A flier forwarded by Councilwoman Charlotte Bennett Schoen:

ELECTRONICS RECYCLING FOR ENGLEWOOD RESIDENTS!

Sunday, March 30, 2007
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Department of Public Works,
175 South Van Brunt Street

Keep toxic waste out of our landfills!

Load up your vehicle with those obsolete electronics lurking in closets and basements, and drive to the Department of Public Works. Staff of Advanced Recovery Inc. will unload the items, sort them, and load them onto trucks. They’ll go to a central sorting facility and on to appropriate recovery and re-use operations. Electronics can contain lead and mercury and other substances hazardous to the environment but they can be reclaimed! Glass, plastic, steel, aluminum, copper wire can be recycled! Bring:

• Computers, including laptops, monitors, cables, CPUs, keyboards, mice, printers, copiers, scanners
• Televisions (not flat screen or consoles)
• DVD and CD players
• Stereos
• Radios
• Audio and video tapes
• Fax machines
• Video games
• PDAs, pagers
• Camcorders
• Cell phones
• Telephones

Sponsored by the City of Englewood Department of Public Works with the Englewood Environmental Commission

For more information call the DPW at 201-568-3401

Businesses, schools, non-profit organizations please contact:
Advanced Recovery Inc. (ARI)
Robert P. Travers
845-858-8809
rtravers @advancedrecovery.com

The League of Women Voters is sponsoring a Board of Education Candidates Night on Thursday, March 27th at 7:30 PM at Englewood's public safety complex. Come listen, question and meet the candidates.  Learn about our school system's progress, accomplishments, future plans and challenges. The schools are responsible for the education of over 2500 students with a budget of over $50m.

Suzanne Platoff, a long-time Englewood activist, died on July 27 at the age of 82. In 1994, she challenged then incumbent Mayor Donald Aronson in the Democratic Primary and failed to unseat him by a small margin. Some of her supporters in that campaign later started The Englewood Report (ancestor of this newsletter) and she served on its editorial board during its four-year existence, 1995-1998.

Suzanne’s activism in Englewood dates back to her participation in the school integration fight in 1963. At various times a member of the League of Women Voters and of the Democratic Municipal Committee, and Board President of the Englewood Library, she remained actively involved in this community throughout her life here. Her husband, Judge Robert Platoff, died in 1980.

The Record's obituary can be read here.

One of Englewood’s icons, Eleanor Harvey, died on July 22 at the age of 97. Eleanor was a founder of the Englewood Historical Society in 1976 and its President from that date until last year. She was forever reminding us of the importance of understanding and preserving our "heritage." Englewood is indeed the most historic community in Bergen County, with the possible exception of Hackensack. It has more officially designated historic houses, including some 200 years old. Once known as the "bedroom of Wall Street," the number of prominent persons who have lived in Englewood is lengthy. As Eleanor never tired of pointing out, the area which is now Englewood even played a role in the American Revolution.

Eleanor was a woman with great determination. She is largely responsible, among other accomplishments, for the Liberty Square memorial at the Monument, for the freestanding clock in front of City Hall, for the funding and distribution of historical publications about Englewood, and for the continued vitality of the Englewood Historical Society, now more than thirty years old. A teacher in Englewood for many years, she devoted her retirement to teaching us all about our past.

The Englewood Report's website went live on February 20.  Since then, we've published nearly 40 articles, including our very first podcast and video.

We began tracking our web traffic in mid-April and since then, we've had over 3500 visitors. This is due to our distribution network: YOU!

Last week, BlogNetNews.com ranked The Englewood Report #14 on its list of New Jersey's "Top 20 Most Influential Political Blogs." And just this week, CSSClip.com, a gallery of "inspired web designs," featured The Englewood Report on its front page, where it is currently the highest rated website.

Our mission still stands: "to inform Englewood citizens about matters of concern which may not appear in the commercial press and to stimulate public interest in these matters." With your help, we can continue to deliver on our mission. If you appreciate this free service, please consider making a donation to The Englewood Report. Your contribution allows us to run this site and provide you with the kind of reporting and commentary you've come to expect.

We at the Englewood Report do our best to show up at Englewood public meetings, so we can bring you the latest in local news. But, you don't have to take our word for it. We've posted the meeting schedules of Englewood's various committees, so you can find out what's going on firsthand. Public business is being conducted on your behalf. Isn't it about time to let your voice be heard?

Visit our RESOURCE section. Or you can jump directly to the CALENDAR or LIST BY COMMITTEE.

The original Englewood Report closed its doors after nearly 4 years of loyal reporting. Yet, as the French humorist Alphonse Karr once said, "the more things change the more they remain the same." Nearly a decade later, The Englewood Report is back on the scene, with the very same mission as before. And what is that?

Quoting from the last edition on December 1998:

With this issue The Englewood Report winds up its fourth year of publication.  Our stated mission was and remains "to inform Englewood citizens about matters of concern which may not appear in the commercial press and to stimulate public interest in these matters." 

In our first issue, we reported on measures being taken by our then new City Manager and discussed threats to the integrity of some residential neighborhoods.  In our second issue, we discussed issues facing our public schools.  In our third issue we wrote about changes in our downtown business district.  These subjects have remained important and, along with many others, have continued to receive our attention...

Local government (or any government for that matter), in the absence of adequate public attention, can too easily fall into the hands of persons with private agendas which may not coincide with the public interest.  Private agendas may include the accumulation of political power, ambition for higher office, personal vendettas, or simply ego gratification, not to speak of monetary gain.  It helps to make the right choices on Election Day, but even if we do, open and accountable government doesn't just happen.  It requires effective communication between us and our elected and appointed representatives.  Our officials are more likely to represent the public interest as opposed to any private agendas if citizens demand public input and full justification for important actions.

The last edition of The Englewood Report (Vol. 4, No. 10, December 1998)