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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Fields Referendum Vote Off to a Brisk Start

At Intervale School, voters were ready for the 2 p.m. poll opening.

The cold is bitter and sharp on this January day, but the frigid temperatures didn't stop people from getting an early start to speak their piece via the ballot box for the Parsippany Board of Education's fields referendum. Nine polling places opened their doors at 2 p.m. sharp for the special election, in which residents will decide whether to move forward with the school board's $7.7 million athletic improvements package for Parsippany and Parsippany Hills high schools. At Intervale Elementary School, the cold is stopping most people from spending time in the frosty air to talk with Patch, but Laurie and John Starace, who live nearby, were generous enough to share their thoughts. "I'm concerned about taxes being too high," said Laurie …

clyde donovan

2:37 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013

This election was rigged to prevent people from voting, especially senior citizens, and the voters aren't going to forget it.   more ›

Thursday, May 24, 2012

BOE President Says Fields Plan Moving Forward

Dr. Frank Calabria says he does not know what voters will decide, but is glad public's view will be heard.

Now that the Parsippany Board of Education is overseeing the move to improve athletic facilities at Parsippany and Parsippany Hills high schools, the work begins--and school board President Frank Calabria says planning is in motion. According to Calabria, the school district has an architect working on speculative plans for improvements that could include artificial turf fields, new fencing, modernized lights, refurbished track ovals and upgraded restrooms and concession stands. At this point, any of these items is prospective. What ultimately survives as part of the plan will be discussed among the school board members. Because the body decided at its May 10 meeting to take the project out of township hands and to put the matter up for a …

VietNam Vet

1:54 am on Sunday, June 17, 2012

This all nice and good, but lets see to it that the board pays for it ALL with the $5 million it took from the taxpayers and then claim they don't have it anymore, it never happened...Yea Right!!!! Like we really believe that, pay for this and don't ask for an increase in taxes, because just once we would like to see the BOE budget come out thats lower than the year before and you are actually …   more ›

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