Government
By MATT DOHERTY
August 17, 2024
SPRING LAKE, NJ - The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) will be making a mobile visit to Spring Lake on Monday, August 26, 2024, providing residents with convenient access to essential MVC services. The mobile unit will be stationed at the Spring Lake Train Station, located at 515 Mercer ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — At Monday's Plainfield City Council meeting, the city's governing body voted 6-1 to table an ordinance on second and final reading which would have granted a 30-year tax exemption for the owner of a 46-unit development on W 7th Street. Only Councilor Charles McRae voted against ...
TRENTON, NJ -- Governor Murphy recently announced a transit fare holiday for all customers from August 26 through September 2, 2024. Fares will be waived for all modes of transportation, offering free rides across the NJ TRANSIT network as a "Thank You" to the hundreds of thousands of loyal ...
TRENTON, NJ -- Governor Murphy recently announced a transit fare holiday for all customers from August 26 through September 2, 2024. Fares will be waived for all modes of transportation, offering free rides across the NJ TRANSIT network as a "Thank You" to the hundreds of thousands of loyal ...
CLARK, NJ — There will be a meeting of the Clark Township Council on Monday, August 19, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Clark Council Chambers, located at 315 Westfield Ave. For a copy of Monday's agenda, click here. [Don’t miss any TAPinto Clark news. Go ...
PARSIPPANY, NJ - The Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills held its annual program honoring and remembering Raoul Wallenberg on August 11th. Raoul was a Swedish Diplomat renowned for his heroic efforts in saving tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews during World War II. The event is held at the ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Love them or hate them, those plastic bags containing unsolicited coupons that arrive at the end of your driveway will be harder to deliver if a town ordinance introduced at Tuesday’s town council meeting passes — and you may be more easily able to opt out of receiving them ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – New Providence Historic Preservation Commission Chairman Jeff Grob provided the Borough Council with an update and status report regarding its accomplished tasks and future plans. The Historic Preservation Commission was established in 2004 “as a reaction to the scheduled ...
ROSELLE PARK – It was an uncontroversial night at the Roselle Park Mayor & Council Meeting Thursday night, as the body passed a host of routine ordinances and resolutions. One of the more significant legislative items that was approved was an ordinance allocating nearly $4 million to road ...
NEWARK — A package of bills signed by Gov. Phil Murphy (D) into law on Tuesday aims to strengthen youth literacy skills with a focus on grades K-3. Murphy signed the bills in Newark, where the school district has struggled with reading scores. School officials reported last September that only ...
UNION, NJ – Beginning Monday, democrats from all around the country will gather in Chicago for their once-every-four-year convention. Among them will be three delegates from Union. Union Mayor Manuel Figueiredo, Township Committeewoman Patricia Guerra-Frazier, and County Commissioner Michele ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- The lawyer did it. Chatham Borough tax attorney Fred Semrau called into the Aug. 12 Borough of Chatham Council meeting from Montana to take the blame for what residents viewed as a "Sham" vote when the council voted down a proposed five-year rolling reassessment plan for Borough ...
REGULAR MEETING OF MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE FINAL AGENDA - Tuesday, August 20, 2024 – 7:00pm PUBLIC SESSION OATHS OF OFFICE – POLICE DEPARTMENT Kevin Pineda, Patrolman Sam Greendyk, Sergeant Dan Saldutti, Sergeant Tom Mooney, Lieutenant Robert Szczur, Lieutenant Adam ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The Bayonne City Council voted to override Mayor Jimmy Davis’ recent veto of an ordinance that will allow for the construction of a ten-story building on West 25th Street. As he was during the initial vote, Councilman Neil Carroll was the lone dissenting vote, saying he still had ...
PLUMSTEAD TOWNSHIP, PA—PennDOT has finished repairs to a bridge on Route 32/River Road and reopened the widely used road that had been closed since June. The bridge, which is between Old Ferry Road and Daley Road, was originally damaged during 2021’s Hurricane Ida. Temporary repairs kept the ...
