TRENTON, NJ — Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck announced Feb. 2 that all 21 counties in New Jersey, and all 241 municipalities with populations of more than 10,000 or that filed related lawsuits, have joined the state in signing onto the nationwide settlement agreements with Johnson & Johnson and the country’s three largest pharmaceutical […]
ORANGE, NJ — On Tuesday, June 8, Orange Mayor Dwayne D. Warren served as a policy panelist on the cannabis panel, sponsored by the Star-Ledger and produced by NJ Cannabis Insider. The objective of this informative virtual panel, moderated by Star-Ledger reporter Jelani Gibson, was to affect statewide rule making and policy development for municipalities. […]
ATLANTIC CITY — Thousands of municipal employees and elected officials from New Jersey’s 565 municipalities connected at the 2019 League of Municipalities Conference in Atlantic City, which kicked off on Tuesday, Nov. 19, and concluded Thursday, Nov. 21. The state League of Municipalities is a voluntary association created to help communities do a better job […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — After a resolution designating the Essex Green and Executive Drive area as “in need of redevelopment” was passed at the Jan. 9 Township Council meeting, council members are questioning why town planner Paul Grygiel was not at the meeting to answer questions from the council about his report and recommendation regarding […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The annual three-day New Jersey League of Municipalities Conference kicked off at the Convention Center in Atlantic City and Mayor Tony Vauss was planning to use it as a statewide platform to launch his local 2018 re-election campaign. “I’m doing my announcement tomorrow in Atlantic City and anyone that wants to come […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — After more than 20 years of service to the Irvington Township community as the North Ward councilman, many of them as the lone voice of opposition on the seven-member governing body to the Team Irvington social and political organization, Municipal Councilman David Lyons recently learned he will being inducted into the New […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Nov. 21 special meeting of the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education introduced its new strategic action plan, but the matter of “public speaks,” the public feedback portion included in many local BOE meetings, dominated discussions after the meeting. The meeting’s agenda did not have time set aside for […]