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The Rahway NAACP hosted a Juneteenth celebration at the Merchants and Drovers Tavern on June 20, 2026, featuring $500 scholarships for high school graduates and remarks from Mayor Giacobbe, congressional candidate Rebecca Bennett, and Union County Commissioner James E. Baker Jr.
The Rahway High School Class of 2026 marked graduation night with an all-night lock-in at the Rahway Rec Center, reviving a tradition that had been dormant since 2017.
The Woodbridge Township Board of Education voted Thursday to submit plans for a new K-5 school in Hopelawn to the state for review. Mayor McCormac says the project will be funded by PILOT revenue, not property taxes, with a target opening of September 2028.
Burglars smashed through front doors at a string of Rahway businesses between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. No arrests have been made.
Hope Moran, an independent candidate for Rahway mayor, filed suit after a Democratic Party official challenged her nominating petition signatures and got her disqualified from the November ballot.
The KOP Your Story, Your Power Experience™ launches July 11 in partnership with the City of Rahway
Woodbridge, Rahway, and Edison have each approved agreements over the past month allowing fiber internet providers to install equipment in their public streets, opening the door to competition with the cable companies that have long dominated local broadband.
Key questions about the vehicle’s cost and condition went unanswered before the council voted. One member abstained. Another called the body dysfunctional.
Rahway hired USA Architects to design East Cherry Street Park, a downtown pocket park the city expects to build this fall using federal grant funding.
A vacant apartment building along Route 440 in Hopelawn is being converted into supportive housing for residents with disabilities and high medical needs. A closing is expected in July.