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| Bethlehem is one of the northwest townships of the County and was incorporated in 1798. Its original boundaries encompassed the present township of Kingwood, Alexandria, Franklin, Union and Holland. The Musconetcong River forms its northern border with Warren County. The northern half of the Township consists of the beautiful Musconetcong Valley while the southern half is covered by the Musconetcong Mountains. It has been determined that the first settlers of the Township were mainly Hollanders and they came here in the early part of the last century. Many of the descendents of these settlers still retain properties or portions of the original purchases made by their ancestors. | |
CORRECTION:
Cleanup Day is September 27th
8:00am-2:00pm
This is a correction of the date shown
in the last newsletter
Register to vote!
Register to vote before the
November election!
Registration deadline October 18, 2008
Absentee ballot request deadline October 28, 2008
ATTENTION TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS!!!
The NJ State Police have patrolled rural areas for the last 87 years. In fact, the law that created the agency cited rural patrols as their primary task. Facing a budget crunch, Governor Corzine proposed that the 89 rural municipalities that are served by the State Police pay a portion of that cost. Urban areas like Camden, Irvington, and Newark are patrolled but will not be charged under the new plan. Bethlehem Township residents will pay an additional 3 cents per $100 assessed value to cover this fee in 2009 alone! This fee could increase in future years! The 2008 State Budget has already cut municipal aid. Bethlehem Township was hit with a 10% reduction. Governor Corzine believes that such cuts will encourage consolidations and shared services among small municipalities. It is important that our elected officials are serving our needs. Voting is an important part of this process, but not the only one. You can email, call, and write to express your opinion.
The Township Committee can not do this alone – We need your support!
SAMPLE LETTERS TO THE GOVERNOR & STATE LEGISLATORS OPPOSING STATE POLICE FEES FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES SAMPLE LETTER Dear XXXXXX I am writing you to express my strong opposition to the State plans to charge rural communities for State Police coverage. These proposals completely contradict the States position to reduce property taxes. This proposal is estimated to increase my municipal property taxes by $0.03 cents per hundred. A State budget reduction is not property tax relief when the very appropriations that are cut are those intended to offset property taxes. If the State financial experts cannot reduce the 30 billion dollar budget by twelve million dollars, then officials should consider increasing surcharges on fines resulting from the issuance of tickets by the State Police to raise new revenue to support State Police services in lieu of the Governors plan to require rural municipalities to increase local property taxes to pay for this service. The State Police issue need to be resolved through cutting State expenditures or increasing surcharges on fines instead of relying on regressive property taxes that impact those taxpayers that can least afford it. Respectfully, ADDRESSES
Senator Frank R. Lautenberg Senator Robert Menendez Representative Mike Ferguson Senator Leonard Lance Assemblyman Michael J Doherty Assemblywoman Marcia A Karrow David Rousseau Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts Richard Codey, These are your elected County Freeholders: The Honorable Matthew J. Holt PO Box 2900
AND ADDRESSES FOR ELECTED AND NON-ELECTED OFFICIALS
are available below:
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Governor Jon S. Corzine,
State House, PO Box 001
Trenton, NJ 08625 0001
Telephone (609) 292-6000
www.state.nj.us/governor
One Gateway Center, 23rd Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
Telephone (973) 639-8700
www.lautenberg.senate.gov
One Gateway Center, Suite 1100
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Telephone (973) 645-3030
www.menendez.senate.gov
45 Mountain Boulevard, Bldg D, Suite 1
Warren, NJ 07059
Telephone (908) 757-7835
www.ferguson.house.gov
These are your elected state officials:
Twenty-Third Legislative District
119 Main Street
Flemington, NJ 08822
Telephone (908) 788-6900
www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=71
Twenty-Third Legislative District
127 Belvidere Avenue
Washington, NJ 07882
Telephone (908) 835-0552
www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=206
Twenty-Third Legislative District
1 Maple Avenue
Flemington, NJ 08822
Telephone (908) 782-5127
www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=255
We don’t elect these officials, but it is CRITICAL that you contact them directly.
Treasurer, State of New Jersey
PO Box 602
Trenton, NJ 08625 0002
Telephone: (609) 292-5031
www.state.nj.us/treasury/tohome.shtml
Brooklawn Shopping Plaza
Route 130 South & Browning Road
Brooklawn, NJ 08030
Telephone: (856) 742-7600
Senate President
449 Mt Pleasant Avenue
West Orange, NJ 07052
Telephone: (973) 731-6770
The Honorable George B. Melick
The Honorable William Mennan, Dep. Director
The Honorable Erik C. Peterson, Director
The Honorable Ron M. Sworen
Flemington, NJ 08822-2900
Telephone (908) 788-1102
www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/frholder/frindex.htm