The Record

The village has rejected a proposal to install a digital billboard on a strip mall property along Route 17. Outfront Media LLC wanted to install a double-sided digital billboard that was 35 feet wide by 10 feet tall at the site of the Tire and Wheel Performance Center at 500 Route 17 south. https://lnkd.in/g9JK8zSY #northjerseynews #ridgewood

New Jersey residents have been bracing for higher electric bills since the state Board of Public Utilities approved rate hikes back in February. Now the first bills reflecting those power rates have arrived, and homeowners are finding the change, in a word, shocking. https://lnkd.in/gv_Ew3X8 #northjerseynews #newjersey #money

Morristown earned national recognition this week when it was named in the top 10 of Fortune's Best Places to Live for Families in 2024. The Morris County municipality ranked No. 9 in the third annual list published Tuesday by Fortune Well, a subsidiary of the business magazine. The publication cited Morristown's location and steady growth in recent years as significant factors in its selection. https://lnkd.in/eJ7jbesB #northjerseynews #morristown

A swath of undisturbed land off Valley Road has been returned to private ownership for the first time in more than 50 years after the Board of Education agreed to sell it to a group of investors. Trustees at their most recent meeting endorsed the sale of the 9.9-acre property for $1 million, or $4,900 less than its assessed value. https://lnkd.in/emnDF36R #northjerseynews #wayne

Now that Sen. Bob Menendez has formally submitted his letter of resignation, New Jersey will have a vacant seat in the U.S. Senate and Gov. Phil Murphy will appoint someone to fill it. https://lnkd.in/ew9ycaRs #northjerseynews #newjersey

Officials are giving loans of up to $10,000 to downtown merchants and property owners who invest in improvements to their aging facades. The exterior work, targeting 21 shopfronts on Diamond Bridge Avenue, is meant to spiff up the busy area by creating an aesthetic streetscape — one that is more inviting for prospective tenants and the public at large. https://lnkd.in/epKpEh-s #northjerseynews #hawthorne

More than 700,000 Americans in states across the country cast Democratic primary votes for “uncommitted” or its equivalent to protest President Joe Biden over his support for war in Gaza, including 47,000 in New Jersey. After calling for voters to “abandon Biden,” organizers are now shifting their attention to the next potential Democratic nominee. Biden might be out, they say, but their agenda is unchanged. https://lnkd.in/eRhciyak #northjerseynews #politics #elections

While much of the nation’s attention has understandably been focused on the White House, one former New Jersey lawmaker thought the president’s decision could be a teachable moment for a certain senior senator from the Garden State. https://lnkd.in/eX2qAf4b #northjerseynews #newjersey

NJSIAA attorney Steve Goodell informed attorney Patrick J. Jennings that the state’s governing body for high school athletics will not retroactively punish any school found to have breached the transfer rule in a judge’s future ruling. https://lnkd.in/ezGwMYwJ #northjerseynews #newjersey #sports

As a New Jerseyan, you must have wondered at some point why there is a South Orange, West Orange, East Orange, even a plain Orange, but no North Orange.