Tag Archives: Arts Guild

Hamilton redevelopment plan drafted

A draft redevelopment plan for the northern end of downtown focused on the Union County Performing Arts Center could come before the City Council as early as next month.

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Arts Guild finds new home in Burlington

Arts Guild New Jersey, which left a city-owned building in downtown Rahway at the end of August 2016, has apparently found a new home in Burlington Township.

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State of the City 2017

A new hotel for Carriage City Plaza, renaming a downtown space as Tesla Square, and a pop-up youth community center were among the highlights of the 2017 State of the City address on Thursday night.

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The top posts of 2016

Here are the top 10 most viewed posts from 2016, based on view of the individual blog pages (not including the number of views of the site’s home page):

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Arts Guild to leave downtown building

After almost 20 years at its current location at Irving Street and Seminary Avenue, Arts Guild New Jersey suddenly closed and must leave the city-owned building by the end of the month.

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Would you use Zipcar?

Would you use Zipcar if there was one at Rahway train station? For those unfamiliar with Zipcar, here’s a brief summary and history of the company. A reader email prompted this post and thought it’d make for a potential discussion to accompany a blog poll.

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Crime rate dips; burglary up, larceny down

Keeping with a pattern of falling crime rates throughout the county and state, Rahway’s crime rate dipped 9 percent last year, according to the state’s annual Uniform Crime Report (UCR), released last week.

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