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A scheduled vote to rejoin a statewide consortium to buy natural gas starting next year was postponed by the Board of Education at its Nov. 20 meeting. The board took the action on the recommendation of interim schools Superintendent Lee Seitz. Seitz, as well as all board members and members of the administration and township government, received an email earlier …

        Incumbent member Ed Potosnak and newcomers Patricia Stanley and Latee Walton-McCleod won election to full three-year Board of Education terms on Nov. 4. Margaret Steele won the one-year unexpired term of former board member Robert Trautmann. These results are pending the counting of provisional ballots, which are not expected to change the outcome. Potosnak, who was selected to fill …

A township family’s negligence lawsuit against the Board of Education was given new life recently by a state Appellate Court panel. The three judges remanded to Superior Court the lawsuit brought by Freddy Florian and his mother, Carmela, which a Superior Court judge sitting in New Brunswick had dismissed on summary judgment. The case stemmed from an accident in which …

Contracts totaling more than $76,000 were approved at the Oct. 23 Board of Education meeting. The board approved a contract with Full Service Vending of Rockaway, through which the company will pay the board $27,118.05 to provide and maintain vending machines in the district’s schools. Full Service was one of two companies that bid for the contract, according to district …

The Board of Education at its Sept. 18 meeting said goodbye to its long-time business administrator, John Calavano. Sort of. Board members held a short ceremony at the beginning of the meeting to praise Calavano for his 17 years of service to the district, and, later in the meeting, hired him as a consultant through February, 2015. Board vice president Eva …

UPDATE: The Stage House Tavern was told to remove tables and chairs from an outdoor area until owners can show the township Zoning Board that they have provided more parking for patrons. Vince Dominach, the township’s senior zoning officer, said he instructed Stage House management to remove the tables and chairs from the “VIP Club” area until the extra parking was provided. …

John Calavano, the Board of Education’s business administrator and assistant schools Superintendent, has resigned. Calavano said in an email that he submitted his 60-day notice on July 29. Calavano, who has been with the district for 17 years, said he will become the business administrator for the West Orange school district. Calavano’s departure marks the fourth high-level district administrator to …

It took a last-minute change of heart on the part of one member, but the Board of Education June 26 decided to move the $84 million referendum vote from September 30 to December 9. The move had been requested by Nick Demeglio, head of “One Less Move,” the grassroots citizens’ committee that is trying to build support for the issue. …

The $85 million school district referendum that has been planned for September may not happen until December. The Board of Education at its June 26th meeting is scheduled to vote on a motion that would push the vote back three months. The main reason for the change is that the grassroots referendum citizens’ committee,”One Less Move,” has asked for more time …

The Board of Education hopes to interview prospective schools Superintendent candidates in the two months leading up to the 2014-2015 school year, the board’s vice president said June 19. Eva Nagy, sitting in for board president Julia Presley, said that the board is “on track” in looking for the district’s next top executive. “We’re working toward our goal of finding …