SPRINGFIELD, NJ — Under a $33 million municipal budget introduced at the township committee’s March 27 meeting, taxes would increase about $70 on the average home assessed at $160,000. The tax levy would increase to $23,873,306 from $23,393,635, or the 2 percent allowed by the state. The total budget represents a $1.2 million increase — […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — State Sen. Joseph Cryan will take the helm at the Middlesex County Utilities Authority and leave his post as undersheriff for Union County. “I am honored to take on this role and look forward to leveraging my unique experience and skills to move the Middlesex County Utilities Authority further,” Cryan said […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Mayor Tom Hannen will seek re-election to the Township Committee in November for a third, three-year term, the Democrat announced via his official Facebook page March 15. “After careful consultation with my wife and family, I have decided to seek another term on the Cranford Township Committee,” Hannen wrote on his official […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Municipalities have struggled through multiple snowstorms this winter and spring, causing school district calendars to buckle under all the unforeseen snow days. Some school districts had to add days to the June calendar or cut into spring break to meet the state-mandated minimum of 180 instructional days. Such measures haven’t been […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — State Assemblyman Jerry Green has not participated in any legislative voting sessions or committee meetings in Trenton since being re-elected in November, public records show, and Democratic leadership has remained silent about his absence. Green, who will turn 79 on April 16, has served in the state Assembly since 1992 and […]
CLARK, NJ — Municipal taxes will increase by $41 for the average home assessed at $121,000 under the the township’s newly adopted $23 million budget. “This is a nominal increase,” business administrator John Laezza said. “The prior year’s tax increase was due to a major tax appeals in excess of $1 million, which raised it.” […]
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – Storks and angels can find you anywhere, even on the front seat of a car on Interstate 78 in morning rush-hour traffic. That’s what Anuj and Vandhana Desai learned the morning of March 20, when Springfield fire Chief Carlo Palumbo and Capt. Michael Mastroeni arrived in the nick of time to deliver […]
UNION, NJ — A preliminary report regarding the freight train that derailed near the Union Train Station in December shows it may have been caused by a rail defect. Reports were submitted recently to the Federal Railroad Administration by CSX Transportation, which operated the train cars, and by Conrail, which owns the tracks. Both reports […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Two men who were born and raised in the township and have served on the front lines of public safety are being recognized for their contributions. Police Lt. Christopher Polito and firefighter Mark Bagniewski both accepted 2018 Shield Awards from the Cranford Knights of Columbus Council 6226 on March 10 at the […]
SUMMIT, NJ — From a dog park to a community garden, residents offered suggestions for what should be included in an affordable housing redevelopment project slated for Broad Street, Morris Avenue and Maple Street on March 19. Last year, Mayor Nora Radest and the Summit City Council charged Topology, a Newark-based urban planning firm, with […]