Category: opinion/windsor_hights_herald

  • STATE WE’RE IN: Time to fast-track renewable energy

    By Michele Byers For the first time in four years, New Jersey is updating its Energy Master Plan, a blueprint for how this state we’re in uses and manages electricity. And unless you live “off the grid,” it affects you. This month, the state Board of Public Utilities is holding public hearings and accepting public…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We can’t fight all the time

    To the editor:  On Tuesday I attended National Night Out. I have to say I was very pleased with the event. I think it was a great opportunity for the community to come together. I’m sure plenty of fun was had by the children playing games and adults enjoying the great food. I particularly…

  • STATE WE’RE IN: Kick plastic habit, help marine life

    By Michele Byers During hot summer days at the Jersey Shore, beaches are crowded with folks having fun in the sun. Unfortunately, lots of litter is left behind. All beach trash is bad, but the plastics that wash and blow into the sea are especially harmful. Plastics have become a major threat to marine life…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Town deserves a well-run police department

    To the editor:  Steve Misiura, Rick Pratt, Fred Montferrat, as well as Denise Hansen and Walter Sikorski are the committee members who circulated a petition in 2013 that halted the bond ordinance that allowed council to move forward with rebuilding the municipal complex. Three out of the five members of the committee were on…

  • STATE WE’RE IN: Show spotlights New Jersey’s endangered creatures

    By Michele Byers What’s more fun than standing in a chilly downpour at night in March, filming volunteers as they help salamanders cross Shades of Death Road? For Jared Flesher, not much! An independent documentary filmmaker and New Jersey native, Jared revels in being outdoors and telling stories about nature, animals’ struggles for survival and…

  • STATE WE’RE IN: A strong voice urges climate action

    “The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all,” wrote Pope Francis in his recent encyclical or papal letter. The pope’s letter focused international attention on climate change, and he called on developed countries to limit use of non-renewable energy and help poorer nations deal with the impacts of global warming.…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Does the council want people to attend?

    To the editor:  While looking over the agenda for the July 21 township meeting, I noticed something odd at the end. The next meeting will be on Aug. 4. That’s the same day as “National Night Out“ and the times for both will overlap. Why even have both on the same day? This seems…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hire firms that haven’t overcharged taxpayers 

    To the editor:  My opponents for Town Council — the incumbents — ignored corruption concerns that Mr. Steve Uccio (my running mate) and I raised at a recent Town Council meeting. Our concerns relate to a contract awarded to the law firm Parker McCay. They have been accused by the former state comptroller of…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Tennis court repairs underway

    To the editor:  The Windsor-Hights Herald published a letter I had written to the mayor and township manager concerning the conditions of the tennis courts on Wiltshire Drive. I am writing to applaud the efforts of the mayor and township manager in being so responsive to these concerns. The courts are now in the…