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Rutherford Borough Council should put brakes on spending
(Dec. 16, 2010) — TO THE EDITOR: Don’t build your curriculum at the expenses of the taxpayers. Rutherford has 13.2 percent of families with children below age 18 living in poverty. Almost 10 percent of our residents age 65 and older live on $10,000-$15,000 annual income. Many have lost their jobs. You want to build [...]
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NA tax levy to go up nearly 11 percent
By Jennifer Vazquez / Reporter NORTH ARLINGTON (Oct. 21, 2010) — The Borough of North Arlington finally presented its preliminary municipal budget for 2010 on Thursday, Oct. 14, after delaying previously scheduled meetings and waiting for word on transitional aid from the state. Borough auditor Paul Lerch was on hand to introduce and break down [...]
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Christie did pledge to restore EMT funds
By Chris Neidenberg / Reporter (Oct. 7, 2010) — Comments Gov. Chris Christie made during a radio call-in show following his election last year suggested he would reverse Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s decision to deplete the EMT Training Fund by $4 million. Despite those comments, made on Trenton radio station New Jersey 101.5 to a [...]
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New law affirms school choice
By Susan C. Moeller / Senior Reporter TRENTON (Oct. 7, 2010) — Public school students could have a wider choice when it comes to where they attend school next year, if more districts sign on to the state’s expanded Inter-District Public School Choice Program. After a five-year pilot that included the Academies at Englewood in [...]
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Rutherford budget finally finished
By Susan C. Moeller / Senior Reporter RUTHERFORD (Oct. 7, 2010) — Rutherford’s taxpayers will pay 8.24 percent more for municipal services in 2010 than they did in 2009. The borough council unanimously approved its final budget for 2010 at a meeting Monday, Sept. 27. All told, Rutherford plans to spend $26.8 million this year. [...]
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Dear North Arlington residents
(Oct. 7, 2010) — TO THE EDITOR: WSI is not affiliated with any political party and would like to set the record straight by clarifying what our interests are in North Arlington. WSI Management is an American company, offering American technology for an American community. WSI’s financial investment of $200 million to purchase, construct and [...]
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Rose Inguanti explains the Rutherford budget
(Oct. 7, 2010) — TO THE EDITOR: Anyone reading these pages can’t help but notice that the silly season has begun. However, as the election heats up and intelligent debate disappears, I feel obligated to state a few facts regarding the Rutherford budget and the budget process. There are those that think we need an [...]
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Towns take their time with budgets
By Susan C. Moeller / Senior Reporter LYNDHURST (Sept. 30, 2010) — A state-mandated budget deadline for municipalities — Friday, Sept. 24 —- has come and gone, and local municipalities failed to finalize their spending plans before time ran out. Lyndhurst, Rutherford and North Arlington were among a handful of the state’s 566 municipalities to [...]
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State OKs larger tax hike in East Rutherford
By Chris Neidenberg / Reporter EAST RUTHERFORD (Sept. 30, 2010) — Amidst dissension in its ranks, the East Rutherford Borough Council has finalized a state-approved plan to exceed a normal 4-percent limit, or “cap,” on increasing property taxes by nearly $1 million. It did so in adopting a $20.2 million 2010 municipal budget Tuesday, Sept. [...]
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East Rutherford one step closer to a new supermarket
By Chris Neidenberg / Reporter EAST RUTHERFORD (Sept. 30, 2010) — To try encouraging economic development, the East Rutherford Borough Council has amended a zoning ordinance to help a new supermarket move to the Liberty Commons mall. At its Tuesday, Sept. 21 meeting, the council voted 4-2 to change the measure regulating businesses in the [...]
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