SCOTCH PLAINS — The township will keep its Christopher Columbus monument in front of the municipal building after a unanimous 5-0 vote by the Township Council.
Mayor Al Smith announced the decision Wednesday in a lengthy post on his Facebook page...
The West Orange mayor said a monument will be replaced with a more "appropriate" message. Separately, there's a petition to remove a statue in Jersey City's Journal Square.
Every year, I task myself with writing an article to explain his accomplishments in order to educate people and hopefully preserve the appropriate holiday.