Pabst Brewing Co. recently changed its Stag beer logo for the second time in three years, and billions of people in the world couldn’t care less except in Belleville.
Mayor of N.J. town under fire for moving 200-year-old painting out of the public eye and into his office NJ.com 4 days ago Anthony G. Attrino, nj.com
The mayor of an Essex County town says he was trying to save a 200-year-old painting from water damage when he moved the piece – appraised at $125,000 – out of the Belleville Public Library and into his office down the street.
But some have accused Mayor Michael Melham of swiping “Landscape of Belleville,” from the public’s view and hanging it in his locked, private office at Town Hall.
“I have no idea why this is an issue. There is nothing nefarious here,” Melham told NJ Advance Media on Tuesday. “We’re facing a $6 million budget deficit and this is what a handful of outspoken critics have chosen to focus on.”