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SUMMIT, NJ - Clocking in at 133 minutes in length, the Summit Common Council's May 26 meeting was in comparison to recent gatherings -- especially those since the COVID-19 'era' began -- a relative marathon. The duration can be ascribed to the detail-centric agenda dominator that is better known The Municipal Budget, a traditionally painstaking process made ...

TRENTON, NJ - New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver joined the governor and other officials at the May 29 COVID-19 press conference. Donning her hat as the head of New Jersey’s Department of Community Affairs, Oliver introduced the implementation of a temporary rental assistance program.

According to Governor Phil Murphy, the state plans to apply at least $100M to begin the ...

TRENTON, NJ -- Gov. Phil Murphy closed out his daily COVID-19 press conference on Friday with comments about the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white police officer in Minneapolis kept his knee on Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes.

"George Floyd should be alive today – not just as a matter of principle or justice, but as a matter of human ...

SUMMIT, NJ - Broad Street will be closed to traffic beginning during parts of a milling and paving project conducted by the County of Union, beginning June 1 through June 15, weather permitting. The project, which will run the entire length of Broad Street between Morris Avenue and Middle Avenue, will cause traffic to be diverted to Morris Avenue. 

Police officers will ...

SUMMIT, NJ, - Beginning June 2, the City of Summit Municipal Transfer Station will open to residents on a five-days-per-week schedule -- Tuesdays to Saturdays, from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. -- with no appointments needed. Commercial use, temporary passes or U-hauls are not permitted at this time.

Face coverings are required and social distancing guidelines are in ...

The next Common Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 26 at 7:30PM.  Once again, members of Common Council, Mayor Radest, and city staff will be participating electronically in this meeting. For this and all future electronic meetings, members of the public will be able to comment by video or audio conference with access codes and instructions posted on the city ...

UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders approved a budget that will not increase County taxes — the first time in nearly 20 years — to ease financial pain for residents and business owners caused by the coronavirus pandemic. 

The 2020 budget, which was unanimously passed at the Freeholders' May 21 meeting, promised to avoid layoffs and ...

TRENTON, NJ – The head of the state's Department of Labor said Thursday that the measures enacted to slow the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 have resulted in the state’s unemployment numbers soaring to their highest recorded levels.

Robert Asaro-Angelo said that the state’s unemployment rate has hit 15.3% - the highest level since the state first started recording the ...

NEWARK, NJ — Standing before the unfinished Newark Liberty International Airport’s Terminal One redevelopment site, Rick Cotton, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, detailed the drastic losses the government agency suffered as a result of the coronavirus. 

With a 97% drop in passenger volume at Newark airport alone (the difference between ...

SUMMIT, NJ - The City of Summit Common Council, at its May 12 meeting, addressed how to ensure transparency in the City budget process during these unusual times and how to accommodate the highest levels of public input at online Council meetings. Council President Marjorie Fox opened the meeting, which was again held remotely, with a moment of silence for the 16 Summit residents who ...