News & Opinion
The Town of Harrison has three meeting the week of August 15, 2022. The week starts off on Monday with the Harrison Redevelopment Meeting at 1 p.m. On Tuesday, the Mayor & Council have their meeting starting at 6:30 p.m. and on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, the Zoning Board of Adjustment has its mee...
Update: Wednesday 7/27/2022 at 12:30 p.m. Mayor & Council Agenda and Ordinance Dealing with Flood Zone in Harrison has been posted to Agenda page. The Agenda for the Harrison Planning Board meeting has not been posted at this time.
Updated: Wednesday 7/27/2022 at 11 a.m. No Agendas Yet. See bottom ...
On Wednesday, July 6, 2022, it is Ask The Mayor Night starting at 6:30 pm on Zoom. Anyone who has a question for the Mayor & Council can log into Zoom on their smartphone or computer and participate during the Public Hearing on Ordinances and/or the Public Session with comments and/or General Questi...
Harrison’s 2022 Mayoral Primary Election resulted in a lighter voter turnout than the 2018 Mayoral Primary Election. The difference between this year’s Mayoral Primary Election and the one from four years ago (2018) was Mayor James Fife had no opposition in this year’s primary. Four years ago then...
On Tuesday, May 17, 2022, it is Ask The Mayor Night starting at 6:30 pm on Zoom. Anyone who has a question about lack of Green Spaces, Hours of & Locked Playgrounds, Red Bulls game traffic and lack of access to apartment buildings, Town of Harrison Water Quality, PSE&G Gas Line Replacement Mayhem, L...
Yesterday May 11, 2022 marked three years since former Councilman Anselmo Millan and three volunteers, Anthony Rios, Monica Miguens and Nick Azevedo delivered a Petition containing over 2000 signature from Harrison NJ residents to Governor Phil Murphy at his office in Trenton.
The Petition stated: ...
In 1904, the then Governor of New Jersey, Governor Franklin Murphy signed into law legislation entitled “An Act to Provide for the Election of Mayors in Incorporated Towns and to Regulate Their Duties”. Under the new law, Joseph P. Riordan ran in Harrison’s Democratic Primary in 1904 and at the Nov...
Harrison Mayor James Fife used the Town of Harrison's Robocall Emergency System to announce the United Irish Association's West Hudson St. Patrick's Day Parade that is scheduled for this coming Sunday, March 13th, 2022. In case you want to watch the Parade, it starts from the intersection of Harris...
Kearny Mayor Alberto Santos recently weighed in on the Apportionment (Redistricting) Commission split of Harrison and East Newark from the 32nd District into the 29th District which includes the Ironbound Section of Newark and the Town of Belleville. Kearny was also split from the 32nd District and...
The Town of Harrison passed in August 2021 Ordinance 1445 allowing the legal sale of cannabis aka Marijuana in Harrison per the State of New Jersey’s Cannabis Legalization Law. At the February 2022 Mayor & Council meeting, two corporations, Green Origin Solutions LLC and Cookies Harrison LLC have a...
The Centro Romeu Cascaes Portuguese American Club President, Delfim Sarabando was sworn in to take over the seat of current Harrison Third Ward Councilmember Francisco Nascimento, a fellow Portuguese-American. Councilman Nascimento retired and stopped attending Mayor & Council meetings several mont...
Peter B. Higgins III, was born on August 3, 1947 to Peter B. Higgins Jr. and Eilish B. Toner. He attended Holy Cross Elementary School, Essex Catholic High School and Seton Hall University.
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He graduated from Seton Hall with a BS in Business. While attending The Hall he was a member of the US Arm...
