Revenues gleaned from the borough's implementation of third-party ambulance billing last March have met expectations.
The manager's budget calls for $10,000 in capital improvements to the community center arcade.
County Executive Kathleen Donovan stressed the importance of the county working with municipalities to share costs in her state of the county address Thursday.
Embattled Fair Lawn Police Capt. Joseph Cook was paid $100,000 to retire and drop a tort claim he filed against the borough as part of his settlement agreement.
If council approves the manager's budget as presented Tuesday, Fair Lawn residents are looking at a 1.38 percent municipal tax increase this year.
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Fair Lawn's blue- and white-collar workers have reached a new 6-year contract agreement with the borough that will afford them a 6.5 percent raise over the contract's life.
Fair Lawn is seeking to outfit seven buildings around town with emergency generators as a precautionary measure in preparation for future town-wide power outages.
Mayor John Cosgrove said he felt compelled to release a statement after receiving queries from residents about borough manager Tom Metzler's resignation on Monday.
Fair Lawn and Saddle Brook will both hold open public meetings to discuss the upcoming year's budget in each municipality this month.
Fair Lawn borough council has asked the manager to put money for a Fourth of July fireworks display in this year's budget.
Without a commitment from council to extend his contract beyond this year, Fair Lawn borough manager Tom Metzler submitted his letter of resignation Monday.
An information session will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Bergen Community College on Wednesday.
Dan Dunay and Amy Lefkowitz will run on the Republican ticket for borough council in 2013.
Council has elected to reallocate $80,000 in county grants originally intended for the construction of a skate park at the former Walsh Pool to a barrier-free playground at Berdan Grove.
Borough council agreed Tuesday to take the municipal building to a four-day per week operation again this summer.
The borough has received a $300,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation to resurface Berdan Avenue from Plaza Road east to Sunnyside Drive.
Fair Lawn council passed a resolution Tuesday in support of reauthorizing the federal assault weapons ban and requiring more extensive background checks on prospective gun owners.
Wayne Robbins paid a visit to the mayor's office in the Fair Lawn municipal building to speak with John Cosgrove about his new role.
Deputy Mayor Ed Trawinski would like photos from a dog attack on Jan. 3 that killed one dog and injured its owner posted on the borough's website.
Applications for the two openings can be sent to the municipal clerk.
An ordinance passed Tuesday night restricts dumpster garbage collection prior to 7:00 a.m., in response to resident complaints.
Saddle Brook clerk Pete LoDico, whose career has included over 25 years serving the town, was elected president of the Bergen County Municipal Clerks' Association this year.
The former Congressman served on the highly influential House appropriations subcommittee on defense
A special musical tribute from colleagues of retiring emergency management coordinator Ira Marks.
Feedback from residents, in a survey released Wednesday, might indicate to the Council where Fair Lawn is willing to make sacrifices.
A Patch analysis of three years of election data teases out how often different parts of town go to the polls on election day.
Wendy Demeraski, who replaced Ira Marks as the borough's emergency management coordinator this week, was sworn in on Thursday night by Mayor John Cosgrove.
Bridget Maresca, a Fair Lawn High School freshman who played Miss Hannigan in Thomas Jefferson Middle School's production of "Annie" last year, sings the National Anthem
Below is a transcript of John Cosgrove's opening remarks upon being sworn in as mayor of Fair Lawn.
Lifelong resident and volunteer extraordinaire John Cosgrove was sworn in as the mayor of Fair Lawn Thursday night at the borough council re-organization meeting.
Three rooms in Fair Lawn's municipal building are expected to have wireless internet connectivity by the end of January.
Lifelong borough volunteer John Cosgrove will be sworn in as Fair Lawn's next mayor at the Jan. 3 council re-organization meeting.
Susan Sturner, of Lawrenceville, visited Montclair's Greenleaf Compassion Center for the first time recently and walked out with legal marijuana.
A Patch analysis of three years of election data teases out how different parts of town vote.
Republican State Sen. Kevin O'Toole has introduced legislation that would upgrade penalties for committing a residential burglary, potentially landing perpetrators in jail for a decade.
Despite a majority of voters in Fair Lawn-Saddle Brook going Democratic in the November election, a much larger portion of campaign contributions went to the Republican candidate for president.
Saddle Brook stands to benefit from the bill, which would exempt certain flood-prone properties acquired by municipalities from paying taxes for the following tax year.
Fair Lawn is contracting with QScend Technologies to design, build and host a more engaging and, eventually, interactive borough website.
As of Friday, Nov. 30, the borough was looking to fill four temporary positions with dislocated or long-term unemployed workers.