Email Log of Borough Officials in Highlands, NJ including Subject Line and Sender Info
Dear Highlands Borough,
Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-6(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.
I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.
I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
Records requested:
Log of emails, including both sent and received emails, from February 1, 2025 to the February 7, 2026, for each of the individuals listed below as a CSV. Each entry in each log should include the email sender and recipient names, along with their respective email addresses, the date the email was sent or received, and its subject line.
a. Steven Winters
b. Charles Wells (as Fire Chief, Fire Marshal, Housing Official related to COIs and other matters, Fire Official - all emails checked)
c. William Brunt (at any of his email addresses)
d. Michael Muscillo
e. Nancy Tran (as clerk and any other role, all emails checked)
f. Mayor Broullon
g. Courtney Lopez
h. Al Souza
i. HFDChief
j. Rebecca Wells (as Fire Captain, Housing Authority Member, etc, all emails checked)
My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is in the open forum and not behind your software due to anonymity. Your maximum allowed SSF is $0 since these are mandated to retain and no redactions should be made as these are public records.
Yours faithfully,
Anonymous Requestor
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Highlands Borough Public Records
Your record request #26-109 has been submitted
successfully.
Thank you for submitting your OPRA request. The Open
Public Records Act (OPRA) is the law that provides the
public access to government records in a reasonable amount
of time. However, the requester must identify the document
types or specific documents being requested and a date
range for those records. Please check that your request
indicates those pertinent information so that we can
respond to your request accordingly or we will have to
close this request.
Please note that we are experiencing higher numbers of
requests. Our staff still strive to respond to your
request(s) in a timely manner.
The due date for your request may be later than usual
because the office is closed on:
• February 16: Presidents' Day
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A message was sent to you regarding record request
#26-109:
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Database for us to track and quickly respond to your Open
Public Records request (OPRA). You may create an account
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Highlands Borough Public Records
Record request #26-109 has been closed. The closure reason
supplied was:
OPRA requests are properly denied when they amount to a
“blanket request for a class of various documents rather
than a request for specific government records.” Morgano
v. Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, GRC Complaint No.
2007-156 (February 25, 2009); see also Murphy v. NJ
Department of Corrections, GRC Complaint No. 2015-340
(April 25, 2017). Furthermore, the New Jersey Superior
Court has held that "[w]hile OPRA provides an alternative
means of access to government documents not otherwise
exempted from its reach, it is not intended as a research
tool litigants may use to force government officials to
identify and siphon useful information. Rather, OPRA
simply operates to make identifiable government records
‘readily accessible for inspection, copying, or
examination.’ N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1." MAG Entertainment, LLC v.
Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 375 N.J. Super.
534, 546 (App. Div. 2005). Therefore your request is
invalid and closed. If you wish to refile you may do so
but please make sure you request a specific record.
Statement:
If your request for access to a government record has been
denied or unfilled within the seven (7) business days
required by law, you have a right to challenge the
decision by the Borough of Highlands to deny access. At
your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the
Superior Court of New Jersey or file a complaint with the
Government Records Council (GRC) by completing the Denial
of Access Complaint Form. You may contact the GRC by
toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at P.O. Box
819, Trenton, NJ, 08625, by e-mail
at [1][email address], or at their web site
at [2]www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other
questions about the law. All questions regarding
complaints filed in Superior Court should be directed to
the Court Clerk in your County.
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