Tag: Metuchen Borough Council
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Metuchen reinvigorates Human Relations Commission
METUCHEN — Borough officials are hoping to add another epithet to the town’s name. Already known as the “Brainy Boro” and “Doughnut Hole,” borough officials hope to also be known as a diverse, inclusive community. The Borough Council approved, on first reading, amending a Human Relations Commission ordinance, bringing it up to date at a…
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Newcomer Pagel joins Metuchen council
METUCHEN — A newcomer has filled Councilman Jay Muldoon’s seat after he resigned in August to serve as interim Borough Administrator. On Sept. 11, the Metuchen Democratic Committee selected Todd Pagel to fill Muldoon’s seat. Pagel was sworn in at a council meeting on Sept. 18. “Todd is someone who served the borough well with…
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Buck Stops with Mayor on Paving of Borough streets: Resident
I read with alarm the “Sentinel” account of Mayor Peter Cammarano’s remarks regarding the disjointed paving of Amboy Avenue and its side streets. The County only went curb-to-curb and left pitch/continuity irregularities with Borough side streets. This paving project did not just happen overnight and there was likely plenty of advance notice to the Borough as to what…
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Metuchen residents seek repaving
METUCHEN — Amboy Avenue may have been paved recently, but residents who live on intersecting streets of the county road petitioned Borough officials to do something about their streets, which have been plagued with cracks and potholes for what they said has been a very long time. The Amboy Avenue resurfacing project along Amboy Avenue…
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Metuchen tightens property maintenance code
METUCHEN — Borough officials are working to strengthen the town’s property maintenance code to deter what officials call a “disconcerting” problem that has arisen over the past few years. “We have had a few repeats of a rather unusual situation in Metuchen — residential properties that have declined and have been poorly maintained,” Borough Council…
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Metuchen names interim business administrator
METUCHEN — Jay Muldoon, who resigned from his role on the Borough Council on Aug. 18, will serve as interim business administrator effective Sept. 1. With the sudden resignation of Business Administrator Jennifer Maier on Aug. 9, Mayor Peter Cammarano said it became apparent that the borough needed someone to step into the role as…
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Metuchen Pool celebrates 50 years
METUCHEN — Mayor Peter Cammarano was just three years old in 1967 when the Metuchen Municipal Pool opened. “I may have been in the kiddie pool, but I was there,” Cammarano said, adding that while he did not have any recollection of being there, he said his sister was the one who informed him their…
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Metuchen Library to reopen on Sundays
METUCHEN — Starting Sept. 10, Sunday hours are back at the Metuchen Public Library. “This was due to the hard work by the Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Library and our new Director John Arthur,” said Councilwoman Allison Inserro. Arthur said due to the library budget continuing to bounce back after…
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Metuchen wrestles with home building
METUCHEN — The borough is not alone in facing the issues relating to the construction of new single family homes. Borough Planner James Constantine of Looney Ricks Kiss Architects, Princeton, said it is an issue that spans the nation from New Jersey to California. “There’s a problem that many established communities, single family neighborhoods, primarily…
