Category Archives: Rahway

St. Mark’s Church building demolished

Demolition of the vacant St. Mark’s Church on Hamilton Street restarted recently, with much of the church building razed this week. The adjacent rectory building still remained as of Tuesday.

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Overall crime rate continues to fall

Reported incidents of crime continue to fall in Rahway and surrounding areas, down almost 19 percent in the city last year and 10 percent countywide.

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State of the City 2019

Mayor Raymond Giacobbe, Jr. delivered his first State of the City since winning a full, four-year term in November, announcing a new city administrator, a possible bike share with neighboring towns, and welcoming almost 400 new downtown residential units by the end of the year.

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East Emerson Avenue lot gets zoning approval

An East Emerson Avenue property where a three-family home was razed last year, got approval to be subdivided into two lots for a single-family and two-family home.

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Designated bikeways approved

With no comment from the public and a lone comment from one of its members, City Council unanimously approved a pair of ordinances that will designate more than 3.5 miles of bikeways within Rahway.

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Parking Authority moves forward on Mangos

The Parking Authority in December approved contracts for further environmental work and scope of services for demolition of the former Mangos property on Fulton Street, which some might remember as the former Fulton Hotel restaurant.

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City studies parking needs

In one of its final acts before being dissolved, the Parking Authority authorized a parking assessment to address short- and long-term parking needs, including potentially identifying a location for a second downtown parking deck.

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City Council moves to create bike lanes

Rahway will create more than three miles of designated bikeways under a pair of ordinances introduced by City Council. Continue reading City Council moves to create bike lanes