Rahway is among a dozen towns in the state challenging the amount of the property tax-exemption of hospitals within their borders.
Continue reading Rahway among towns challenging its hospitals
Rahway is among a dozen towns in the state challenging the amount of the property tax-exemption of hospitals within their borders.
Continue reading Rahway among towns challenging its hospitals
A Linden-based technology company will move its corporate headquarters into the Rahway Office Center, which also houses the Rahway Public Library.
The Redevelopment Agency is giving a developer and downtown property owner 60 days to come to an agreement or a concept plan for the former Mangos Bar and Grill could be scrapped. Continue reading Agency pushes developer on Mangos proposal
Redevelopment officials hope to resolve a dispute over parking by the end of next month to get the next downtown project under way, which could impact another development on the drawing board.
Continue reading Parking dispute holds up next downtown project
A proposed affordable housing development geared toward artists could return to the Planning Board in the coming weeks.
Continue reading Artist housing could return to Planning Board
The Planning Board is scheduled to hear an application Tuesday night for a new rental apartment development along East Cherry Street. Here are 5 things to know about the proposal:
Continue reading 5 things to know about 38-52 E. Cherry St. plan
Taking inspiration from this map created by folks in Hoboken after Hurricane Sandy, I’ve come up with this version for Rahway to show what’s open and where power has been restored – or not. It appears that a few buildings downtown still are without power, as well as several neighborhoods around the city. The map was created through various reports from residents via Facebook, Twitter or direct emails.
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– email at RahwayRising@gmail.com
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Few places in Rahway were spared from Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene this past week. The heaving banks of the Rahway River and Milton Lake spilled out onto streets, leaving the Veterans Field underwater, felling trees along St. Georges Avenue and elsewhere.
Former Mayor James Kennedy, now executive director of the Arts District, thought the Hamilton Stage for the Performing Arts, now under construction, “fared well” (photo above). The 4 inches of water on the platform “more than likely would not have had the opportunity to enter the building if it were all closed in,” he said via email. “I’m not concerned about the water here. The houses to the left, facing the building, really need to be removed; but the building will be fine,” Kennedy said.
The plan is to eventually acquire the remaining homes and create parking for Hamilton Stage and the adjacent amphitheater (photo left). Due to the rising costs of the arts projects, however, interim parking will take the space of the amphitheater for the time being.
Having grown up on the corner of River Road and Church Street, Kennedy said he’d never seen a storm this bad but is confident that more mitigation will occur upstream in the future.
For more images of flooding throughout Rahway, see our Facebook page, where we’ve shared quite a few compilations from readers. Thanks to everyone who shared their great photos!