The annual State of the City address, typically delivered during the City Council’s annual reorganization at its first meeting of the year in January, will instead this year be delivered by Interim Mayor Samson Steinman on Feb. 5 at Hamilton Stage for Performing Arts.
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Two redevelopment commissioners reappointed
The City Council unanimously reappointed two commissioners to the Redevelopment Agency, four members to the Zoning Board of Adjustment and one member to the Alcohol Beverage Control Board. The governing body approved Resolution AR-22-14 at its Jan. 13 regular meeting.
Timothy Nash of Central Avenue and Paul Sefranka of Milton Boulevard will serve on the Redevelopment Agency through 2018. The City Council in December appointed two new commissioners to fill vacancies on the seven-member board.
Reappointed to new four-year terms on the Zoning Board (through 2017) were James Pellettiere of East Grand Avenue and Egon Behrmann of Brookside Road and alternates Paula Braxton of Thorn Street and Richard Willis of Bryant Street to two-year terms (through 2015).
Former Redevelopment Agency commissioner Matthew Dobrolowski of West Hazelwood Avenue was reappointed to a full three-year term (2016) on the ABC Board.
Commissioners debate Lafayette Village facade
Presented with an update on Meridia Lafayette Village, Redevelopment Agency commissioners discussed pros and cons of the new design during their meeting this month, ultimately asking that the developer tone down the stark white on parts of the facade.
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Flynn’s Irish Pub closes
It looks like you’ll have to find another stop on your St. Patrick’s Day parade route. Flynn’s Irish Pub & Steakhouse closed this past weekend after almost 15 years at its Main Street location.
Drop in Rahway crime rate followed regional trend
Rahway’s 14-percent drop in crime last year followed a wider trend throughout the area of declining crime rates, including a 13-percent dip in Union County overall and a 4-percent drop statewide.
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Reported crime down 14 percent in 2013
Overall incidents of crime in Rahway dropped by 14 percent from 2012 to 2013, including an 11-percent decline in nonviolent crime and 38 percent in violent crime, according to the latest Uniform Crime Report (UCR) released last week by the State Police.
A new year, a new look
After more than six years, it was time for a facelift for Rahway Rising. I hope you like the new design, with a shift from a Blogger platform to WordPress. There’s still some tweaking and upgrading to be done as we get more acquainted with the new platform so you may see some more subtle changes over the coming weeks. Bear with me if there are any hiccups, particularly if you subscribe by email or follow on Facebook.
The changes will be strictly in design. Content still will focus on providing information related to redevelopment in Rahway. The site’s most basic mission — to inform citizens — has not and will not change.
Thanks especially to Clea Carchia of Rahway-based Chameleon Design House, who designed, among other things, the snappy new logo you’ve seen as well as that sharp-looking header at the top of our home page.
The top 10 Rahway Rising posts of 2013
There are two things that people will remember about 2013 (at least according to traffic on this site): the hotel closing and the mayor resigning. If you look at the Google Analytics for 2013, the graph has a steady pace until September when it shoots up like a rocket and then comes back to Earth. Of course, there were other things that occurred in 2013, like construction under way on the 116-unit Metro Rahway and pending completion of another project, the 108-unit Meridia Water’s Edge.