At 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 18, Lyndhurst police were still trying to determine how a Honda Civic managed to flip over on Post Road. The driver was being treated for minor injuries.
Following nearly 90 minutes in closed session last night, the Rutherford mayor and council took no formal action after discussing how they would proceed with handling the possible reinstatement of former police sergeant Nicholas Loizzi.
In 2004 area towns started collecting a 3-percent occupancy tax on hotel and motel rooms. The 2003 legislation that allowed the towns to do so had no provisions on how to spend the money. Travel industry experts, however, believe that the money should go
For six area children attending summer camp at the Meadowlands Commission this summer, Wednesday, Aug. 6, was Ocean Wednesday, or Miercoles Marino. On Ocean Wednesday, they learned how to perform salinity, or salinidad, tests on brackish water in the Hack
About 60 percent of all the 2008 county tax appeals filed for Rutherford have been won by property owners, according to records sent to the borough by the county.
On Friday, July 25, the borough changed locks on three buildings located at Memorial and Tamblyn fields. The changed locks came as a surprise to some of the volunteers who have had unlimited access to the facilities for years.
Lyndhurst, required by the state to project a tax levy and rate upon starting the new fiscal year in July, has projected an $902,304 increase to its tax levy, or 3.98-percent rise, just under the state mandated four-percent cap.
While most residents saw backhoes toiling the earth and landscapers preparing the land for new sod and plant life earlier this year, they didn?t take another glance.
The planning board moved a proposal to turn the former Ridge Lumber property into a four-story building, with an Ace Hardware on the bottom and 14 condos on top, closer to approval but with a few reservations.
The School Boards of Carlstadt, East Rutherford and Becton Regional High School will hire a curriculum coordinator to unify the learning experience in the three districts.
After months of continuous criticism from affordable housing advocates, a builder's remedy suit that turned for the worse according to borough officials and a temporary court-ordered loss of zoning power successfully appealed, Carlstadt officials say th
East Rutherford has appointed a new top cop in Larry Minda, the department?s deputy chief who has been acting as department head in the months since John LaGreca announced his retirement and took his leave.
The members of the Lyndhurst Adult Workshop have many interests. Some like arts and crafts, others like playing pool and others don’t mind heading to the bowling alley once in awhile to throw a couple strikes. What they all have in common now, however, is a growing love for music; music that’s being used once a week to serve them with an innovative therapeutic tool.
The tools are two simple sticks and a small drum pad. The program is called Drums Against Disabilities (DAD) run by a non-profit organization headed by former recording artist Pat Gesualdo who took his passion for music and turned it into a way to help those in most need of its benefits. In Lyndhurst’s case, they are the developmentally disabled residents that the town serves every day by providing the Lyndhurst Adult Workshop.
The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC) feels it will be capable of cutting district energy use by 20 megawatts by the year 2020 under an ambitious draft renewable energy master plan unveiled by the state agency last week. The plan not only holds the commission accountable for taking its own steps to cut energy use, but offers to aid and assist district constituents in helping to reach that goal, including those who wish to develop in the district.
One of the major facets of the plan would be cutting costs on zoning certificate application fees for homeowners, developers and businesses that seek to convert or build to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) specifications on a sliding scale on the use of green principals.
In September, the commission will also open its new Business Accelerator at an office building on Chubb Avenue in Lyndhurst that will offer sustainable or green start-up companies a chance to lease portions of the building’s 13,000 square feet at below market rates. The commission said much of the businesses’ initial workings would be retained in the district, such as research and development and if successful, the services would reach to municipalities at low cost rates.
It’s a big year for one of the most important figures in Rutherford history, and the borough is planning a two-day event for it, as well as a month of activities. This year, William Carlos Williams turns 125. Rutherford has planned its fourth annual symposium for Sept. 20 and 21, and organizations throughout the borough will be participating.
This year’s symposium will be the biggest yet, said Della Rowland, vice president of the Rutherford Friends of the Library and William Carlos Williams Poetry Symposium chair.
The first steps for the fall football season is being done during the summer with the traditional 7-on-7’s and one team that is looking for some new faces is North Arlington head coach Anthony Marck.
