Kittens, Dogs Available For Adoption From Fair Lawn

More stray cats have been reported this year than is typical and homes are needed for the pets.

New Law Allows Raising of Flood-Prone Homes

Homeowners can raise their houses to a "new and appropriate elevation" set by FEMA standards without seeking a variance from local officials.

Fair Lawn Streets Closing For Repaving

Borough officials advised drivers to obey "no parking" signs or vehicles will be towed.

What Would You Name Fair Lawn's Newest Street?

Empty Lot Considered For New Passive Pocket Park

Residents were polled on how they thought the property on the corner of Heights Avenue and Loretto avenue should be used.

Boil Advisory No Longer in Effect [UPDATE]

A water main broke at River Road and Hopper Avenue Friday.

Fair Lawn Purchasing Flood-Prone Home

The Second Avenue home of Jeff and Barbara Dube has been deemed "unlivable" because of repeated flooding.

Boil Water Advisory Canceled [UPDATE]

A water main on Plaza Road broke Tuesday morning, causing some residents to lose water service.

Fair Lawn Purchasing Lightning Detection System

The system will sound alerts of possible lightning strikes at three borough field complexes.

Fair Lawn Tennis Courts Undergoing $94K Refurbishment

Some of the courts were damaged in floods.

$43 Tax Increase Expected For Average Saddle Brook Homeowner

The Saddle Brook Council introduced a $20 million budget.

Bill Would Ease Restrictions For Flood-Prone Homeowners

Homeowners would be able to raise their houses to a "new and appropriate elevation" set by FEMA standards.

Fair Lawn Revamping Minibus Service

The minibus will come straight to residents' homes starting this fall.

Port Authority to Study Bus Terminal Upgrades

Midtown Manhattan terminal already at capacity in peak hours, agency says.

Lagana Replacing Wagner in State Assembly Race

Fair Lawn Republican Joan Fragaloa is also seeking the seat.

Legislators Call For Train Fare Hike Repeal

The New Jersey State Assembly passed a resolution recommending the recent fare hike on Pascack Valley, Main and Bergen Line trains be rescinded.

Sen. Gordon, County Officials Among Birdshall Donation Recipients

The bankrupt engineering firm illegally donated to numerous politicians across New Jersey, according to a Star-Ledger report.

County Grant Paying For Fair Lawn Park Improvements

The funds will pay for items in all of the borough's parks.

Fair Lawn Council Approves 'Dangerous Dog' Law

The new ordinance creates a $700 annual fee for the owners of "potentially dangerous dogs."

Fair Lawn Government's Summer Hours Start This Week

The Fair Lawn municipal building will be closed on Fridays through August 30.

Congressman Presents Collura Family with American Flag

Congressman Scott Garrett presented the sisters of Mary Ann Collura with an American flag flown at the Capitol on April 17 in her honor.

Fair Lawn Opens Memorial Pool to Ridgewood Residents with Physical Disabilities

DEP officials say the handicap ramp at Graydon Pool in Ridgewood won't be ready for summer.

Council Approves 'Reasonable' Tax Increase Rather Than Deplete Surplus

Fair Lawn borough council adopted a $46.8 million municipal budget Tuesday that will increase taxes $32 on the average assessed homeowner.

COAH Resolves to Take Unspent Affordable-Housing Funds from Municipalities

Money to go to balancing the general state budget rather than building houses for low- and middle-income residents

Council Clashes Over Creation of New Employee Title

Fair Lawn Republicans and Democrats are split over whether the borough should create a "Deputy Borough Manager" title that would serve as a true No. 2 behind the borough's manager.

Fair Lawn Selects Interim Manager

Jim Van Kruiningen, a lifelong Fair Lawn resident and assistant to the borough manager for the past six years, will take over as acting manager on June 4.

Cosgrove's Pleas to Extend Manager's Contract Failed

Recently released closed session minutes detail Fair Lawn borough council's decision not to provide the manager a vote of confidence that he'd be retained after this year.

Tax Refunds Plummeted by Nearly $1M in 2012

The townwide reassessment, undertaken because of the growing number of tax appeals, paid significant financial dividends for the borough in 2012.

Budget Introduced Over Democratic Council Members' Objections

If the budget is approved as introduced, average assessed homeowners will pay about $39 more in taxes than they did last year.

Christie Signs Teen Tanning Law Despite Small Business Concerns

The law, inspired by the national uproar created by Nutley's "Tanning Mom," seeks to protect New Jersey's youth from the most common form of cancer.

Fair Lawn Democrats Select 2013 Borough Council Nominees

Cristina Cutrone and Joan Goldstein will run on the Fair Lawn Democratic ticket for borough council in 2013.

Fair Lawn Budgets for Commuter Lot Shakeup

The manager's budget allocates $60,000 to install commuter kiosks at the Radburn Train Station and the dirt lot on Fair Lawn Avenue by Route 208.

County Executive Hospitalized with Back Injury

Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan will be out of the office for the next several weeks while she rehabs from multiple stress fractures in her back.

Proposed Law Could Use Therapy as Way to Seize Guns from Troubled Owners

Therapists would be required to report patients who present a threat to themselves or others to state attorney general

Borough: Don't Fear Discolored Tap Water

Fair Lawn is beginning a hydrant-flushing program on Monday, April 1, that may result in discoloration of tap water.

Revamped Borough Website Launches Monday

Fair Lawn officials said the borough's new and improved website should be live by Monday, if not some time over the weekend.

Major Route 208 Resurfacing Project Ramps Up

A 3.4-mile stretch of Route 208 that extends from Fair Lawn north into Glen Rock will be resurfaced in both directions as part of a New Jersey Department of Transportation project.

Federal Loan Deadline Looms For Hurricane Sandy Victims

Small Business Administration has already approved more than a half billion dollars for home and business owners

State Senate Passes Child Porn Prevention Measure

The bill creates more severe punishment for child porn possession and distribution.

Costly Water Tower Paint Job Pushed to Fall

The borough's estimated $1.3 million water tower paint job should start in early fall and be complete by the end of the year.