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Special Meeting Harrison NJ Mayor & Council Mon. Aug. 7th 2023 animal control bergen county animal control harrison nj harrison town hall liquor license mayor & council ordinance public sessions public session red bull traffic shared services Aug 05, 2023

On Monday evening August 7th, the Mayor and Council of Harrison, NJ will be conducting a Special Meeting. This in-person meeting is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be held in the Harrison Town Hall, situated at 318 Harrison Avenue, Harrison NJ. All interested parties are welcome to...

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No Agenda:Does That Mean Apr.18, 2023 Mayor&Council Meeting Cancelled? agenda harrison nj harrison town hall mayor & council mayor james fife sunshine law Apr 18, 2023

Update: It has been confirmed that the Mayor & Council meeting for Tuesday, April 18, 2022 has been CANCELLED. The Town of Harrison website was updated in the afternoon to indicate the meeting was Cancelled.

As of Monday evening, the Agenda for Harrison’s Mayor & Council meeting on...

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Judge Restricts Town Clerk To His Office On Election Day board of elections election harrison harrison nj harrison town hall james fife judge jeffrey jablonski mayor james fife paul zarbetski Oct 31, 2022

On Friday, October 28, 2022, the Assignment Judge of Hudson County Superior Court Jeffrey R. Jablonski ordered that the Harrison Town Clerk Paul Zarbetski be restricted from entering the second floor of the Harrison Town Hall from 5 a.m. until 8 p.m. on General Election Day, next Tuesday,...

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Mayor & Council Meeting Tues. Sept. 20, 2022 harrison nj harrison town hall james fife mayor & council mayor james fife town of harrison Sep 20, 2022

The Harrison Mayor & Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 starting at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom.

The Agenda for the meeting is as follows:

  • A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE AWARD OF A NON-FAIR AND OPEN CONTRACT TO TOM CALU CONSULTING, LLC
  • A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE TREATMENT WORKS...
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Diversity On Display: St. Patrick, Peruvian Parade & Harrison Fest anselmo millan councilman anselmo millan fmr. councilman anselmo millan harrison fest harrison town hall kearny nj kearny town hall observer newspaper peruvian civic association peruvian festival peruvian independence day st. patrick st. patrick day parade the observer newspaper united irish united irish association Jul 22, 2022

The Covid 19 pandemic shut down a lot of public gatherings in 2020 including the 2020 United Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade. Earlier this year (2022) the United Irish Association decided to hold their St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2022 in West Hudson after a two year hiatus.  The parade and...

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The Mayors of Harrison NJ frank rodgers harrison town hall mayor & council mayor frank e. rodgers mayor james fife mayor raymond mcdonough mayors of harrison Apr 01, 2022

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...

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