By STEVE CHERNOSKI
David Del Vecchio
David Del Vecchio
Credits: Courtesy of David Del Vecchio
Andrew Nowick
Andrew Nowick
By STEVE CHERNOSKI
LAMBERTVILLE, NJ - Lambertville will have a contested mayoral race once again.
After a competitive election in June 2018, former longtime mayor David Del Vecchio and newcomer Andrew Nowick will be running against each other in the Democratic Primary for the nomination to run for mayor of Lambertville in 2021.
Current mayor Julia Fahl, who ousted Del Vecchio after a 27-year tenure, stated during her Jan. 2021 State of the City address that she would not be seeking another term.
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Preserving greenspace on the Mills Lawn Elementary School property and developing a desirable facilities plan for the local schools are not mutually exclusive goals, say a group of residents calling for a portion of the Mills Lawn grounds to be set aside as a permanent community park.
The area of interest, on the western side of the nine-acre school property, is undeveloped, and the members of Preserve Mills Lawn Greenspace, which was formed last year, want to keep it that way.
The group’s effort to preserve approximately five acres at the center of town as greenspace has intensified in recent months as the Yellow Springs School district undertakes a facilities master planning process that could affect the future of local public school properties.
During a special work session of the Yellow Springs school board, conducted online Saturday morning, March 6, the district superintendent said she is working on a plan to increase students’ in-person classroom time to near pre-pandemic levels.
The local schools, which began the academic year with 100% online instruction, went to a “hybrid” model combining online and in-person classes effective March 1, with elementary school students in their building two half days a week, and middle and high school students attending in-person classes two full days a week.
Now, the superintendent is talking about bringing everyone into their buildings for at least four full days a week beginning in April.
Yellow Springs considering several options for new school building(s) Eileen McClory
Yellow Springs is working toward a decision on what to do with its school facilities.
Three state-funded proposals and one proposal without state funding are being considered by a Community Advisory Team, which includes parents, administrators and community members. The Community Advisory Team will decide on which plan to submit to the Yellow Springs Board of Education in April.
The district says the current school buildings do not currently meet its needs.
The cost of the options are between $31 million and $34 million before reimbursement of about 26% of the cost through the state, said Terri Holden, the district’s superintendent.The district says it will know the cost by the end of April.
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