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Highland Park council to wait for state decision after debate on posting legal notices online
Summary
Council members debated switching legal-notice publication from paid newspaper notices to a dedicated page on the borough website, citing potential savings and concerns about local news sustainability. The council agreed to table action until state legislation is finalized.
Highland Park council members discussed whether the borough should stop paying newspapers to publish legally required notices and instead post those notices on a dedicated page of the borough website, but they agreed at the work session to wait for a pending state bill before changing policy.
Mayor Foster, who introduced the item as a League of Municipalities proposal, said the move would save the borough money while keeping notices publicly available. “Average is about 700 a month,” Foster said when outlining the current monthly cost for notices; she urged creating a…
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