Help Preserve Bethel Indian Town:
Please note that the State of NJ authorized the transfer of Green Acres parkland for use as the new high
school. More than five acres, representing more than ten percent of the school site, was set aside as an archaeological
site.
The Township, County and State were all duplicitous in their coordinated action to deny the history of this
site and to totally disregard the letters and resolutions of American Indian tribes affected and the National Congress of
the American Indian. This is but another example in a too-long litany of extra-legal maneuverings on the part of those
who are elected, appointed and hired to serve.
As of August, 2007, the site of Bethel Indian Town remains within Thompson Park, Monroe Township, New Jersey
(exit 8A of the NJ Turnpike).
The site is public open space, and as such, already is given status as protected land. HOWEVER, the powers
that be in the town and the county wish to divert this state-funded open space for use as a new high school. This is
due to the rapid increase in student population due to excessive single family home developments approved in Monroe during
the last several years. Rather than developers setting aside land for public use, the town has chosen to take protected
park land for the construction of a new school.
To preserve Bethel and to protect this public space from wanton act of special interest trumping common sense,
please contact the following officials:
Governor Jon S. Corzine
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box One
Trenton, NJ 08625-0001
Lisa P. Jackson, Commissioner
401 E. State St.
7th Floor, East Wing
P.O. Box 402
Trenton,
NJ 08625-0402
phone: 609-292-2885
fax: 609-292-7695
Dorothy Guzzo, Administrator
NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office
P.O. Box 404
Trenton, NJ 08625-0404
(609) 292-2023
Freeholder Director David Crabiel
Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders
1 JFK Square
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
6 Harkins Road
Milltown, New Jersey 08850
Business Information
Crabiel, Inc.
170 North Main Street at
Riva Avenue
Milltown, New Jersey 08850
Telephone
732-828-5372 Residence
732-828-1337 Business
732-745-5692
County
Clerk of the Board - email or write to Ms. Pemberton and ask that your correspondance be read at the Freeholder Meeting
on the record.
Margaret Pemberton, Clerk of the Board, address as above for Mr. Crabiel
margaret.pemberton@co.middlesex.nj.us [not sure if this link works]
Mayor Richard Pucci
Township of Monroe
Municipal Plaza
Monroe Twp., NJ 08831
Home Info:
9 Middlesex Blvd.
Monroe, NJ 08831
(732) 251-3085
Clerk of Monroe Twp. - Put attn. to the Township Council
Sdoerfler@monroetwp.com 1 Municipal Plaza, Monroe Township NJ 08831
732 521-4400
Council President Gerald Tamburro
same address as above
Emails for the Council Members of Monroe, 08831:
Local Reporter Emails:
Attorneys
Attorney for the Monroe Twp. Board of Education: Bertram E. Busch
beb@buschlaw.com Attorney for Middlesex County (owns the park - wants to transfer a 35 acre piece of it to Monroe Twp. to build
its new high school)
thomas.kelso@co.middlesex.nj.us Monroe Twp. Attorney (and leading the charge to build on top of Bethel Indian Town)
mschaffer@shainlaw.com
