The Rahway Public Library Board of Trustees approved additional summer hours for part-time staff on Tuesday after rejecting a proposal to pull the $6,675 cost from the library’s expanded programming budget.
Rahway police identified and arrested two juvenile suspects following a string of overnight break-ins that hit at least four businesses earlier this month. No names have been released.
Grove Avenue closes June 25 between Route 27 in Metuchen and Oak Tree Road in Edison for an NJDOT bridge replacement. The detour runs through Edison via Plainfield Road through at least Aug. 31.
A Superior Court judge ruled Monday that three disputed petition signatures were valid and ordered the Union County Clerk to certify Hope Moran’s nominating petition for the Rahway mayor’s race.
The district will have to start over on a contract for outside help in improving reading instruction. State data show that Woodbridge students are reading below the statewide average.
Lawyers for Hope Moran and challenger Robert Rachlin filed dueling briefs ahead of a Monday hearing that will decide whether the independent Rahway mayoral candidate gets on the November ballot.
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.
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.