John Ferrante News Today

MOUNT OLIVE TWP. - Despite pushback by Council President Alex Roman, Township Council members on Tuesday, April 30, in a 5-1 split vote agreed to draft an ordinance that will

WARREN TWP. – The next workshop on the township’s Master Plan has been postponed to the Monday, May 13 Planning Board meeting.

MOUNT OLIVE TWP. - The Township Council introduced an ordinance Tuesday, April 16 allowing a third party utility provider to offer discounted electricity, but the idea didnt quite shine for

MOUNT OLIVE TWP. – The artificial turf stays.

MOUNT OLIVE TWP. – Residents interested in applying for Morris Habitat for Humanity’s “Aging in Place” home rehab program now will have to stay in their homes for up to

MOUNT OLIVE TWP. – The salary raise the mayor and Township Council members are getting this year will have no impact on the proposed increase in the municipal tax rate.

MOUNT OLIVE TWP. - You can call the husband and wife team of Joe Nicastro and Mary Lalama "His Honor" and Councilwoman Lalama now.

Permits are down even as the region focuses on trying to build more to address a mounting housing crisis.

The backlog of projects that are permitted but haven’t yet started work are complicating efforts to address the region’s housing shortage and to build office space better suited for the post-lockdown world.

MOUNT OLIVE TWP. – A 4-3 split vote by Township Council members led to the death of an ordinance that would have levied a hefty fine on residents who chose