ROSELLE PARK, NJ — A proposed mixed-use development for a long-abandoned car dealership on Westfield Avenue would receive a 20-year tax abatement under a proposal introduced by the Borough Council at its May 16 meeting. The council voted 5-1 to introduce the payment in lieu of taxes, or PILOT, for the development to be located […]
ROSELLE PARK, NJ — The mayor and council voted 5-0 with two abstentions to terminate the township’s five police dispatchers and enter into a shared-services agreement with Union County at their March 21 meeting. Mayor Joseph Signorello said that using the county’s dispatch service would save about $200,000 annually for the township, which already is […]
ROSELLE PARK, NJ — Borough officials are looking to transform the area around the train station and the commercial corridor along Chestnut Street into a “transit village” — adding streetscaping and open public spaces, and improving mobility. The “visioning” project will improve the aesthetics of downtown Roselle Park, according to William Kurzenberger, the borough’s development […]
ROSELLE PARK, NJ — The mayor and council will vote Thursday, March 21, on whether to fire the township’s five police dispatchers and enter into a shared services agreement with the county. Mayor Joseph Signorello said in a March 17 phone interview with LocalSource that using the county’s dispatch service would save about $200,000 annually […]
ROSELLE PARK, NJ — New police Chief Daniel McCaffery was surrounded by friends and family as Mayor Joseph Signorello swore him in Feb. 21. McCaffery’s late father, Thomas McCaffery, was a member of the Union County Two Hundred Club, which recognizes the achievements of uniformed police, firefighters and state troopers, and taught his son at […]
ROSELLE PARK, NJ — The aroma of fresh garlic, simmering marinara sauce and melting cheese wafts through the air inside Joe’s Rotisseria on Westfield Avenue as the afternoon lunch crowd lines up at the counter. One customer is picking up two plain pies; another asks for an order of garlic knots, and the couple behind […]
ROSELLE PARK, NJ — Mayor Joe Signorello said he continues to support a proposed ordinance that would relax local pay-to-play rules over objections from some Borough Council members and residents who say it could put local politicians in the pocket of businesses who want to work in the borough. Ordinance No. 2563, which would repeal […]
ROSELLE PARK, NJ – Carl Hokanson said he showed up for work the morning after Election Day about 30 minutes later than usual. Although the mayor finished third in his bid to be re-elected in the first three-candidate race in the borough’s history, making for a long night, Hokanson stopped the following morning to pick […]
ROSELLE PARK, NJ — Mayor Carl Hokanson, who failed to win the Democratic nomination and is running for re-election as an independent, said he is gaining support from residents tired of “watching the fighting between Democrats and Republicans.” When the mayor did not receive the party nomination in March he quickly announced he would run […]
ROSELLE PARK, NJ — Roselle Park police are seeking three men who robbed a convenience story in the early morning hours of Thursday, July 26, wearing masks and brandishing a pistol and a stun gun, police said in an email. The three men entered the 7-Eleven convenience store at 573 W. Westfield Ave. at 2:14 […]