A confrontation over antisemitic social media posts at Rahway’s World Cup watch party resurfaced at a City Council meeting, with the mayor, council president, and a council candidate offering competing accounts.
Rahway City Council held its budget hearing but delayed the final vote, pending state approval of a separate employee payout financing plan, as residents renewed transparency complaints.
Edison’s council passed its 2026 budget 6-1, but the meeting turned personal when a former council president accused two members of lying about July.
A contractor’s withdrawal leaves Rahway’s years-long Hamilton Stage flood hardening project unfinished, raising questions about flood risk at the city’s planned amphitheater site next door.
Woodbridge advanced its plan to dissolve Keasbey Fire District Number Four, again, after a faulty public notice forced a restart.
Woodbridge is redoing two months of work on the plan to dissolve Keasbey Fire District Number Four after a meeting notice error. A new vote looms on August 12.
So many Edison residents showed up over the furlough crisis that the township set up overflow seating. Here’s what firefighters, parents, and neighbors said.
Edison’s council unanimously restored funding Thursday, ending police and civilian furloughs. A councilman revealed why he walked out Monday.
Mayor Sam Joshi is using his own authority under state law to force a Thursday vote on emergency spending, buying time to avoid furloughing employees. But the underlying fight over the budget remains unresolved.
Edison’s council fell one vote short of passing its budget Monday. The township says furloughs are next unless a new vote happens by July 31.