Dear Hawthorne 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:

(1) Emails received by the borough:
Criteria 1 – keyword: "Watchung"
Criteria 2 – for the date range January 1, 2024 to June 25 2025.
Criteria 3 – The keywords may appear in any field, i.e. to, cc, bcc, subject, from, sender, or body of the message.

(2) Traffic Studies over the past 10 years for N. Watchung Drive

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.

Yours faithfully,

Reporter A.J.

Dear Lori Fernandez,

Thanks for your reply, this would be a general keyword search of the township’s email server to gather emails regarding this particular street. Any township emails that contain those keywords in the subject and/or body field. Hope that helps clarify the request.

Yours sincerely,

Reporter A.J.