Tag: SSP Architects
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Grassroots community effort needed for proposed expansion of Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park
EDISON – The Edison Memorial Tower Corporation is embarking on a grassroots community effort to fundraise for the proposed expansion of the museum at the Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park. “We’re really working to get people interested in creating a museum appropriately sized to honor the legacy of Thomas Edison at Menlo Park,” said…
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Edison BOE considers proposals to expand, renovate John P. Stevens High School
EDISON – Three proposals are on the table in efforts to address overcrowding at John P. Steven High School. Pradeep Kapoor, director of sustainable design, and Kurt Vierheilig, director of design, for DMR Architects, Hasbrouck Heights, presented the proposals at a Board of Education (BOE) meeting in November. The firm has been working with the…
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Edison superintendent personally pays for billboard to promote $183M bond referendum on March 10
EDISON – New schools Superintendent Bernard F. Bragen Jr. dug into his own pockets to do his part to help promote the upcoming $183.12 million bond referendum on March 10. Bragen, who grew up in the township, has shelled out $2,000 from his paycheck to place a message about the referendum on a billboard on…
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Edison BOE reorganizes with new faces, new leadership, and a move to put forward another bond referendum
EDISON – The Edison Board of Education reorganized with some new faces, new leadership and the move to put forward another bond referendum in March. The board voted to approve a resolution authorizing a bond referendum to be held on March 10 at its reorganization meeting on Jan. 6 at the Education Center. Board members…
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Edison voters defeat $189.5 million school bond referendum
EDISON – With the defeat of the $189.5 million bond referendum, the Edison Board of Education will seek input from parents, staff and taxpayers on the best ways to move forward in addressing overcrowding in the schools. Voters came out to the polls on Dec. 10 and defeated the bond referendum with 3,677 “no” votes…