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Sayreville reverses course, OKs tax abatement plan for massive warehouse
SAYREVILLE – The borough could realize nearly $100 million over 30 years under the terms of a Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) agreement with the developer of a $220 million warehouse project on Callahan Boulevard in the Hercules Redevelopment Area. In an often-tumultuous meeting, the Borough Council voted...
After Columbia arrests, Rutgers pro-Palestinian encampment remained intact and peaceful
Hours after Columbia University sent NYPD officers onto its Ivy League campus overnight to arrest more than 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators, Wednesday was quiet at a tent encampment of pro-Palestinian students on the Rutgers University campus in New Brunswick. Rutgers students in scarlet and black commencement gowns posed for pictures across the street from a...
Cocaine, scales, $7K found in drug raid on Staten Island, authorities allege
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Police seized a large amount of cocaine and thousands of dollars in a raid at the home of a 58-year-old man in West Brighton, authorities allege. After suspected drug activity involving the defendant, Terrence “Michael” Lewis, the District Attorney’s Office requested a search warrant for his home on the 700 block of Henderson Avenue, according to a law-enforcement source.
Inside the ‘astonishing’ salaries at N.J. school empire. Taxpayers foot the huge bill.
Last April, College Achieve Public Schools, known as CAPS, marked its 10-year anniversary with a ritzy celebration at The Chateau Grande in East Brunswick. The gathering at the ornate French-American style banquet center, set among 15 pastoral acres, was to toast a burgeoning charter school network that over a decade had swelled to nine schools and nearly 3,200 students across Plainfield, Paterson, Asbury Park and Neptune.
Edison apartment complex wants to add day care center on site
EDISON – An apartment complex off Plainfield Avenue is looking to build a day care center on the property. Applicant Blueberry Village Inc. has applied to the township Planning Board to construct a day care center on the property at the intersection of Plainfield Avenue and Metroplex Drive. The application is scheduled to be heard at the board's May 13 meeting, according to public documents.
As Woodbridge mall struggles, store official tells workers their jobs are safe
The head of a major U.S. retailer visited Woodbridge Center mall last week to reassure employees their jobs aren’t going anywhere. Boscov’s chairman and chief executive officer, Jim Boscov, spent Friday with employees at the retail chain’s Woodbridge Center location, which opened in 2013. His visit comes amid news of the struggling mall’s sale to an unnamed buyer for $70.4 million, in a huge loss to investors.
Child Abuser Sought In Somerset County: Prosecutor
Joseph Zuziela, Jr. is 5'9", 175 lbs, with black hair and hazel eyes, authorities said. He has tattoos on his left and right arm, authorities said. His last known addresses were in Branchburg and Brooklyn, authorities said. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Fugitive...
Plainfield Nonprofit WallynZavy's Hosts Walk and Car Show to Bring Attention to Autism Acceptance
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Taleana Hurst, President, Founder, and CEO of WallynZavy's Autistic Kids Can Do! Inc. is passionate about helping children and families dealing with autism succeed. As a mother of two sons with special needs, she knows first-hand the struggles of getting assistance for these children. "My boys, who were and still are my inspiration," Hurst said. "I had a lot of trouble early on working in corporate America and making sure I had availability for the services they needed after the age of 3. My early work with Children's Specialized Hospital made me realize I needed to do more and get involved because what I was going through had to have...
Images of Rahway's Brennan Field [PHOTOS]
RAHWAY, NJ — In TAPinto Rahway's recent coverage of the poetry reading organized by Rahway's Own Adele Kenny, we noted that the featured poet of the evening, Edwin Romond, had a Rahway connection. His mother, Margaret Brennan Romond, grew up in Rahway. (We added, in that previous article, that Romond's poem, "My Mother at 20," in his collection, Alone with Love Songs, includes several references to Rahway.) When speaking with him, Romond added that Brennan Field in Rahway was even named for his grandfather, his mother's father. Inspired by this, and promising to take a few pictures of the field...
Krispy Pizza Employee Andy Edmon Huska Loncarevic Dies
That's what many customers of Krispy Pizza in Old Bridge are saying following the 42-year-old Sayreville father's death on Thursday, April 25. A cause of death was not made public. An immigrant from Montenegro, Andy was remembered on a GoFundMe campaign as a dedicated and hardworking family man. Nearly $54,000...
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