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The Harrison Mayor & Council Meeting will be held for the first time in the history of Harrison on Black Friday, November 25, 2022, starting at 1 p.m. via Zoom.
There is only one item on the Agenda, an Ordinance that will repeal the current Ordinance governing the Harrison Town Clerk and replace th...
The Town of Harrison had four town meetings scheduled this week but the only meeting not cancelled is the Zoning Board of Adjustment Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, November 16, 2022 which starts at 6:15 p.m. via Zoom. You can attended the meeting through this link. You can also use your phone to ...
The last meeting of the Mayor & Council of Harrison was on October 4, 2022. The business portion of the meeting was 14 minutes and the public comment period was 27 minutes. Topics covered during the public session were the following:
- Closure of the Jackson Street Bridge for 11 hours before New Y ...
Mayor James Fife, who was supposed to be an interim mayor, appears to have won his third four-year term as Mayor of Harrison. It appears Challenger Former Councilman Anselmo Millan fell short but there are additional ballots to be counted before Hudson County election officials can provide an offi...
Today, November 8th 2022 is General Election Day in Harrison and throughout the Country. In Harrison's Local Election, the only contested election is who will be the next Mayor of Harrison. If you are registered to vote, you can Vote from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at night. By law, if you are inside the v...
Street cleaning in Harrison NJ is a ritual that keeps the Town of Harrison clean. The Harrison Department of Public Works (DPW) sweeps the streets of Harrison once a week. Their motto imprinted on their street sweeper is "Keeping our community clean". The DPW plays an important role in keeping Har...
On Tuesday, October 25, 2022, an Oral Argument was heard by Honorable Judge Jeffrey Jablonski in the matter of Anselmo Millan v. Paul J. Zarbetski. The case centers around the action that Paul Zarbetski took in the Primary Election in 2018 when then-Councilman Anselmo Millan ran against incumbent M...
So the last Town Meeting of October has been canceled. The Wednesday Harrison Planning Board Meeting has been canceled. Mayor James Fife previously canceled the Mayor & Council meeting of October 18, 2022. The next meeting of the Mayor & Council is Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. via Z...
The Harrison Mayor & Council meeting from Tuesday, October 18, 2022, was canceled along with the Monday, October 24, 2022 meeting of the Harrison Redevelopment Agency (HRA). Mayor James Fife chairs both of these meetings as the Mayor of Harrison and as Chairman of the HRA.
A controversial statemen...
The Town of Harrison has three upcoming meetings. This week on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 the Harrison Redevelopment Agency will meeting at 1 p.m. Next Tuesday, October 18, 2022, the Mayor & Council have their meeting starting at 6:30 p.m. and on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, the Zoning Board of A...
This week former Councilman Anselmo Millan drafted a Petition to stop the EPA from Dumping Passaic River sludge in Harrison. The Petition is both online and has a physical version which is being circulated throughout the Town of Harrison.
Anselmo Millan is a candidate for Mayor of Harrison in the...
In the November 8th General Election, the residents of the Town of Harrison will have a choice of who they want to be the next Mayor of Harrison. Incumbent Mayor James Fife has an opponent, former Councilman Anselmo Millan. Millan is holding a Meet & Greet Tailgate Barbecue at the Spanish Pavilion...