Government
By SABRINA LUCIANO
June 12, 2024
BLOOMINGDALE, NJ - The Borough of Bloomingdale is in need of volunteers among the community. The town is specifically looking for volunteers for the Board of Health, Recreation, and Environmental Commission committees. For more information, contact: bsmith@bloomingdalenj.net [Breeanna ...
TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey State Senate has advanced a bill that would expand background checks for healthcare professionals. The Senate Commerce Committee on Monday unanimously passed legislation sponsored by Senator Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) that would would expand the healthcare ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – The Borough Council held a meeting to discuss the new affordable housing regulations on Tuesday, June 11. Borough Planner McKinley Mertz attended the session to explain the “aggressive” timeline of the new set of requirements and affordable housing obligations. On March 20, ...
LEWISBORO, N.Y. - Two Lewisboro candidates for the rank of Eagle Scout had their projects approved by the Town Board at its Tuesday, May 28 meeting. Both involve bridge projects to be built on town preserves. Max Wasserman, an Eagle Scout candidate with Vista Troop 101, seeks to replace three ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ - At a recent Board meeting, the County Commissioners announced that the Hunterdon County Cultural and Heritage Commission received a $30,000 award for Grants for Arts Projects from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Following a competitive application process, the NEA ...
RED BANK, NJ: The Red Bank council will hold a hybrid (online and in-person), regular meeting Thursday, June 13, 6:30pm, at Borough Hall, 90 Monmouth Street. Highlights of the Agenda ORDINANCES Issue of Bonds Several of the ordinances up for adoption include authorization for bonding ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Local and state leaders as well as representatives of the borough police department, board of education, recreation commission, and members of the municipality’s soccer association gathered on June 10 for a ribbon cutting ceremony marking the official reopening of South ...
Happy May! I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day Weekend with their families! I have been extremely busy, and I would like to take some time to share what I have been up to around Monmouth County. To start, I am excited to share that my fellow Commissioners and I recently announced that, ...
Happy May! I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day Weekend with their families! I have been extremely busy, and I would like to take some time to share what I have been up to around Monmouth County. To start, I am excited to share that my fellow Commissioners and I recently announced that, ...
LITTLE FALLS, NJ – Parking concerns brought forward by Little Falls residents in a May meeting were addressed on Monday by Township Engineer Richard Alaimo for the Pedestrian Plaza. During the May meeting, residents voiced significant concerns about parking, particularly for handicapped ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ – Leila Galarza of Parsippany will be attending the U.S. Naval Academy Preparatory School. Twenty-four students in total, including Leila Galarza, were recognized by Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) on Monday in Bloomfield. “I offer my heartfelt congratulations to all of ...
Princeton, NJ – Two seats on Princeton Council will be open at the end of this year. Two candidates are running: Current School Board member Brian McDonald and incumbent Council member Leighton Newlin. Newlin outlines his vision for another term in office in the following letter to the ...
Jon Bon Jovi Service Area, Garden State Parkway, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) was joined by Ed Potosnak of the League of Conservation Voters of New Jersey to shine a light on how potential collusion between Big Oil companies has hammered drivers across the Garden State. As top ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) has announced that CWA/ITU Negotiated Pension Plan (CWA/ITU Plan), based in Mount Laurel, and the Pension Plan of Local 102 (Teamsters Local 102 Plan), based in Cherry Hill, will receive a total of $558 million from the Special Financial Assistance ...
NEPTUNE, NJ – The Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners and the Monmouth County Division on Aging, Disabilities & Veterans Services will host a public hearing session for County residents to obtain information and provide comments on the services provided to Monmouth County’s older ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The zoning is the problem, Newark Mayor and gubernatorial candidate Ras J. Baraka said at the New Jersey Planning and Redevelopment Conference on Friday. “The zoning laws are what is prohibiting us from developing the way we need to develop,” Baraka, 54, said. “The state is ...
MILLBURN, NJ — During last week’s township committee meeting, Committee Member Ben Stoller broached the topic of commissioning a charter study. He said, “It will look at what exists today, the benefits, the advantages, the disadvantages and look at the current climate. We haven't had a study done ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — At the conclusion of AAPI Heritage Month, which this year included the community’s first annual AAPI Heritage Picnic among other festivities, the Livingston Township Council declared May 28 as George Shen Day and May 29 as Vineeta Khanna Day in honor of two outstanding members of ...
TRENTON, NJ — Legislation that would enable faster delivery of care for diabetic emergencies has advanced in the New Jersey State Senate. S-3278, sponsored by Senator Troy Singleton, who represents Bordentown in the Legislature, would allow Emergency Medical Technicians, or EMTs, to administer ...
NEWARK — A Chick-fil-A is slated to replace a Burger King in downtown Newark following the Central Planning Board’s approval on Monday — a move that has raised objections among LGBTQIA advocates because of the fried chicken company’s history of opposition to gay rights. Under the application ...
BEDFORD, N.Y. - Town lawmakers have gone back to the drawing board on gasoline-powered leaf blowers, juggling competing pleas by landscapers, homeowners and, not incidentally, their own parks department chief. Under a noise clampdown voted into law two years ago, the machines had been permitted ...
TRENTON, NJ – Burlington County's John Jay Hoffman was named on Monday as Governor Phil Murphy's choice to serve as a justice on the New Jersey Supreme Court. In announcing his intention to nominate Hoffman to serve on the state's highest court, Murphy called Hoffman "a pillar of New Jersey’s ...
TRENTON, NJ – Burlington County's John Jay Hoffman was named on Monday as Governor Phil Murphy's choice to serve as a justice on the New Jersey Supreme Court. In announcing his intention to nominate Hoffman to serve on the state's highest court, Murphy called Hoffman "a pillar of New Jersey’s ...
Editor's Note: We mistakenly listed a DPW grant for $44 million instead of $4 million. The error has been fixed. READINGTON, NJ - Adoption of Readington Township’s 2024 budget was delayed two weeks after the June 3 meeting because of housekeeping issues raised by the state Division of Local ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The Plainfield City Council voted unanimously to pass the latest all-way stops in Plainfield at Monday night's meeting. As the ordinance was passed on second reading, the city can implement new signage immediately. One, a four-way stop, will be located at Stanley Place and West ...
RED BANK, NJ: The Red Bank Planning Board will hold their regular meeting on Wednesday, June 12, 7:00pm, at Borough Hall, 90 Monmouth Street. Highlights of the Agenda 26 W. Front Street The restaurant 26 West on the Navesink, is seeking minor site plan approval to build a small exterior ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ -- Environmental Consultant Wayne DeFeo held a workshop before the June 10 town council meeting to provide additional information about transitioning to a cart garbage collection system. He first introduced the idea during a May 2024 town council meeting. This time he shared ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — At Monday's Plainfield City Council meeting for the month of June, the governing body discussed and passed a wide range of ordinances and resolutions. They included a $70,000 lein against owners of last year's condemned properties, designation of those condemned properties as ...
ALLEGANY, NY — A portion of West Main Street will be closed to traffic on Wednesday while a water leak is repaired. According to a post on the Village of Allegany Facebook page, the road will be closed between North Sixth and North Seventh streets, starting at 7 a.m. Traffic will be detoured ...
ALLEGANY, NY — The Village Department of Public Works will pick up yard waste on the last Monday of the month from June through October. Collection dates are June 24, July 29, Aug. 26, Sept. 30 and Oct. 28. According to a post on the Village of Allegany Facebook page, Brush should not be put ...