Friday, December 14, 2012
Haddonfield BOE beats the deadline for a Jan. 22 bond referendum.
The Haddonfield Board of Education unanimously approved final language for a $12.5 million bond referendum in a sometimes raucous public meeting Thursday night at the high school library. The action clears the way for a Jan. 22 bond referendum for the purchase of the 19-acre Bancroft property adjacent to the high school. The joint purchase by the school board and the borough has been a lightning rod for criticism about the costs and priorities of the BOE and borough. The plan is to pair the $12.5 million bond with at least $3.5 million in state, county and local open-space funds for the purchase. With the passage, the board met a Dec. 13 deadline for the language to be forwarded to the state Department of Education for approval. Bancroft …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The cut was announced at a special meeting Tuesday.
The Haddonfield school board Tuesday slashed $4.3 million off the $16.8 million purchase and development price for the Bancroft property. The price was reduced by cutting $800,000 for the installation of an artificial turf field for the high-school football stadium and the addition of an anticipated $3.5 million of state, county and municipal grant and open-space money. The high-school turf was taken out of the proposal after a borough citizens group raised $600,000 toward the $1 million cost to resurface the stadium field and an adjacent one. It reduced the cost of the project to $12.5 million, about a third of the original $32.3 million for the public purchase and development of Bancroft rolled out a year ago. Despite the reductions, …
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The former pro cornerback admitted to not filing tax returns between 2005 and 2009 on $9.2 million in salary.
A former Philadelphia Eagles defensive back admitted in Camden federal court Wednesday he intentionally failed to file federal income tax returns on five years' worth of his football salary, and now faces up to a year in prison and a hefty fine. William James, 32, formerly known as William Peterson Jr., admitted to deliberately ignoring his obligations on roughly $9.2 million in salary in pleading guilty before U.S. District Judge Jerome B. Simandle. According to court documents, James, who now lives in Woodland Park, NJ, ignored advice from his accountant and financial team between 2005 and 2008, who repeatedly told him via telephone, in person and in writing of his obligation to file tax returns. James, who told his advisers at the time …
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Today is Tax Day.
Federal and state income tax returns must be postmarked by 11:59 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, April 17, to meet this year's deadline, which falls two days later than normal because the traditional April 15 deadline fell on a Sunday and because the District of Columbia celebrated Emancipation Day on Monday. The Bellmawr post office is the only U.S. Postal Service location in the area that will offer extended hours for the tax-filing deadline. The service window at the Bellmawr post office, located at 421 Beningo Blvd., will remain open until 10 p.m. tonight to handle tax filers. Customers who need window service are advised to get to the post office before 10 p.m. Last-minute filers will also be able to drop tax forms (and a check or money order…
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
The tax increase is largely due to a rise in uncollected taxes. This story includes a correction to budget appropriation figures.
Borough commissioners are considering a 6.79 percent tax increase for this year's budget, which could increase the amount of taxes paid for local government service and operation by $147 yearly for the typical taxpayer. Property owners with a home valued at the borough average of $491,359 will pay $2,318, up from $2,171. The budget is expected to be introduced on March 27. The commissioners will meet tonight for a scheduled meeting at 7:30 at the Municipal Hall. They are still exploring ways to trim the increase. The tax hike is largely fueled by a nearly $500,000 increase in the reserve for uncollected taxes, a state requirement. The tax hike will still keep Haddonfield under a state-mandated 2-percent cap on increases on the amount …
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Borough commissioners discussed budget and other business.
A reduction of about $500,000 in taxes collected over the last year could affect the next municipal budget, borough commissioners learned Monday. The sobering news was delivered during a Board of Commissioners work session at the Municipal Hall. No resolutions or ordinances are approved at work sessions, which occur twice monthly. The collection rate dipped from 98.4 percent last year to 97.7 percent this year. "That hurts," said Commissioner Jeff Kasko, who oversees the budget for the three-member Board of Commissioners. Delinquent taxes caused the reduction, borough Administrator Sharon McCullough said. The increase in delinquent taxes doesn't necessarily mean property taxes will go up, McCullough said. The gap could be addressed with …
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Board president cites deadline of less than a week as impediment to using the additional aid for immediate tax relief.
An additional $318,946 in state aid for the Haddonfield school district will not be used for tax relief this year, the school board president said Thursday. The borough had six days, until Tuesday of this week, to make a decision about using the money for tax relief this year. Board President Steve Weinstein said it wasn't enough time. "The question requires a lot of input," Weinstein said. "There's a process by which the town and the county determines the tax rate. You don't just say 'Here's another $300,000, now go change the tax rate.' I'm not sure that the people in Trenton had really thought about it. It's a complicated process and not likely to take place in six days." Weinstein said the board's finance committee is likely to explore…
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Taxes are up, the cost of living's rising and the economy's in tough shape.
You hear about it a lot: For some people, life in the Garden State is getting too expensive. It's easy to understand why. Many taxes go up year after year. The cost of living is rising. And the economy's still not in great shape—those who've hung onto their jobs often still have to deal with pay freezes, with furloughs or with piddling raises. So the question we'll ask tonight at 7 p.m. on NJPatchChat: Can you afford to live here? Is your community, or New Jersey overall, just getting too expensive?And if not here, where's better? We want to hear your answers onNJPatchChat, Patch's statewide Twitter chat on big issues with local impacts. If you've got any, we'd love to hear your ideas for making things better (hey, we've got bills to pay …
Pro-Haddonfield
12:58 pm on Thursday, December 20, 2012
Finally. Someone has the sense to recognize that this whole turf thing is not the bigger issue. Why is it that that is the biggest topic of conversation. Yes, turf is the better alternative for us to maximize use and relieve the problems we have on our fields across town. No turf is not going to give us cancer and cause us knee problems any more than our ill maintained grass (mud) fields with … more ›