Tag: Edison Township Council
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Silver Lake Avenue residents petition against proposed warehouse, say area not fit to be a mini Raritan Center
EDISON – Mary Snyder stood with some of her neighbors at the corner of Glendale and Silver Lake avenues looking out at the vacant property proposed for a warehouse with offices. “I’ve been here 50 years,” she said on Nov. 8. Snyder’s residence on Silver Lake Avenue was the reason the Planning Board stopped the…
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Board of Education member on 2017 racist flier may have been involved in mailing, according to U.S. Postal Inspector’s report
EDISON – Was the racist flier that was distributed by mail during the 2017 Edison Township Public Schools Board of Education election “a political trick for politics”? That is what Township Councilman Robert Diehl believes, and he called the information in United States Postal Inspector David Comer’s report “a shame” during a Committee of the…
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Edison Council to discuss amending mayoral position from part-time to full-time
EDISON – The Township Council will discuss amending the position of mayor from a part-time position to a full-time position at its next meeting. The position of mayor was part-time for years until former Mayor Jun Choi took office in 2006. In 2008, the council voted in favor of increasing the mayor’s salary from $49,000…
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Edison Township Council retains attorney for Committee of the Whole to investigate township finances
EDISON – The Township Council has retained an attorney to provide professional legal services for the Committee of the Whole, which was created to keep an eye on finances and tax evaluations in the township. The council voted 4-3 to approve a resolution for Susan Schleck Kleiner of the law firm Vella Singer and Kleiner…
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Edison Township Council forms Committee of the Whole to investigate township finances
EDISON – The Township Council has created a Committee of the Whole to keep an eye on finances in the township. Councilman Richard Brescher called for the formation of the Committee of the Whole at a meeting on Sept. 9. He said at the beginning of the year he had requested to look into the…
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Edison celebrates 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage; former Mayor Antonia Ricigliano honored as town’s first female mayor
EDISON – It was a time for celebration inside the pavilion at Yelencsics Park as members of the community came together to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the women’s suffrage movement, as well as the many women who have made a difference in the township. “It took a century for women’s voices to be heard…
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Community garden proposed for empty space next to 9/11 memorial in Edison
EDISON – A proposal for a community garden is in the works and officials are calling it a win-win for the township. Edison resident Jothi Kesavan said the idea started brewing among a number of residents during the novel coronavirus pandemic. They formed the Edison Community Garden Initiative (ECGI). “Our goal is to build a…
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Edison grapples with the impact of pandemic as it introduces 2020 municipal budget
EDISON – Re-occurring annual revenues normally realized in the municipal budget are up in the air as township officials grapple with the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic. “[The revenues] may come back or they may not,” said Mayor Thomas Lankey. “COVID is clearly something very unique that none of us predicted. We don’t know…
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Edison council president says inclusion, education key to combat racism
EDISON – Education is key to combat racism, misogyny and hate. Edison Council President Joyce Ship-Freeman, who became the first African American woman to serve on the council in January, addressed the public at a council meeting on June 10. Along with the events in Minneapolis and the Black Lives Matter movement, she noted this…
