Government
By TAPINTO WEST ORANGE STAFF
June 8, 2024
WEST ORANGE, NJ -- This week's hybrid town council meeting will be held on Monday, June 10. It will begin at 5:00 p.m. for a Garbage Collection Presentation. There will be no public comment during the workshop. The regular meeting will start at 7:00 p.m. Other agenda items ...
SPARTA, NJ – The attorney representing the Sparta Veterinary Associates was reduced to name-calling and conspiracy theories in his letter to Judge Stuart Minkowitz on June 7. Franklin Barbosa of Schenck Price Smith & King filed a “Statement of Facts and Legal Issues” in the litigation brought ...
HANOVER TOWNSHIP, NJ - Hanover Township has issued a message to residents advising them that Brickyard Field remains closed. They offer the following alert: Although the Brickyard looks complete, it is still under construction. To prevent injury or damage to our residents and the ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ - Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill recently made a request for $6 million for projects in Little Falls and Woodland Park to the House of Appropriations Committee for Fiscal Year 2025. The requests include $4 million in funding for the Peckman River Bank Stabilization Project in Little ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – At a recent council meeting, South Plainfield Mayor Matt Anesh proclaimed June 2024 as Pride Month in the borough. “The purpose of this commemorative month is to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, transgender, and queer (LBGTQ+) individuals have had on history ...
CARMEL, N.Y. - State Sen. Pete Harckham says he would support a moratorium on battery energy storage systems (BESS) such as the one being considered by the Camel Town Board. The board is contemplating establishing a moratorium on such systems in the wake of a proposed 116-megawatt “battery farm” ...
EDISON, NJ - The township has introduced a bond ordinance for approximately $1.4 million for improvements to their solid waste collection, according to the council agenda. This ordinance will be up for public hearing at the council’s next meeting on Wednesday. According to the ordinance, the ...
JEFFERSON , NJ – Days after Route 15 south was closed because of an unsafe bridge that spanned the Rockaway River, Jefferson Township Mayor Eric Wilsusen announced the New Jersey Department of Transportation will be “constructing a temporary bridge over the defective span.” The temporary ...
NEWTON, NJ – The Town of Newton announced road construction at the intersection of Route 206/94 and Clinton Street beginning at 8 p.m. on Friday night. According to town officials, construction work will go along Route 206 southbound from Mill Street to the Square. Work will continue along ...
JEFFERSON , NJ – Days after Route 15 south was closed because of an unsafe bridge that spanned the Rockaway River, Jefferson Township Mayor Eric Wilsusen announced the New Jersey Department of Transportation will be “constructing a temporary bridge over the defective span.” The temporary ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ- Laura Tacuri is Jersey City’s new Tax Assessor, Mayor Steven Fulop has announced. According to Fulop, the move comes just five years after Tacuri became Hudson County’s first naturalized Ecuadorian appointed as Deputy Tax Assessor. Tacuri also boasts 25 years of public service ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The Township of Berkeley Heights reminds everyone to “Slow Down and Move Over,” as more kids (and adults) will soon be on the roads walking or riding their e-bikes, e-scooters, or traditional bikes and scooters. As electric bikes and scooters increase in popularity, we are ...
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ – The Mount Laurel Zoning Board unanimously approved at its meeting on Wednesday a variance request filed by representatives of a company named 250 Century Parkway to install signs at the property it owns at 250 Century Parkway that are larger in quantity and in size than the ...
This is Mayor John McCormac. It’s Friday, June 7, 2024. There were 58 new Coronavirus cases in May, less than two per day. Tonight, from 6 pm to 8 pm, there’s a reception at the Barron Arts Center for their “People & Paintings” Gallery, that runs through July 20; and at 7 pm “Space ...
BEDFORD, N.Y. - A task force advocating a new way to fund Bedford’s open-space land acquisitions has substantially revised its proposed property-transfer fee and, as a consequence, lowered once more the expected revenue it would produce. First proposed in March as a flat 2 percent levy on the ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. — Some Yorktown residents are up in arms over the prospect of a 130-foot cell tower being built near their Granite Springs Road neighborhood. The town would like to procure a 3.87-acre parcel of parkland from the state (a process known as alienation) to build the tower. The town ...
MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. - The woodchips have really hit the fan in Mount Kisco. Local volunteers and village officials went toe to toe recently over what the former see as a personal affront and the latter, as an attempt to bring things back under control. At the center of the dust-up was an email ...
FLEMINGTON – Borough officials know one thing is certain – as the numerous redevelopment projects are completed throughout Flemington, there will be more pedestrians and cars on the borough’s sidewalks and streets. A more current issue was raised at the May 13 meeting regarding the increasingly ...
GLEN ROCK, NJ - Wilde Memorial Park will be the scene of the Family Fair from June 12 to June 15, likely a welcome scene for residents as they move past the May 21 shooting that occurred in the park at the basketball court. Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann recently spoke to the safety of ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. — It is now illegal for commercial vehicles to park on the Route 6 service road adjacent to Jefferson Valley’s Links at Valley Fields Golf Course unless they’re making a delivery. The Vehicles and Traffic chapter of the town code has been amended by the Town Board following ...
NEWTON, NJ – The hydrant flushing program for all fire hydrants on the Town of Newton water system will begin on Friday, June 7 and run through Tuesday, June 11, according to Town of Newton officials. The flushing for the water customers in Sparta and Andover will be conducted on Friday ...
NEWTON, NJ – The hydrant flushing program for all fire hydrants on the Town of Newton water system will begin on Friday, June 7 and run through Tuesday, June 11, according to Town of Newton officials. The flushing for the water customers in Sparta and Andover will be conducted on Friday ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - Voters approved the Mahopac Public Library 2024-25 budget by a 280-68 (80 percent) margin on Tuesday. In addition, voters elected three candidates to the library’s Board of Trustees: incumbent candidate John Battista (270 votes), Wayne Heady (234 votes) and Marie Stahl (258 ...
East Orange, NJ - Mayor Ted R. Green and the East Orange City Council, under the leadership of the Department of Public Safety, have announced the city's “Safe Summer” Initiative 2024, an all-hands-on-deck approach to keeping crime low as temperatures rise. “Through our safe summer initiative, ...
NUTLEY, NJ - The Township of Nutley Board of Commissioners proclaimed Friday, June 7, National Gun Violence Awareness Day. Residents are encouraged to wear orange on Friday, June 7, to recognize the day. Orange was adopted as the color of National Gun Violence Day as it is the color hunters ...
NUTLEY, NJ - The Township of Nutley Board of Commissioners proclaimed June 2024 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex + “Pride Month” at the June 6, 2024, open public meeting. TAPinto Nutley will share the full text of the proclamation when it becomes ...
MILLBURN, NJ – Millburn attorney Jarrid Kantor presented an update on the affordable housing situation during the June 3 township committee meeting. “The court allowed the township to provide an alternative site analysis. The township suggested Lot 19, where we would build 29 affordable family ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- June 6, 2024, marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings along France's Normandy coast during World War II. This event turned the tide of the war and ultimately led to the liberation of Europe from the Nazis. American forces suffered over 4,000 casualties on ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ - One day after her unsuccessful bid for the Maplewood Township primary Deputy Mayor Jamaine Cripes vowed to stay involved with the township. Several residents spoke at the public comment section of the meeting to express their disappointment the Deputy Mayor Deputy did not win the ...
CARMEL, N.Y. - Tara Keegan has been appointed as the new director of tourism for Putnam County. Keegan’s appointment comes following the official retirement of Tracy Walsh. County Executive Kevin Byrne said Keegan is a well-respected resident of Putnam County with a long history of both ...