Tag: Metuchen Borough Council
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Metuchen to hire parking officers
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Two part-time parking enforcement officers will be hired in the next month or so to provide uniform coverage in the downtown area in the hope they will help with parking turnover for the businesses on Main Street. “That is the goal,” said Metuchen Mayor Peter Cammarano of the…
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Metuchen Development Commission paved way to future
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — The hard work by members of the borough’s Development Commission paved the way for the formation of the Metuchen Downtown Alliance last year. And members of the Borough Council acknowledged this as they agreed to abolish the Development Commission ordinance at a council meeting on March 6. “The…
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Metuchen park poses parking issues
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Borough officials are continuing to work on traffic and parking issues in and around Myrtle Park as the spring recreation season quickly approaches. Mayor Peter Cammarano said since borough officials received resident complaints in November, they have been working with the police department to take a look at…
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Metuchen officials discuss immigration policies
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — The Metuchen Police Department will not be used as a tool of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said Mayor Peter Cammarano in response to resident concerns over President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders to ban residents of seven Muslim-majority countries. Resident Barbara Schmidt addressed her…
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Metuchen library director to hold meet and greet
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — The new Metuchen Public Library director has hit the ground running with the goal of keeping the library a vital component in the community. Mayor Peter Cammarano and the Township Council invited John Arthur to the Township Council at a meeting on Feb. 6 to officially welcome him…
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Metuchen hearing planned on historic district
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — A public hearing has been scheduled on the proposed first historic district in the borough that was incorporated in 1900. Councilman Jay Muldoon said the meeting is open to the public and not just the property owners in the Middlesex Avenue-Woodwild Park Historic District. “Every property owner [in…
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Metuchen welcomes new police officer
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — As an intern with the Metuchen Police Department, Casey Everett Klein set his eyes on become a police officer one day. On Jan. 17 at a Borough Council meeting that dream came true. Klein, 26, with his parents by his side, was sworn into the role. “He did…
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Metuchen mayor forecasts busy year
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — Borough officials have a full agenda as they enter 2017. The focus will be on modernizing the Parking Authority, helping volunteer emergency services, finding a new location for the Metuchen Firehouse, bike and pedestrian safety, park improvements, curbing development that would change the character of neighborhoods and the…
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Metuchen looking to make streets safer for bicyclists, pedestrians
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — In an effort to make borough streets safer for pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists, borough officials are working with RBA Group, a Parsippany-based engineering firm chosen by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT), to provide assistance to the borough. Mayor Peter Cammarano said the borough has made an…
