Government
By STEVE LENOX
December 21, 2024
MERCER COUNTY, NJ - The standing room only crowd that filled Cooper’s Riverview to listen to Mercer County Executive Dan Benson give his State of the County Address on Tuesday had no shortage of elected officials.Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora and former Mayor Doug Palmer were on hand, so was ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ - On Thursday, December 12th, Hunterdon County’s Public Safety Director and Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Coordinator, Brayden Fahey, shared updated information regarding recent drone sightings across the county with local mayors and OEM personnel, as part of an update that ...
RARITAN BOROUGH, NJ – The borough will be getting a couple of visits from its legislators soon, both to commemorate its heroic son and to deal with a vexing transit issue in the community.On Dec. 23, U.S. Sen. Tom Kean will be at the John Basilone statue, at the intersection of Old York Road and ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The holidays may be upon us, and the snow may be falling, but the town council was thinking about summer this week as it set the rates for Westfield's Memorial Pool to remain unchanged for the 2025 season at Tuesday’s meeting. Included in a flurry of end-of-year financial ...
Assemblyman-Elect Joe Sempolinski has been appointed to six Assembly committees for the coming term.Sempolinski, who was elected to represent the district that includes the Greater Olea area, will serve on the Education, Environmental Conservation, Higher Education, Labor, Mental Health and People ...
ALLEGANY, NY — Sen. George Borrello visited the Allegany-Limestone Central School District bus garage Wednesday to see firsthand the automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in the district’s school buses. This initiative is the first of its kind in New York State. Borrello, whose district includes ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – The Hasbrouck Heights Council voted to approve the following as part of the December 17th consent agenda.Minutes from Work & Regular Session – November 26th, 2024222. Payroll223. Authorizing Fire Department Percentages224. Authorizing Payment to former Firemen for 25 ...
WASHINGTON — Rep. Nick Langworthy was appointed to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Dec. 13. He will be the first member of Congress who represents the Southern Tier counties to serve on the committee in modern history.“I'm deeply honored to be named to the House Committee on Energy and ...
PARSIPPANY, NJ - The Council of Parsippany-Troy Hills took a major step in regulating its local cannabis industry by adopting Ordinance No. 2024:21. On Tuesday, December 17th, the Council voted unanimously to allow “Cannabis Retailer” businesses under a structured framework for licensing, ...
MILLBURN, NJ – Elias Bikales (18) was presented with The Amelia Earhart Award by Civil Air Patrol's NJ Wing Commander Amy Myzie. Bikales serves as Flight Commander and Assistant Emergency Service Officer at his home squadron, Curtiss-Wright Composite Squadron (Fairfield). Upon graduation from ...
SPARTA, NJ – Sparta Township announced the holiday recycling schedule:For Wednesday, December 25 – pick up will be Thursday, December 26For Wednesday, January 1 – pick up will be Thursday, January 2The township has asked residents to put their recycling out to the curb earlier than normal because ...
This is Mayor John McCormac. It’s Friday, Dec. 20th, 2024.Until 5 pm today, the Main Library has a do-it-yourself holiday craft program. Tonight, the New York Fire Department’s hockey team will play a team from Chicago at The Club at Woodbridge at 6:45 pm to benefit the Wolfpack Hockey Program.On ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - The borough's annual reorganization meeting will be held at noon on Jan. 1, 2025 at the Somerville Middle School, 51 W. Cliff St.The reorganization meeting is usually held in the auditorium at Somerville High School, but a conflict with another organization using the facility ...
FAIR LAWN, NJ - There is a water main break at Berdan Avenue near the railroad tracks, and according to the borough, there is NO boil water advisory at this time.There is a large water main break on Berdan Avenue near the Railroad Tracks. You may experience low water pressure or dirty water. There ...
LEWISBORO, N.Y. - Water and sanitary services dominated the Lewisboro Town Board’s Nov. 12 meeting, as the board considered a variety of proposals to bring those services to the lakes area and other parts of town.The new district is tentatively being called the W.O.T.R Sewer Project: the acronym ...
CLARK, NJ —Earlier this week, the Township of Clark released its Annual Schedule of Meetings for 2025. It has since announced a slight change to the schedule.The Clerk's Department for the Township of Clark states, “A vote by the members of the Board of Adjustment, to begin meetings at 7:30 PM ...
WASHINGTON, DC — The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily banned flights of drones near 22 different New Jersey locations, all of which are considered critical infrastructure, Thursday. These restrictions, which will last for a month, are scattered over nine of the state's 21 counties.On ...
WASHINGTON, DC — The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily banned flights of drones near 22 different New Jersey locations, all of which are considered critical infrastructure, Thursday. These restrictions, which will last for a month, are scattered over nine of the state's 21 counties.On ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The signs of change are fanning out over Westfield’s street corners as the town replaces a crazy quilt of street signs created over decades with new uniform, durable and highly visible signs machined by Westfield's own department of public works. New blue and silver street signs are ...
FLEMINGTON – A project to replace some of the borough’s oldest sewer lines was approved Dec. 9 by the borough council.The project has been considered for at least two years, and was delayed for a review by the New Jersey State Historic Preservation Office, a division of the Department of ...
PHILIPPINE SEA — Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Tansey, a native of Berkeley Heights, was recently photographed performing pre-flight checks on an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter aboard the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Tansey is assigned to the “Black Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4, part of Carrier ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ - The long odyssey of developer Simon Klepner’s effort to build townhouses on the old Wallwood Gardens property on Orange Road between Ward Place and Pleasant Way in Montclair’s Fourth Ward came to an ignominious end at the Montclair Zoning Board of Adjustment’s final 2024 meeting on ...
PHILLIPSBURG, N.J.---At Wednesday night's second meeting of this month, the town council agreed to some very necessary but pricey purchases for Phillipsburg. Council approved the purchase of a five-year-old generator from North End Electric of Scranton, Pa., for just over $1.2 million, to replace ...
HOBOKEN, NJ - Councilmembers Emily Jabbour and Joe Quintero’s efforts to define “unconscionable” rent increases failed to be adopted at Wednesday’s council meeting. State law bans "unconscionable" rent increases, but leaves it up to a tenant to withhold rent, get an eviction notice, and plead the ...
RARITAN TWP, NJ - The Raritan Township Committee discussed the topic of drone activity at the Dec. 17 committee meeting, expressing that the township is ready to take on whatever comes their way.An uptick of drone activity began Nov. 18 with phone calls and emails regarding numerous sightings ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – Richard Huber returned for his first meeting of the Springfield Township Committee since October on Wednesday night, and he will become the next mayor for the new year.Huber explained that he was recuperating from surgery during the last couple of months, but said, “Right now I'm ...
UNION, NJ – A proposal for an 11-unit apartment building on Morris Avenue in the Larchmont section of Union was postponed until the Planning Board's January meeting, following more than two-and-a-half hours of discussion at Monday night's session.Stephen Hehl, the applicant’s attorney from ...
Princeton, NJ – As expected Princeton Council voted unanimously on Thursday, December 19, to adopt the ordinance that creates a PILOT agreement with the developer of 238 apartments at the former Princeton Theological Seminary site on Stockton Street at Hibben Road. That 6-0 vote was preceded by ...
WASHINGTON, DC — On Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) temporarily banned flights of drones near 22 different New Jersey locations, all of which are considered critical infrastructure. These restrictions, which will last for a month, are scattered over nine of the state's 21 ...
EDISON, NJ - On Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) temporarily banned flights of drones near 22 different New Jersey locations, including Edison. These locations are considered to have critical infrastructure, according to the FAA. These restrictions, which will last until January ...