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About two dozen Rahway Department of Public Works employees attended Monday’s city council meeting to demand action on a contract that has gone unsigned for 14 months, with some workers earning as little as $18 an hour.
After five weeks of chaotic meetings, the Edison Board of Education heads into Tuesday’s meeting with a $3.7 million hole and no clear plan to fund pre-K.
Rahway’s 2026 budget is overdue, the water utility sale collapsed, and construction costs for the mayor’s downtown projects remain undisclosed.
New Jersey has designated Rahway Public Schools as a Demonstration Site for inclusive preschool education. The district doubled its inclusion rate, but Superintendent Shoieb says the Pre-K to kindergarten transition still needs improvement.
The Edison school board approved a $352M budget with a 6% tax hike, kept the Talmadge land deal alive, and reversed a pre-K cut in a chaotic meeting.
After a fire at Woodbridge Center Plaza displaced 50 residents in April, a unique township ordinance required their landlord to rehouse them at the same rent by end of day.
Edison’s 2026 municipal budget is two months overdue. Residents warned Wednesday that council members could face $100-per-day personal fines for missing the state deadline.
Recap of the Edison Township Municipal Council meeting from April 22, 2026. Coverage of sewer contracts, budget delays, and key votes.
Edison’s Municipal Council approved $1.4 million in sewer engineering contracts Wednesday but gave the department two weeks to justify seven years of spending.
Edison school taxes could jump over $2,000. Metuchen homeowners will pay $330 more. Rahway pays $171. Here’s why the bills are so different.