Brooks, Miles, and Mojica win Rahway Democratic council primary
Jeffrey Brooks, Joanna Miles, and Jeremy Mojica won the Rahway Democratic council primary Tuesday, defeating independent challenger Andrew Garcia Phillips.
Jeffrey Brooks, Joanna Miles, and Jeremy Mojica won the Rahway Democratic council primary Tuesday, defeating independent challenger Andrew Garcia Phillips.
Ryan Billups, 20, of Rahway faces multiple felony charges after police say he and an accomplice carjacked a driver and fired more than a dozen rounds at a crowd at Wilson Park in Linden on April 15.
Incumbent council members rallied with congressional candidate Rebecca Bennett while challenger Andrew Garcia Phillips held a competing event with Michael Roth.
Live primary election results for Rahway, Edison, and Woodbridge. Vote counts updated through election night, June 2, 2026.
The Rahway Redevelopment Agency is set to vote on a $2.57 million purchase of two Hamilton Street properties for a proposed outdoor amphitheater in the Arts District.
Edward Harper Jr. says he designed the South Bound Brook PD patch in 2004 and was never paid. His attorney is demanding $750,000. The borough has no procurement records.
Rahway council candidates split over water utility privatization and amphitheater costs at a packed NAACP forum, the only one before the June 2 Democratic primary.
Financial records show Rahway paid at least $200,000 exploring a water utility sale, funded through ratepayer accounts with little public disclosure. The mayor says it’s not over.
The Rahway High School PTO is reviving Project Graduation after an eight-year absence. Two first-year officers are racing to pull off an all-night lock-in celebration for seniors who lost their sixth-grade milestone to COVID.
The 23rd annual Hot Rods and Harleys festival in downtown Rahway has been called off for 2026 after organizers cited heavy rain forecasts and mass withdrawals from preregistered participants. The Rahway Elks Lodge Community Day will still take place Saturday.