-dive-conversations-what-the-house-won-t-tell-you" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">TAPinto.</a>&nbsp;Both sites are free at <a href="https://oprasearch.app/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">oprasearch.app</a> and <a href="https://njflood.zone/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">njflood.zone</a>.

Essex County

Eric Kiefer

Montclair

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