Pennington Council green lights open space funds for Kunkel Park improvements centraljersey.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from centraljersey.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Stern to run unopposed in Democratic primary on June 8
Stern to run unopposed in Democratic primary on June 8 ×
Democratic candidate Nadine Stern (center) is running in the June 8 primary. PHOTO COURTESY OF NADINE STERN
One candidate will compete unopposed in the 2021 Democratic primary for one of two open seats on the Pennington Council.
There are also no Republican candidates filed for the Republican primary.
The Pennington Council has 6-0 Democratic majority. The governing body consists of Council President Catherine Chandler, Councilwoman Deborah Gnatt, Councilman Charles Marciante, Councilwoman Beverly Mills, Councilwoman Liz Semple and Councilman Ken Gross.
The current terms of Gnatt and Semple end Dec. 31.
Pennington Council adopts $4 49M budget for 2021 municipal operations centraljersey.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from centraljersey.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Pennington Council to hold public hearing in May on $4.49 million municipal budget
Members of the Pennington Borough Council have scheduled a public hearing on the 2021 municipal budget for May 3.
The Pennington Council introduced the budget on April 5. Council President Catherine Chandler, Councilwoman Deborah Gnatt, Councilwoman Beverly Mills, Councilwoman Liz Semple, and Councilman Ken Gross voted “yes” to introduce the budget.
Councilman Charles Marciante was the dissenting vote in the meeting.
“This is not the year to be raising taxes. The school board realizes it this year, they are not doing it,” Marciante said on April 5. “People are moving out of Pennington as soon as their children get out of school. I’m not happy with a budget that goes up 2%. I think it is crazy to be raising taxes again. Count on it if you bring that budget up I am voting no.”
Pennington and Hopewell Borough councils re-elect council presidents
Council members in Pennington Borough and Hopewell Borough have re-elected each of their council presidents from 2020.
During reorganization meetings on Jan. 4, Catherine Chandler was elected council president for the Pennington Borough Council and Charles Schuyler Morehouse was also elected to serve as council president for the Hopewell Borough Council.
Pennington: After Chandler and Kennen Gross were sworn in to start their three-year terms on the borough council, Councilman Charles Marciante nominated Chandler for council president. Fellow council members went on to vote unanimously in favor of her election.
“I was very happy to be reelected to council and to once again be asked to serve as Council President, to support Mayor Joe Lawver. In 2021, we will continue to face some of challenges of 2020, as we work to serve the community with the continued restrictions of COVID-19,” Chandler said in a statem