Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Local Government
Chatham Township's Environmental Commission pushed back on a proposal to study synthetic turf at Esternay Field at the Aug. 11 committee meeting, while the committee separately agreed to introduce a September ordinance banning puppy sales in pet stores.
Local Government
Berkeley Heights Councilman Alvaro Medeiros directed the township attorney to begin work on a rent stabilization ordinance while his mother faced a 10% increase at Woodcrest apartments, drawing a formal demand for billing records and a broader recusal standard from council candidate Edmund Maciejewski.
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A judge's certification of Chatham Borough's affordable housing plan removes the legal barrier officials cited against holding a public forum on the proposed 58 North Passaic Avenue development, and a resident advocacy group is now formally demanding the council schedule one.
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Berkeley Heights Township Council is set to vote Tuesday, Aug. 11, on Ordinance 2026-19, which would add six police positions including a deputy chief, despite the agenda packet still lacking the fiscal impact statement residents and former officials demanded at the July 21 first-reading vote.
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Assemblyman Andrew Macurdy's office will hold walk-in mobile office hours at the New Providence Municipal Center on Tuesday, Aug. 11, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., offering residents help with state services and a chance to raise concerns.
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The Library of the Chathams' $12 million renovation still faces a $6.5 million funding gap after Chatham Township pledged $1.25 million, with the Borough Council's Aug. 10 meeting the next opportunity for residents to push for commitments.
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The Berkeley Heights School District said it would respond by Aug. 12 to a public records request seeking Policy Committee minutes and Google Drive activity history from May, documents that could shed light on board transparency in the wake of six members' censure by the state.
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Six Summit intersections face lane closures and possible delays the week of August 3–7 as NJ American Water, PSE&G, and contractor AJM conduct utility work across the city.
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The Summit Democrats announced Liz Skoler and Emily Seelaus as their Common Council candidates for Ward 1 and Ward 2, respectively, in the 2026 primary and general elections.
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Madison's Borough Council voted July 27 on a consent order with the Fair Share Housing Center formalizing the borough's affordable housing obligations, along with a Florham Park emergency water interconnection, an electric shuttle bus purchase, and a $90,000 paving contract.
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Union County's 2025 annual audit came back with zero recommendations from auditor Steven D. Wielkotz, even as revenue and expenditures each fell about 9 percent year over year, driven largely by a $67 million drop in federal and state grant receipts.
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Summit's Common Council voted unanimously on Tuesday, July 28, to ban AI data centers in all city zones, making it the second nearby municipality to block the facilities preemptively and setting stricter limits than Berkeley Heights' ban passed one week earlier.
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Summit's Common Council considered Resolution 12392 on Tuesday, July 28, to adopt the 2026 Union County Multi-Jurisdictional Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan, which keeps the city eligible for FEMA disaster grants amid repeated flood watches in the area.
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Emails obtained through OPRA show Berkeley Heights Township Administrator Liza Viana expected Terrace II PILOT discussions to begin "soon," contradicting council members' public denials that any PILOT was under consideration.
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Berkeley Heights residents confronted the Township Council on Tuesday, July 21, over more than seven months of unfilled Recreation Commission seats and two unannounced government inspections at the township's playground camp, which serves 300 to 350 children daily.
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