Secaucus primary voters in the 3rd Ward tapped Democratic committee-backed Mark Bruscino over challenger Michael Makarski by 48 votes Tuesday night in the town’s lone contested seat for town council. Bruscino beat Makarski 286-238, a nearly 10% margin of victory amid low turnout, according to the official Hudson County tally. Although Makarski, a board of [...]

A new local penalty for drinking under the legal age limit is debated, then passed; two new firefighters; more parking enforcement; fishing derby rescheduled, and more in our wrap-up of Tuesday night’s meeting of the Secaucus mayor and council… The Secaucus town council voted unanimously, 6-0, to create an underage drinking ordinance Tuesday night that [...]

The Secaucus mayor and council meet Tuesday night in the governing body’s first public meeting of May. An ordinance intended to give police and the town’s court more flexibility in charging underage kids for consuming alcohol is slated for a public hearing, as is measure that would make it illegal to enter a store with [...]

The Secaucus mayor and council are looking to go after illegal sublets that are straining services and posing a safety risk … a developer wants to put eight affordable housing townhomes on a County Ave. lot … nearly $100K has been collected in unpaid alarm fees … more in this week’s council round-up… Secaucus is [...]

An upgrade in the town’s bond rating, fixing up parks, tracking down $350K in deadbeat court fines, a $29K donation in fire equipment, free Nets tickets, hike in construction fees, attendance down at the rec center, and plenty more in our update of Tuesday night’s meeting of the Secaucus mayor and council…  After nothing but [...]

A town ordinance slated for public hearing Tuesday night would raise several contracting and construction fees in town, doubling, tripling and quadrupling existing charges for permits. The fees have not been changed in several years. Under the measure previously introduced by the council, the fee for a builder/contractor license in town would rise from $50/year [...]

The era of an Independent political majority began in Secaucus Saturday afternoon, Jan. 2, as Councilman Mike Gonnelli was sworn in as mayor and three new colleagues were seated on the town’s governing body at Secaucus High School. As he has since cruising to victory in November, Gonnelli called for the town to move forward [...]

Secaucus Independents plan to nominate former councilman James Clancy to fill the remaining year on Mayor-elect Mike Gonnelli’s council term starting in 2010. “Jim has a lot of experience and brings a lot to the table,” said Gonnelli, who added that Clancy supported his successful bid for mayor and past campaigns. [He donated $120 to [...]

Secaucus has severed ties with street cleaner Dependable Power Sweeping, which held a controversial pact inked at the behest of former Mayor Dennis Elwell that covered the cleaning of Meadowlands Parkway for more than $20K a year. Mayor Richard Steffens mentioned the contract ended after the Independent members of the town council raised their ongoing [...]

We reported on the new interim tax collector earlier in the week. Here’s a round-up of other news from this week’s public meeting of the Secaucus Mayor and Council, including an update on televised meetings, a warning on sewers, and more… TV MEETINGS: First Ward Independent Councilman Gary Jeffas said the council is examining whether [...]