IRVINGTON, NJ — Mayor Tony Vauss has a new job working for the Hillside Department of Public Works in Mayor Angela Garretson’s administration, but he insists he won’t be shirking his responsibilities in Irvington. “I’m not the DPW director. The position is general supervisor of DPW. I started on Sept. 5. This is not a […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — In the midst of an ongoing Public Safety Department Internal Affairs investigation into the work histories and criminal backgrounds of all current Fire Division personnel, Vicki Martignetti sent an email on Thursday, Aug. 10, to the Irvington Herald, complaining about the township’s failure to fulfill its contractual obligation to pay the health […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Mayor Tony Vauss and the township of Irvington celebrated Unity Day with free concerts, free food and drinks and fun for residents of all ages in Orange Avenue Park on Saturday, Aug. 12. Singer Melba Moore headlined the event, which also featured performance by members of the legendary Classic R&B singing groups […]
NEWARK, NJ — The adage “no rest for the weary” certainly seems to apply to People’s Organization for Progress Chairman Larry Hamm and his members, who take to the streets in protest against acts of social injustice in the country, in addition to their weekly “Justice Monday” protests outside the Peter W. Rodino Federal Building […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Vicki Martignetti, wife of Irvington Fire Division Firefighter Carmine Martignetti, has a bone to pick with Mayor Tony Vauss and the Irvington administration regarding unpaid medical bills she says Irvington is contractually required to cover. Debt collectors have filed a $49,325 civil lawsuit against the Martignettis for nonpayment of medical bills, according […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Assemblywoman Sheila Oliver, the state Democratic Party’s candidate for lieutenant governor, stopped by Irvington’s annual National Night Out event in Civic Square on Tuesday, Aug. 1. “She’s here all the time and that’s one of the things about having one of our own on the ticket as lieutenant governor,” said Mayor Tony […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — On Tuesday, Aug. 8, a six-member jury found Irvington Mayor Tony Vauss not guilty in a civil trial brought by township employee Tamara Smith, who accused him of sexual harassment and sexual assault. Smith had named both the mayor and the township in her lawsuit. “Not guilty,” Vauss said Tuesday, Aug. 8. […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The case of Tamara Smith v. the township of Irvington and Anthony Vauss officially began in Superior Court Judge Robert Gardner’s courtroom at the Old Courthouse in downtown Newark on Monday, July 24. The civil trial started with opening statements from the attorneys representing Vauss, Smith and the township at 9:30 a.m. […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Elouise McDaniel, president of both the Irvington Joint Block Association Coalition and the Nesbitt Terrace Block Association, has begun circulating a petition among township residents to ask the state to take over Irvington’s finances. McDaniels, who is also still running a petition to recall Mayor Tony Vauss, now alleges that Vauss is […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Municipal Council President and North Ward Councilman David Lyons admitted on the record at the last council meeting in June that the township is facing a larger budget deficit than the $3.25 million for 2015 previously acknowledged by Mayor Tony Vauss and other municipal officials, prompting employee furloughs, layoffs and givebacks that went […]