Wojcik, Sarah M. "Phillipsburg Mall appeals tax assessment, setting up battle with Lopatcong and Pohatcong townships", The Express-Times, November 9, 2010. Accessed August 15, 2011. "Lopatcong and Pohatcong townships are uniting to fight a tax appeal filed by the Phillipsburg Mall, one of the largest property owners in the two townships and a source of nearly $2 million in taxes this year.... About 32 acres of the mall property sit in Lopatcong Township, while the remaining 43 acres are part of Pohatcong Township.... In 2009, the Phillipsburg Mall was assessed at about $39.8 million in Pohatcong Township and about $25 million in Lopatcong Township..."
Wojcik, Sarah M. "Pohatcong Township Council plans to move May elections to November", The Express-Times, May 5, 2011. Accessed June 14, 2013. "Township council voted Tuesday night to introduce an ordinance that would move the nonpartisan government elections from May to November. The move is expected to save the township about $8,000 in costs associated with putting on the May elections."
Wojcik, Sarah M. "James Kern III is Pohatcong Township's new mayor", The Express-Times, May 10, 2011. Accessed August 15, 2011. "In a landslide victory Tuesday, James Kern III edged out Frank Pagano to become what could be the youngest mayor in New Jersey, according to unofficial election results. Kern, 22, earned 63 percent of the vote while his opponent former township police sergeant Frank Pagano, 47, received only 34 percent.... Councilman Anthony 'Sal' Vangeli, who ran unopposed, was re-elected Tuesday with 73 percent of the vote. Both men will be sworn in during the July 1 reorganization meeting and a person will be selected to fill the remainder of Kern's council term."
DeMarco, Megan. "Voters to decide whether to merge two Princetons into one", The Star-Ledger, November 3, 2011. Accessed January 8, 2017. "There are 22 sets of 'doughnut towns' in New Jersey, those where one town wraps around the other town". Note that following voter approval of the Princeton merger, 21 pairs of "doughnut towns" remain.
Staff. "Twenty-somethings take N.J. political offices by storm", The Star-Ledger, July 15, 2011. Accessed August 15, 2011. "In mid-May, he uprooted wisdom, conventional and otherwise, and beat an experienced incumbent in a non-partisan election to become South Orange village president – and the state's youngest sitting municipal chief executive. He held that distinction for just a few weeks: On July 1, 22-year-old Jim Kern III was sworn in as mayor of Pohatcong, in Warren County."
Phillipsburg High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 11, 2020. "At the secondary level, the district serves not only students from the town of Phillipsburg which makes up 37.6% of the high school population, but also students from the surrounding boroughs of Alpha and Bloomsbury, as well as the townships of Greenwich, Lopatcong, and Pohatcong."
About PSD, Phillipsburg School District. Accessed June 11, 2020. "The district serves students from the Town of Phillipsburg and five sending communities at the secondary level: Alpha, Bloomsbury, Greenwich, Lopatcong and Pohatcong Townships. Phillipsburg is the largest community in Warren County."
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Directory, Pohatcong Township. Accessed May 10, 2022.
Municipal Clerk, Pohatcong Township. Accessed June 21, 2022.
AboutArchived September 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Pohatcong Township. Accessed June 14, 2013. "Pohatcong Township whose Lenni Lenape name is said to mean 'stream between split hills' is located in the picturesque northwest New Jersey and is in the center of the Highlands Region spanning four states- New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut."
Meeting Minutes for September 17, 2019, Township of Pohatcong. Accessed March 3, 2020. "Motion: (To appoint Ingrid Gray to former Councilman Melvin' vacant seat (term of former Councilman Vangeli) through the November election at which time the winner of the election will be sworn in at the November meeting). Councilwoman Van Lieu moved to appoint Ingrid Gray to Melvin’s vacated seat through The General Election in November, Melvin seconded. The motion carried 3-0 (ayes: Melvin, Van Lieu and Slack, nays: none, absent: Babinsky)."
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F.A.Q., Ridge and Valley Charter School. Accessed January 17, 2017. "Enrollment is open, on a space available basis, to all K-8 students residing in N.J. with priority given to students residing in the districts of Blairstown, Hardwick, Knowlton, Frelinghuysen, and North Warren Regional School."
Governmental Structure, Warren County, New Jersey. Accessed February 22, 2022. "Warren County operates under the County Commissioner form of county government. The Board of County Commissioners consists of three Commissioners each elected at large for staggered terms of three years. The Commissioner Director is chosen by the full board at the board's annual reorganization meeting in January. The Commissioners supervise, direct, and administer all county services and functions through the various departments, autonomous boards, agencies, and commissions. Reporting to the Board of County Commissioners is an appointed County Administrator."
Jason J. Sarnoski, Warren County, New Jersey. Accessed February 22, 2022.
Lori Ciesla, Warren County, New Jersey. Accessed February 22, 2022.
James R. Kern III, Warren County, New Jersey. Accessed February 22, 2022.
AboutArchived September 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Pohatcong Township. Accessed June 14, 2013. "Pohatcong Township whose Lenni Lenape name is said to mean 'stream between split hills' is located in the picturesque northwest New Jersey and is in the center of the Highlands Region spanning four states- New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut."
