“I stand here today flanked by the only two people who heeded the call for Belleville,” Mayor Michael Melham said at a press conference.
Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo has proposed a $769 million budget for 2020. See how it’s expected to impact property taxes.
Gov. Phil Murphy signed two bills. One will restore voting rights to people on parole or probation. Another will revamp expungement in NJ.
Marijuana decriminalization isn’t a “stop-gap measure.” It’s a victory for justice, a state lawmaker from Essex County says.
Belleville and Nutley residents head to the polls on Tuesday. Nov. 5 to vote in the 2019 general election. See local results here.
Local board of education elections will take place in Belleville and Nutley. See the list of candidates.
Taxes went up for Belleville homeowners. It’s one reason you should make your voice heard in the next election, Michael Melham said.
A Republican from Essex County offers a list of positive achievements Donald Trump has made since taking over the presidency.
Federal and state officials just need to look up as they drive down Rt. 21 to see an urgent reminder: Belleville deserves clean water, too.
Belleville, Nutley and Bloomfield purchase drinking water from Newark, which is coping with a lead contamination crisis.
Gurbir Grewal: “The president and I don’t agree very often, but I’m glad to see he's ordering the U.S. Dept. of Ed. to do the right thing."
More homeless people live in Essex County than any other part of the state, a New Jersey nonprofit says.
Essex County is home to a prison that makes millions of dollars helping ICE to house federal immigration detainees.
Joseph Angelo, who replaced Karen Smith after her retirement, said his swearing-in ceremony was a “celebration of Belleville.”
Some progressives are ticked off at Sen. Booker for accepting support from fellow Democrats George Norcross and Joe DiVincenzo.
“Trump is inhumane,” an elected official said, pledging to support undocumented immigrants. “MAGA,” a Trump-supporting peer countered.
George Norcross is joining with Joe DiVincenzo to raise money for Sen. Cory Booker’s 2020 presidential campaign, activists said.
A proposed New Jersey law would require some schools to offer free feminine hygiene products to students. The state would foot the bill.
There’s room for the U.S. AND rainbow flags at the Belleville Public Library, it turns out.
Patch reviews last week’s top stories in Belleville, Nutley and Essex County.
The Belleville Township Council voted to hire Anthony Iacano as township business administrator.
Michael Melham spoke about property taxes, redevelopment, PILOT agreements and a plan to offer free pre-kindergarten to local residents.
A senator who represents several Essex County towns is challenging NJ teachers to speak their minds on legalizing recreational marijuana.
A pair of lawmakers from Essex and Hudson counties are pushing a bill that would change the way the New Jersey DCA does inspections.
Like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon, Essex County has seen a transformation over the past 16 years, according to Joseph DiVincenzo Jr.
Patch reviews this week’s top stories in Belleville, Nutley and Essex County.
“This is about defending parental rights and religious freedom,” an ordained minister and former teacher from Belleville says.
A potential law in New Jersey would let prisoners, parolees and people on probation vote for the first time in 175 years.
Belleville’s tax revaluation will impact local property owners in the summer of 2019, officials said.
VIDEO: A former cop and military officer in Essex County offers words of support for President Trump’s border wall proposal.
Does the idea of imposing term limits on Nutley municipal boards appeal to you? Mark Jan. 15 on your calendar, a town official says.
Belleville’s seen a “staggering” number of lawsuits over the past years and the public has a right to know, the town's mayor said.