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Press Release 12/5/20, TRENTON – In an effort to help out-of-work residents who have exhausted their unemployment insurance (UI) benefits amid the current economic recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a bill to make certain workers eligible for extended unemployment benefits was signed into law Friday by Governor Phil Murphy. The measure received final legislative […]

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Part of First Cohort in the Nation Press Release 12/2/20, MIDDLESEX COUNTY – The Citizens Campaign and Middlesex County College today announced the establishment of a Citizen Leadership Center designed to train students in pragmatic problem-solving skills of community issues and provide opportunities for them to put their training to use as “citizen leaders” working […]

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The Office of Emergency Management has announced a “Code Blue” in the City of Perth Amboy.  A shelter has been designated for the public for tonight due to low temperatures: The Alexander F. Jankowski Community Center, located at 1 Olive Street, will be open overnight tonight, Monday, December 14, 2020 from 8 PM until 6 […]

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11/23/20 Caucus & Council Meetings By: Carolyn Maxwell PERTH AMBOY – There was an intense discussion involving Ordinance No. 2 (first reading) – Re: Special Events Permits. Councilman Fernando Irizarry asked, “What were the changes?” Council President Bill Petrick responded, “This is needed to provide better administration and fairness. The calendar of events will be […]

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PERTH AMBOY – The current remote schedules for middle school and high school students and staff are unsustainable. If you were able to go into their Google classrooms you would see the strain and exhaustion of the faces of our students and staff. On top of the full day of teaching, teachers spend hours completing […]

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PERTH AMBOY – Lynn Audet, Perth Amboy resident, 30-year teacher, taxpayer, and voter. I am also the District Representative for the Perth Amboy Federation.  I have been asked to speak this evening on behalf of many different component groups on many different topics, so please bear with me as I attempt to express to you […]

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11/23/20 Council Meeting PERTH AMBOY – Thank you for honoring Tony on his birthday. It was always a special day for us. We became engaged on that day over 56 years ago – the day after President Kennedy’s assassination. Those were turbulent times, as they are now. The storms did pass, and Tony began to […]

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By: Carolyn Maxwell PERTH AMBOY – CFO/Comptroller Jill Goldy gave a presentation on where Perth Amboy stands on Best Practices. She started out by stating that a city must score at least 16 “Yes” answers in order not to lose any funding from the state. She stated that we had 19 “Yes” answers. There were […]

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Ronald L. Anderson – 4,196 Votes – 12.01% Stacey Peralta – 3,962 Votes – 11.34% Lisette Lebron – 3,907 Votes – 11.18% Marisol M. Gonzalez – 3,904 Votes – 11.17% Dianne Roman – 3,867 Votes – 11.07% Willie DeJesus – 3,809 Votes – 10.90% Maria E. Rodriguez – 2,917 Votes – 8.35% Sharron D. Hubberman […]

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