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.
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.
Rahway celebrated the grand opening of Wheatena Dog Park, the city’s first dog park, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring Mayor Raymond Giacobbe Jr., Senate President Nick Scutari, and county officials.
A statewide SHBP rate hike is driving up budgets in Rahway, Edison, and Metuchen. See how three towns are responding to New Jersey’s health insurance crisis.
Rahway’s 2026 municipal budget rises nearly 9%, driven mostly by a 30% jump in employee health insurance costs. See the full spending and tax breakdown.
Records show MAD Global Strategy was in contact with Rahway’s mayor’s office seven weeks before the City Council approved the water utility study later cited to justify exploring a sale.
Some homes in Rahway and Linden remain without power four days after last week’s storm, even as the region’s record heat wave gives way to flooding rain.
Rahway City Council introduced its 2026 budget Monday, crediting late state aid for softening the tax hike, while a downtown demolition project surfaced two conflicting accounts of how a blighted property ended up in city hands.
Rahway City Council’s July 6 agenda includes nearly $49 million in water utility borrowing, a vote to raise the city’s own budget cap, downtown demolition near the train station, and a $6.65 million cell tower sale.