Saturday, November 7, 2009
Gayle Brill Mittler, a Highland Park entrepreneur and past chair of the local Democratic Party committee, was appointed to borough council to fill the seat resigned in early October by Lou Pichinson. At a special meeting of the Borough Council, the council members interviewed three applicants for Pichinson’s seat, selecting Mittler over party committeeman Milo Schwab and Joshua Fine. Mittler's appointment will run the 14 month remainder of Pichinson's term, and she would have to stand for re-election in 2010 to continue.