New Website, Facebook, Twitter for Galloway Township

For those who have had to type in the township’s website address several times or failed to get through to a member of government because they mistyped an email address, things are getting a whole lot simpler.

Galloway township has a new web address: http://gtnj.org. It is currently live.

It also has a new Facebook page and a Twitter account following a meeting between township Manager Arch Liston and Galloway Democratic Club Chairman Michael Suleiman last week.

“I don’t want to compete with Patch and the other news outlets,” Liston said at the council meeting on Tuesday night, May 8. “I’ve already gone to post a few things and they already had it up, so I didn’t.”

Liston said the old web address - http://www.gallowaytwp-nj.gov/index.php — was too complicated, so it was simplified to gtnj.org, although the old web address will continue to work while the website and emails are transitioned. The sites will be identical, featuring all the same content during this time.

“This is going to be a 2-3 year process,” Liston said. “This is being done to make access easier and more friendly.”

“Facebook reaches so many people,” Mayor Don Purdy said. “We can put the agendas up there. It’s a good way to get it out there for people to see. We can even put events up a couple of weeks in advance.

“It’s a good networking source.”

“Everybody’s on Facebook,” Councilman Dennis Kleiner said.

Residents can follow the township on Twitter by following @GallowayTwpGov.

The township has been working to improve its website for a number of years, and now all municipalities have state requirements they will need to meet for issues of transparency. Members of council have voiced the desire to have not only agendas, but meeting minutes available online in order to increase transparency and reduce the number of OPRA requests that come into the township