Secaucus residents will go to the polls for the school board/budget election in April while the schools are out on spring break. The deadline for candidates to file for the April 21 board election is this Monday (March 2) at 4 p.m. [We'll post a list of candidates and a poll on Tuesday.] Final budget [...]

Tension was in the air Tuesday night as the Secaucus mayor and council deadlocked on two votes to fill a vacant council seat and the two-year legal case over Mike Gonnelli’s dual role in town was again a political football. The mayor and council  were unable to break two tie votes at the Feb. 24 [...]

Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell gave a “state of the town” talk at the annual meeting of Harmon Cove’s board on Monday night, covering a wide range of bread-and-butter issues from parking at the train station to paving roads and taking questions from residents of the development. As the town heads into a budget year, Elwell [...]

Is the Bon Jovi building in downtown Secaucus okay?.. Hartz converts Meadowlands Expo Center with huge solar installation… Local printer gets ink in Wall St. Journal… Sharpton targets WWOR owners… Solar Flair: Hartz Mountain Industries held a publicity event with its PR firm Axiom Communications this morning to unveil a 65K-square-foot solar array on the [...]

Secaucus Recreation Center 1200 Koelle Boulevard Secaucus, NJ 201-330-3299 Hours: Mon. to Fri., 5:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Sat., 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sun., 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed: New Year’s Day, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day Monday, 4th of July, Labor Day Monday, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day Early closings: Christmas Eve, New Year’s [...]

The new multimillion-dollar Secaucus Recreation Center is slated for its grand opening on Sunday. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. and the event will run all day from 1 p.m. The center includes an Olympic-size pool, weight training and fitness machines, and other features like basketball courts. Membership runs about $300/year ($30/month [...]

There’s not much optimism for Xanadu out there, at least among a group of execs that appeared on Pat O’Melia‘s (pictured) local-access show tonight. We heard just last week that the massive mall-entertainment center could be delayed, yet again. A top executive of Secaucus’ top landowner, Hartz Mountain Industries, gave an update on the company’s [...]

Secaucus Enigma: Sure we’re a quiet town with good schools and some new development, but two issues working against Secaucus are the lack of a supermarket and the P.R.  problem of town politics. That’s according to Simone Shaw-Disla, a realtor in town who blogs at ActiveRain.com. She pleads: “ Secaucus is still ranked #11 in NJ [...]

As Secaucus moves toward televising its town council meetings, Oradell is looking to pull the plug on some of its public confabs. The borough’s council is considering switching off the cameras during Board of Adjustment meetings because some are concerned that those seeking variances, or those in opposition to such zoning changes, could be intimidated. [...]

Congrats to the Secaucus High School girls and boys hoops teams, who both beat North Arlington last night and continued their great seasons. The girls edged N.A. in Secaucus, 60-53, while the undefeated boys went on the road to take a 70-60 victory. Both Patriots teams earned a Bergen County Scholastic League conference victory. For [...]