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Sunday, September 16, 2012
Attorney Sentenced, Fundraiser for Boy Top Local News
A look at the week's top stories in Madison.
Sales have been brisk for Jack's Homemade Dog Biscuits. Children at Grace Episcopal Church made hundreds of the dog biscuits and are selling them at $5 a bag to raise money to get a service dog for Jack Harter, a 6-year-old Madison boy who has a disease that leaves him with little mobility and no way to consistently communicate. Madison resident Paul DiGiacomo was sentenced Thursday to seven years in state prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme that involved obtaining a mortgage in a dead man's name, the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General announced. A draft of an ordinance spelling out the process for appointing the chief of the Madison Police Department was not ready to be introduced at Monday's Borough Council meeting, and…
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Sunday, September 9, 2012
Councilman Bows Out, Police Contract Affirmed Top Local News
A look at the week's top stories in Madison.
Madison Borough Councilman Don Links has stepped down from his re-election campaign for health reasons, and Carmen Pico, who waged a write-in campaign in the Republican primary, will join John Hoover on the ballot in November, the Madison Republican Committee said. The New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission has affirmed an arbitration award for a Madison police union contract that is retroactive to 2010 and the governing body plans to discuss its options next week whether it will try another appeal, officials said. Madison scholars returned to school Thursday. These photos captured some of the excitement of the first day. Two Madison merchants are finding that sharing a store space lowers their operating costs while providing …
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Sunday, September 2, 2012
Cops Find Pot, Dogs Flee Hurricane Top Local News
A look at the week's top stories in Madison.
Members of the Board of Education heard proposals from the police on methods to increase student pedestrian safety outside Madison schools, including making Glenwild Avenue one way during drop-off and pickup. Madison's Local Emergency Planning Committee is getting ready for hurricane season, and this year officials will be better prepared than ever after bracing for and cleaning up after Hurricane Irene a year ago, Office of Emergency Management coordinator Bob Landrigan said. More than a pound of marijuana, packaging materials, and $1,600 in cash was seized from a Madison man's residence, police said. With Hurricane Isaac approaching New Orleans, the Louisiana SPCA went into hurricane preparation mode. It so happened that a shipment of 35…
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Sunday, August 26, 2012
Resto's Closing, Pastor's Retirement Top Local News
A look at the week's top stories in Madison.
Resto, the restaurant on Main Street in Madison opened four years ago by chef Robert Ubhaus, is closing and will serve its last dinner on Sunday, Sept. 2, Ubhaus announced in a letter to customers. The Rev. Dr. Charles H. Smith served as pastor of a West Virginia church during the civil rights movement, No. 2 leader of the NAACP in the 1980s and then as an aide to Sen. John Glenn during Glenn's bid to win the Democratic presidential nomination before coming to the First Baptist Church of Madison. A regional maintenance crew has trimmed trees at a crosswalk in front of Madison Junior School where students have been hit by cars in previous years to increase the visibility of signs there, and the state Department of Transportation conducted a…
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Sunday, August 19, 2012
Acting Police Chief Named, Ex-Councilman Fined Top Local News
A look at the week's top stories in Madison.
The Madison Borough Council appointed Lt. Jerry Mantone acting chief of the Madison Police Department through Feb. 1, and a permanent chief will be decided through a formal process to be outlined in an ordinance, according to a resolution approved by the Borough Council. Former Councilman Sam Cerciello was charged with "illegally dumping" at the Madison Department of Public Works yard on John Avenue after three borough employees witnessed the incident, which one of the employees caught on camera, police records show. Madison's governing body is deferring a decision on hiring a new police officer because of concerns about being able to afford the position next year, the Borough Council president said. News 12 New Jersey's sixth annual “On …
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Sunday, August 12, 2012
Student's Tuition Plea, 'Punishment Detail' Settlement Top Local News
National Night Out and 'AC Bandit' strikes in Madison also among top Madison headlines.
A retired Madison police officer who claimed he suffered health problems due to a "punishment detail" assigned in 2010 by the now-retired police chief reached a $600,000 settlement with the borough, according to a copy of the agreement. In a YouTube video titled "You Kept My Dream Alive," 21-year-old Drew University senior Judea Hill tells viewers she is "humbled, overjoyed, touched and thankful" after the reaction to an appeal for tuition assistance she posted earlier in the week. An anonymous donor—a Drew alum—offered to help her with the remainder of a balance owed to Drew so she can return to the school for her senior year, Hill says. Madison's electric utility generates millions of dollars in surplus every year that is used in the …
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Sunday, August 5, 2012
Top Cop Retires, New Meters Plan Lead Local News
A look at the week's top stories in Madison.
Madison Police Chief John Trevena announced his retirement Wednesday, effective immediately, the mayor said. The Madison Whole Foods will have a counterpart in Parsippany in 2014 or 2015, the company said Tuesday. One of the tomato plants grown by Mike and Peter Coviello, the owners of Coviello Brothers on Main Street in Madison, has created a buzz in the horticultural community and will be tested at Rutgers University along with other varieties of heirloom tomatoes, according to the agricultural agent for Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Morris County. Madison is considering installing a new water and electric metering system that it estimates could lead to new revenue and savings totaling more than $600,000 a year by ensuring everyone is…
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Sunday, July 29, 2012
Madison Appeals Police Arbitration Award, Bunny Rescue Top Local News
A look at the week's top stories in Madison.
A Madison police officer assisted a resident who found a baby rabbit trapped in their pool skimmer Wednesday afternoon, police said. The bunny went right into Sgt. John Keymer's hand when he reached over to assist the animal, and then hopped away when the officer put it on the ground. Madison has appealed an arbitration award for a police union contract that is retroactive to 2010 because it says the raises awarded are not consistent with the pattern in other contracts. Madison's governing body hopes the New Jersey Department of Transportation will respond "exepeditiously" to a request from the Madison Police Department for authorization to have a portable "Stop For Pedestrians" sign on Main Street in front of Madison Junior School when …
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Sunday, July 22, 2012
Drew's Impact on Town, Coach's Funeral Top Local News
A look at the week's top stories in Madison.
A funeral Mass for longtime Madison High School teacher and coach Robert Chandler was celebrated Tuesday morning at St. Rose of Lima Church in Short Hills. The service was attended by family, friends, teachers, coaches and students he taught in his 30 years at the school. A recent report put together by Drew University puts numbers to just how big the university's impact on the local economy is, estimating it at $5 million a year. Among the figures in the study: if every student living on campus spends $15 a week with Madison merchants, that's $675,000 going to Madison businesses. Early disposition conferences that were scheduled for Tuesday for three borough men charged with aggravated assault in connection with an altercation that left …
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DidUReallyJustSayThat
1:07 pm on Sunday, July 29, 2012
Another week goes by and still no news on the settlement other than "soon." When does soon become NOW?? It's been a month since the council got the number and agreed on the settlement, why does the public have to wait to hear what it's going to really cost us? more ›