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Harrison High School Parents Teachers Students Organization (PTSO) is holding a 5K Run/Walk Scholarship fundraiser on Sunday, May 22, 2022, starting at 9 a.m. in front of the Red Bulls Stadium in Harrison.
The 5K will go from the Peter Higgins Blvd in front of Red Bulls Stadium on Riverbend...
Throw Back Thursday. Set off in a relatively quiet corner of the Town of Harrison is a company that started making the finest quality hand tools for upholsterers, auto trimmers, and relate trades one hundred and ninety-six years ago. Yes, we had to write out 196 years.
Established in 1826,...
Before the 1800s water in Harrison was provided by private wells on your property or by carrying water from the Passaic River.
In 1884, the Jersey City Water Company set up a reservoir in North Arlington where the present Riverview Gardens are located, and piped water from the Passaic...
Harrison, New Jersey is over 1500 miles from the headquarters of the South Dakota Highway Patrol. The distance did not keep the South Dakota Highway Patrol officers from making the trip to honor a resident for his heroic deeds.
Last September (2021), three members of the South Dakota...
The Harrison Redevelopment Agency does not want to discuss four of five promises made by the Agency at its inception in 1999. Personnel of the Harrison Redevelopment Agency no longer talk about four of the five promises made to residents and developers. The four promises no longer discussed...
Our Shop Local: Restaurant Page has been updated with an additional fourteen restaurants. Thank you to those who submitted their favorite restaurant via our Submit Restaurant page.
There are a total of Thirty-one restaurants on the page but we know there are more restaurants in Harrison...
The Burger King located in Harrison NJ is among five Burger Kings restaurants in New Jersey that will offer customers the option to purchase menu items such as sandwiches, soft drinks and coffee served in durable, reusable packaging. Customers can order their favorite Burger King items in...
PSE&G announced today in celebration of Earth Day that it purchased a state-of-the-art street sweeper to clean the streets of Harrison NJ.
PSE&G is replacing gas piping throughout the Town of Harrison as previously reported. As part of the process, PSE&G has to cut into...
Throw Back Thursday. It was not the first time that United States Senator Robert "Bob" Menendez attended and marched in the Harrison Fest Grand Parade but you could see from his reaction to being thanked for coming to open up Harrison Fest 2016 with a step off at noon from Harrison Avenue and...
In Library Park in Harrison, there is a bronze plaque on a granite stone that reads “Salute to ‘Hollywood’. In Memory Of Kevin F. Gilmore and the Marshall University Football Team. November 14, 1970. Gone But Never Forgotten.” The plaque looks brand...
In the “good old days”, the Town of Harrison was known for its very well-staffed Police Department. Harrison’s reputation was that the Town was very safe. While other neighboring towns had high crime statistics, Harrison’s crime statistics were low.
The...
Kevin Canessa of The Observer newspaper in an Editorial entitled “EDITORIAL — Predictions for 2022 — who will be the biggest winners and losers?” stated among other predictions that “Jim Fife deliberates and decides not to seek another term as Harrison’s...
