The budget was proposed, an administrator was appointed, Birchwood was discussed and a police officer appointed.
In case you missed the Township Committee meeting Tuesday night, here are some of the highlights:
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A resident feels some police have shown a lack of respect and support.
Editor's note: The following letter was originally addressed to Mayor David Robinson and the Cranford Township Committee. Dear Mayor Robinson and Elected Officials: In light of today's elections and the changes forthcoming in our township, it is finally time for my voice to be heard. I planned to address you personally at the last town meeting which, obviously, did not occur. Following today's election, we all look forward to a full-time police chief and full-time administrator as well as a CFO. We look forward to a better and safer tomorrow. We are counting on each of you to always be there for us. I would like to remind each of you of my experience in town and ask that you seriously consider these facts with regard to the appointment of …
Police Chief Eric Mason did not retire May 31 as planned. He continues to work as both police chief and interim township administrator.
Despite his initial plans to retire from the Police Department on May 31, Eric Mason continues to work as the Cranford police chief, while simultaneously serving as the interim township administrator. Mason's transition from police chief to fulltime township administrator has been put on hold due to confusion involving pension guidelines that could prevent the chief from collecting his full police benefits if he jumps directly from the Cranford Police Department into the role of full-time township administrator. "We expected the May 31 date of having the new chief in place would slip and it has," Deputy Mayor Andis Kalnins said. "Chief Mason has not retired as we continue to try and get a decision from the state on our current situation …
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6:47 am on Friday, June 8, 2012
Let him know, I'm STILL waiting for him to address my, still unanswered, letter...shame on you more ›
Here's a look back at some of the news that made headlines in Cranford this week.
On May 12, Cranford Police arrested two men in connection with an alleged sexual assault that took place over the weekend. Taken into custody and charged with first degree aggravated sexual assault were, Marcus Mouzon, 21, of Princeton Road in Linden and Nahjee Faine, 19, of McArthur Court in Linden. New state pension guidelines may delay Police Chief Eric Mason's transition from police chief to fulltime township administrator following his planned retirement from the Cranford Police Department on May 31. The confusion involves pension guidelines that could prevent Mason from collecting his full police benefits if he jumps directly from the Cranford Police Department into the role of full-time township administrator. The Christie …
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Eric Mason is scheduled to retire as chief of police on May 31. Interviews for a new chief, rumored to have been rescheduled for tomorrow, have been put on hold as officials discuss the pension board's rule changes.
New state pension guidelines may delay Police Chief Eric Mason's transition from police chief to fulltime township administrator following his planned retirement from the Cranford Police Department on May 31. A special closed-session Township Committee meeting to interview candidates for the position of police chief was cancelled earlier this month. Despite rumors that the interviews were planned for this Saturday, the meeting has yet to be rescheduled and formally announced as required by the Open Public Meetings Act. "There will not be a special meeting on Saturday for interviews," Deputy Mayor Andis Kalnins said. "I am still waiting on an official decision on the impact of the rule change. The timeline that we had of deciding on a new …
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3:06 am on Wednesday, December 26, 2012
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Interviews to replace retiring CPD chief/interim Town Administrator Eric Mason have been postponed while council members review a new Division of Pensions and Benefits rule that would cost Mason for jumping immediately into the new job.
Cranford Mayor David Robinson says the township cancelled two special committee meetings with candidates for retiring Cranford Police Chief Eric Mason in order to interview them all in one day. But he wouldn't say if the decision had anything to do with new rules that could affect Mason's transition from police chief to full-time township administrator. Mason, who announced that he would step down as police chief on May 31 after 35 years with the CPD, has been embroiled in controversy since the February 28 meeting in which township council unanimously approved Mason to take over as full-time administrator. Mason has worked as police chief and as interim township administrator since last September, when former administrator Marlena Schmid …
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8:52 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
What is the confusion? This pension manual was published in September 2011, Mason was chosen as Administrator in February 2012, how did Mason and the unanimous board of 5 Commissioners, not know about this? How did Mason not know what was in his own pension manual and rules after 35 years of service? Did Mason not consult with the PFRS counselor in Trenton after he filed his retirement … more ›
Eric Mason said Tuesday that he "regrets" if anyone was offended by his comments.
During a public Township Committee Meeting Tuesday night, Police Chief Eric Mason read a statement voicing his disappointment over the fact that someone released a tape of an eight-year-old phone call with his son, in which Mason jokes that his day was going well because he "didn't have to kill any white people." Mason, who returned from a week-long vacation this week, was out of the country when the controversy erupted, just hours after he announced his plans to retire as police chief and take on the full-time role as township administrator. Less than one day after the announcement was made on Feb. 28, a YouTube video surfaced that includes audio from the phone call between the police chief and his son. The video, placed on Youtube by …
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9:49 pm on Friday, May 25, 2012
We would have Al Sharpton here in quicker than you could say it. This committee has been drinking the KOOL-AID and are too scared for some reason to go against this guy. I thought things would be different with this Lisa and once again, utter and complete disappointment. No one has any balls to speak up or out against what is moral and just. My kids are more qualified than him to run our police, … more ›
A recording of a nearly eight-year-old phone call with his son surfaced shortly after Chief Eric Mason was named the fulltime township administrator.
One day after Cranford Police Chief Eric Mason announced his plans to retire from the Police Department to become the fulltime township administrator, a video has surfaced that includes audio from an eight-year-old phone call with his son in which Mason jokes that his day was going well because he "didn't have to kill any white people." The video, placed on Youtube by someone calling himself or herself GazeeboBricks, features photos of Mason as audio from the call between him and his son Christopher plays in the background. According to the township attorney, the call was made shortly after Mason was named Police Chief in 2003. Mason is the township's first African American chief. As the controversy erupted, Mason was unavailable for …
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2:24 pm on Saturday, March 17, 2012
For those of you who are not familiar with Cranford New Jersey, or Chief Mason - you can read this court decision from 2009 where he was found to have provided "non-credible testimony" and "inconsistent statements": Google search "Wilde v. Cranford" OR law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/appellate-division-unpublished/2009/a3391-07-opn.html more ›
Sarah & John
4:20 pm on Monday, November 19, 2012
Sadly, and I hate to say this, nothing will come of this for Ms. Capobianco or her family. The laundry list of egregious incompetence and malfeasance perpetuated by Mr. Eric Mason is sickening, and every tax payer should be taking a serious look a this. The qualifications of Mr. Mason have been challenged in other areas and by other people such as Former Mayor Mark Smith and the Attorney … more ›