Government
By DANIELLE DEGEROLAMO
December 31, 2024
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - As we stand on the brink of another new year, 2025 may see some 2024 projects expected to begin. From business collaborations to existing projects and some business trends, here are ten things to watch for 2025. 1. McWane Field: The Cal Ripken FieldIn 2024, the Cal Ripken ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ — As the end of the year approaches, the Town of Phillipsburg reminds residents of municipal office closures and changes to the garbage/recycling collection schedule for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Christmas Holiday All town offices will be closed on Wednesday, Dec. 25, ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ-The Phillipsburg Land Use Board Thursday night agreed to table its vote on the 2024 Master Plan Re-examination Report in order to allow the public additional time to review the report and offer public comment. Leader of the "Orange Shirts" anti-warehouse on Howard Street group ...
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 ...
On December 16, 2024, the Senate Military and Veterans’ Affairs Committee took a significant step to enhance healthcare access for fully disabled veterans by advancing a bill sponsored by Senator Parker Space (R-24). The legislation, known as S-1859, seeks to prioritize dental appointments for ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg Mayor Randy Piazza, Jr. announced that he attended New Jersey State Police Headquarters on Dec. 11 with several other mayors and county representatives all over the Garden State to be updated and informed by the police and Department of Homeland Security about the ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Rent control will now become part of the town code after a 3-2 favorable vote passed at the Town of Phillipsburg’s bi-monthly council meeting on Dec. 11. The council’s two Democrats Keith Kennedy and Lee Clark both objected to Ordinance #2024-31’s final reading , pointing out how ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ---On its first reading Tuesday night, the Council, by a 3-2 favorable vote, approved a town rent control ordinance to the delight of some and a disappointment to others."This is not good for Phillipsburg and will result in a 21 percent reduction in property values," declared ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ-In two somewhat unlikely moves, the Phillipsburg Land Use Board on Monday evening withheld approval on one each commercial and residential projects which have been before the board for months. The board denied zoning variances for a ground-floor storefront commercial property ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Town of Phillipsburg will discuss the first reading of an ordinance pertaining to the County relinquishing its ownership in South Main Street at Phillipsburg’s Town Council meeting on November 26, 2024. Ordinance #2024-30 is pursuant to Warren County Resolution #455-24, ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Murphy Administration announced $150 million in Fiscal Year 2025 Municipal Aid grants for local infrastructure improvements and 20 towns in Warren County have made the list, including Phillipsburg. The competitive Municipal Aid grant program attracted 595 applications from ...
PHILLIPSBURG, N.J.---The Phillipsburg Town Council on Wednesday night approved the reimbursement of $109,322 in legal fees incurred by former Phillipsburg councilman Robert Fulper for his defense of criminal charges brought against him late in 2022. The charges against Fulper eventually were ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg Town Council will convene on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 6 pm, with a packed agenda that includes over a dozen resolutions. A standout topic from the agenda is Resolution R2024-207 to authorize the payment of legal fees from former Councilman Robert “Bobby” Fulper’s ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – The Town of Phillipsburg has begun its Annual Leaf Collection Program for 2024, running from November 1 through December 13. The Department of Public Services will clean leaves from streets and gutters in designated areas using a leaf collection unit, with a strict, no-callback ...
Phillipsburg, N.J.---Phillipsburg's Land Use Board Thursday found as a result of a consistency study with the town's master plan on the Riverfront Redevelopment Plan District 1, it will allow one class 5 retail cannabis dispensary be allowed as a permitted use with bulk and design standards for ...
PHILLIPSBURG, N.J.---The lack of crossing guards at several high-traffic intersections remains an ongoing problem in town with no solutions on the horizon, according to parents attending the Phillipsburg Town Council meeting October 23, 2024. This has resulted in parents themselves saying they are ...
PHILLIPSBURG, N.J.- A Phillipsburg woman voiced her concerns to the town council on Wednesday evening regarding a school bus stop outside her home devoid of crossing guards, resulting in ever-increasing dangerous conditions created by speeding cars and unauthorized dump trucks and tractor-trailers ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ-The Phillipsburg Land Use Board Thursday entertained two cases brought about by homeowners needing modifications and construction on the buildings located on their parcels. Both cases were represented by Attorney Bill Edelston of Phillipsburg who specializes in municipal land use ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ---Amongst just a tad of controversy and a 3-1-1 favorable vote, the town council Wednesday evening hired a new business administrator following the departure of Matthew Hall nearly a month ago. Current Phillipsburg Tax Assessor Craig Brotons was tapped by Mayor Randy Piazza, Jr.
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ—One of the owners of a Philadelphia-based planning firm specializing in municipal redevelopment and land use planning unveiled to the town council Wednesday the results of a $10,000 study focused on the potential impacts of whether or not Phillipsburg should include rent control in ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Town of Phillipsburg will hold a special meeting on September 18, 2024, regarding rent control.Previously reported by TAPinto in April 2024, the approval of a rent control impact study passed 3-2 at a Phillipsburg Town Council meeting. The study was at a cost of not to exceed ...
WARREN COUNTY, NJ - Three years after Hurricane Ida devastated New Jersey, a bill designed to provide mortgage relief to struggling homeowners has hit another roadblock. On Thursday, Sept. 12, Governor Phil Murphy issued a conditional veto on legislation that would have given victims a one-year ...
Phillipsburg, N.J.---By a 3-2 favorable vote and nearly four years of delays including lawsuits by vocal residents donning orange t-shirts, town council Wednesday evening approved the Howard Street Riverfront industrial plan permitting a warehouse in the area. Although absent from the meeting, ...
PHILLIPSBURG, N.J.---Town council's approval Wednesday on spending just over $450,000 for six new 2024 trucks for both the public works and the fire department brought questions and comments from several councilmen and close attention being paid by residents attending the meeting. Mayor Randy ...
PHILLIPSBURG, N.J.---Phillipsburg's business administrator and clerk announced publicly at Wednesday's council meeting he will be leaving his position effective this Friday, Aug. 16. Hall would not comment on the resignation when contacted nearly two weeks ago. Matthew C. Hall said his ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – In a press release today, Congressman Tom Kean, Jr. (NJ-07) announced fifteen projects submitted for community Project funding. One of the largest is a proposed park revitalization to Delaware River Park in downtown Phillipsburg. Dating back to 2012, the last improvements ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Mayor Randy Piazza Jr. has announced that all flags posted on township property will fly at half-staff next week in honor of Phillipsburg’s first elected Mayor, Gloria A. Decker. On July 23, 2024, Decker passed away peacefully at the age of 91. Born on October 16, 1932, to ...
PHILLIPSBURG, N.J.---In response to a resident's inquiry at Wednesday evening's council meeting, the Phillipsburg business administrator said Warren County has not fully "struck the town's new tax rate" which includes an 11 percent rate hike, and this is the reason why tax bills are going out late ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - A preview of the Phillipsburg Town Council agenda for this evening, July 24, 2024 includes second readings and first readings of ordinances and a series of resolutions. A second reading for O2024-16, amending Chapter 7 entitled “Background Checks, Board, Commission or ...
POHATCONG, NJ - At the July 16, 2024, meeting at the Pohatcong municipal building, a resolution was approved to introduce the 2024 budget of the Township of Pohatcong, Warren County. The budget will "restore appropriations and operating expenses where things need to be in the operating budget," ...