Our Green West Orange

10/10/2026

https://www.westorange.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/8052?fileID=22661 In this link is a request by Mayor Susan McCartney for $10 million in bonds including another $2 million for the money pit library. What happened to the debt reduction plan which states no more than $5 million will be borrowed per year? We already owe $170 million. Are the council members going to vote on this with barely any detail?

10/07/2026

Tonight. Crestmont Country Club is attempting a "back door" deal to orchestrate a traffic light at Oval Road and Eagle Rock Ave. This is to help the West Essex Highlands build 496 apartments which was denied by the Planning Board. Crestmont is also proposing to clear cut 300 trees on a steep slope. Go to the hearing on Zoom at 7pm and watch the drama. Ask your questions.

West Orange Planning Board Meeting - VirtualOctober 7, 2026 at 7:00 PMhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87065517447?pwd=QtMnyeIKniyvEk2X3qnQi4Ihiv7u12.1 Webinar ID: 870 6551 7447Passcode: 014389Dial in:

10/03/2026

https://ourgreenwestorange.org/latest-news-1/f/town-council-mayor-report-card We do this report card every year to help residents learn how their taxes are being spent, who is working for them and who is voting in a pay-to-play style. Read this before you read the campaign literature.

Save the Hecker Carriage House, a historic West Orange landmark built in 1864, and support historic preservation efforts.

09/20/2026

https://somaaction.org/GreenAmendTalk October 13, 2026. Maplewood library. Want to get involved, get more trees, more clean air, less flooding? Contact us.

Join **SOMA Action Climate** and **Green Amendments For The Generations** for a community Town Hall on the New Jersey Green Amendment. *Green Amendments* add language to our state constitution to put our right to a safe environment on par with fundamental freedoms like free speech. In Pennsylvania,....

09/20/2026

Opportunity to learn about this candidate for mayor who has an excellent record in preserving trees and helping people with their traffic safety, noise and parking issues.

09/09/2026

https://ourgreenwestorange.org/hecker-carriage-house/f/essex-house-proposal-at-planning-board-tonight please attend from the comfort of your home. Help protect West Orange from the over building. 

Planning Board agenda and Zoom link here.

08/31/2026

https://apple.news/A2qye6Hx6QGOOZYyEsWx5kg one determined person joining in to stop the profiteering of the companies making money from people’s misery. 

A Texas stay-at-home mom created a website showing companies profiting from ICE. It led to hundreds of protests. Feds called the site a "national threat."

08/30/2026

https://joycerudinformayor.com/2026/08/30/the-rudin-report-6/?fbclid=IwY2xjawUBVX1wZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR4x-HI8El2idolEVesml33MkuvpBF_Vs0hkx9VxwB8tRGI6BlLh_mCbIPMrcg_aem_weEb7VUKIZCCXcommpxnHw Take a look at the latest shenanigans at Town Hall.

Please forward this to a friend so they stay informed or sign up for the newsletter here.Dear Neighbors,ON DEALS AND DEVELOPMENTSIn April 2022, then-Councilmembers Susan McCartney and Tammy William…

08/20/2026

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