News & Opinion
In a town known for its transformation and ever-changing skyline of modern apartment buildings and good restaurants, Harrison, New Jersey, is also home to a troubling pattern of secrecy, manipulation, and lack of ethics. At the center of this controversy stands Mayor James Fife, who has been at...
The Harrison Redevelopment Agency's practices under Mayor James Fife, its longstanding chairman, continue to exhibit a troubling lack of transparency. On Monday, January 13, 2025, yet another instance emerged when the agency failed to post its meeting agenda in a timely manner on the Town of...
The imminent closure of the Jersey Journal, a longstanding print publication designated for municipal legal advertisements in the Town of Harrison, underscores a broader challenge facing municipalities across New Jersey. With its last print run scheduled for February 1, 2024, the Jersey Journal's...
The Passaic River Community Advisory Group (CAG) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, December 12, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. via Zoom, to discuss the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) controversial plan to remove and process toxic dioxin-laden sludge from the Passaic River. The meeting...
The Harrison Redevelopment Agency (HRA) is scheduled to hold a public meeting on Monday, November 25, 2024, at 1 p.m. on the third floor of Harrison Town Hall, located at 318 Harrison Avenue, Harrison NJ. The meeting will take place in the Mayor's Conference Room. Among the key items on the...
In a surprising twist in the 2024 presidential election, Republican candidate Donald Trump captured significant ground in Harrison, New Jersey—a town traditionally known for its strong Democratic leanings. Trump won three districts outright and took the Fourth Ward with 568 votes to Kamala...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has postponed its planned October 29, 2024, community meeting in Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood, where community members anticipated discussing the agency’s controversial plan for decontaminating the Lower Passaic River. EPA Project Manager...
The Harrison Mayor & Council will meet at the Harrison Town Hall on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, with a 6:15 p.m. start time. As residents' interest in local governance grows, many hope the meeting will be held in the more spacious Mayor & Council Chambers on the 2nd floor, rather than the...
On Friday, September 27, 2024, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., the Riverbend District in Harrison’s SOHA (Southern Harrison) area will come alive with the Block Party & Artisan Market, offering live jazz, local crafts, food trucks, and a lively community gathering.
The event will take place off...
The Town of Harrison has confirmed that the next Mayor & Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, with a scheduled start time of 6:15 p.m. The meeting will take place at Harrison Town Hall, located at 318 Harrison Avenue, either in the Third Floor Conference Room or the...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled two upcoming meetings, on short notice, to discuss sediment staging sites located in the Ironbound Section of Newark, Harrison, East Newark, and Kearny, NJ. These meetings are set to engage the public on the agency’s controversial...
The Harrison Redevelopment Agency (HRA) has canceled its meeting set for Monday, September 9, 2024, marking the sixth consecutive meeting cancellation by the Town of Harrison’s Mayor & Council and other town boards. This trend of canceled meetings has heightened concerns about...
