Mendham is a safe community with a fine police force that realizes that small towns like Mendham needs police officers that are sensitive to the needs of a small community and therefore spend much of their time interacting with citizens not just fighting crime. Mendham s schools continue to be in the tops rankings each year. A large percentage of our children continue their education beyond high school and go on to good jobs and careers as result of an education that received a firm foundation here. Everyone felt that Mendham has been a special place to us during our active business years and with so many friends and acquaintances in Mendham why would we want to move some where else when we retire. Why would we want to start over in a new place when Mendham has become home and continues to offer so much, but many residents have also spoken to me recently and the over riding concern is keeping Mendham Mendham.
Residents are concerned that the town character is being threatened.
Keeping Mendham attractive and a place we want to continue living in is one of my goals. A few weeks ago Mayor Ackerman received a letter from a residnet of Mendham now attending college out of state. Some of you may know her, Erin Dangler. Mike Ackerman often called Mendham Camelot , but I like to think of Mendham as the best of small town America. Mendham enjoys close proximity with a major city, we have nearby access to shopping and business yet Mendham Borough itself has a village like atmosphere that attracted many of us here.