ASBURY PARK, NJ - Asbury Park has been named a Gold Level winner in the 2024 Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Recognition Program, a prestigious honor bestowed by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT). This accolade, managed by the New Jersey Safe Routes Resource Center in collaboration ...
PARKLAND, FL- The Loxahatchee Road project continues to make progress in Parkland. One of the project components Parkland residents have been looking forward to learning about is the opening of the stretch of Lox Road between University Drive and Parkside Drive. The connection between the two ...
ROXBURY, NJ – Having apparently caused problems with the private wells of Green Lane in Roxbury, New Jersey American Water (NJAW) has decided to install a permanent water main down the street. Property owners on the dead-end thoroughfare will have the option of connecting for free to the new ...
SPRING LAKE, NJ - During this week's Spring Lake Council meeting, Mayor Naughton addressed a tragic incident on the beach that required emergency services and resulted in a fatality. "I know that I speak for the entire council and Spring Lake community. Our hearts go out to the family of Gary ...
Leer en español NEWARK — The city's water and sewer utilities spending will increase by $7.8 million in this year’s proposed plan, Water and Sewer Department Director Kareem Adeem said earlier this week at a budget meeting, where he demonstrated a security drone used to watch the Newark-owned ...
This is Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac. It’s Friday, August 16th. The Avenel Performing Arts Center is featuring “The Soapranos Dinner Theater” at 6 pm tonight and tomorrow night, and at 3 pm on Sunday. Anchors Tiki Bar in Sewaren will feature the “Down Strokes” from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ – During the virtual Berkeley Heights Township Council meeting on Tuesday, Mayor Angie Devanney announced the establishment of the Complete and Green Streets of Berkeley Heights Task Force. This new initiative stems from a council resolution passed on October 13, 2021, which ...
RAHWAY, NJ — The City of Rahway recently announced that it has officially secured membership in the first few decades of the 21st century and joined YouTube. Now, residents, neighbors, and friends can get news, recordings, and updates (along with going to TAPinto Rahway, of course!) by visiting ...
HOBOKEN, NJ - The City of Hoboken’s new "Skip the Stuff" ordinance will go into effect on Sept. 1, officials reminded residents on Friday. The ordinance, said to be part of Hoboken's ongoing commitment to its Climate Action Plan, specifically the Zero Waste Initiative, requires restaurants and ...
Leer en español NEWARK — A package of bills signed by Gov. Phil Murphy (D) into law on Tuesday aims to strengthen youth literacy skills with a focus on grades K-3. Murphy signed the bills in Newark, where the school district has struggled with reading scores. School officials reported last ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – It has been a “grantiful” year for the borough so far. Mayor Al Morgan noted at the Tuesday, Aug. 13 Borough Council meeting that the borough has received just shy of $2 million of grant money this year with a few applications still pending. At the Tuesday meeting the ...
BRIDGEWATER – Hurricane Ida, the 2021 storm that ravaged New Jersey, was placed center stage at the Aug. 13 Bridgewater zoning board meeting. The subject of the meeting was an application by JMF Properties of Whippany, which seeks to transform 12 acres of farmland, woods and wetlands into 64 ...
READINGTON TOWNSHIP – Local committeeman looked in the couch cushions and found over $250,000 for capital projects, as they unanimously voted to reappropriate the proceeds of past lending and move some fund balances to benefit the rescue squad and police, and those who visit and work in the ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ -- The Township of Springfield has received $120,000 from Union County in the form of a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) that will go towards road upgrades. Springfield Township Committeeman Harris Laufer and Business Administrator John Bussiculo are delegates on the ...
TOTOWA, NJ - AJM Contractors, Inc. in Clifton has been awarded a $484,130 contract for the Borough of Totowa's FY2024 New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Municipal Aid and 2024 Road Program. This project will see improvements to several streets in the municipality, including Battle ...