News & Opinion
In a series of recent developments that raise questions about transparency and decision-making, the Town of Harrison, NJ, is witnessing a troubling trend in its local governance. A critical look at these events reveals a pattern of special meetings, failure to notice a Mayor & Council meeting, cance...
Revisiting Tradition and Technology: The Outsourcing of Harrison's 911 Dispatch
The decision to outsource Harrison's 911 police dispatching service to Bergen County, as reported by NJ.com on November 13, 2023, has sparked a critical reevaluation of the town's priorities and its commitment to local ...
UPDATE: Due to the forecast of Rain on Saturday, October 21, 2023, the Hispanic Month planned for Saturday are being moved to Sunday, October 22, 2023. The Junior Firefighter Day planned for Saturday, October 21, 2023 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. is still ON AS SCHEDULED.
Harrison, New Jersey, is gearing...
On Sunday, March 26, 2023, a 5K Run/Walk will start at 9 a.m. from West Hudson Park en route to Harrison in a memorial fundraising for Vincent J. Doffont Jr's.Ā Last March, Doffont passed away suddenly at the Harrison Fire Department headquarters after coming back from a training exercise. The 5K Ru...
The Harrison Firefighters will be holding their Junior Firefighter Day on Saturday, October 29, 2022 from 11 am to 2 p.m. at the Library Park on Harrison Avenue.Ā There is Fun for Everyone.
There will be Food, Face Painting, Bounce House, activities under the supervision of Harrison Firefighters in...
The Harrison Fire Department got a call for a brush fire in the back yard of a house on the 300 block of Ann Street in Harrison. Upon arrival there was no fire visible from the street but when the Harrison firefighters along with Tour 4 Battalion Chef Greenemeier reached the rear of the building the...
The Harrison Firefighters posted a reminder on their social media to potential firefighter applicants that the deadline to apply for firefighter positions is August 31, 2022, at 4 p.m.
To become a firefighter in Harrison you have to be a resident of Hudson or Essex County when you apply and through...
In June 2022, the Harrison Fire Department announced and we covered the story in an article entitled Harrison Fire Department A Long Way From Newark Takeover the official promotion of four Captains, already serving unofficially in their positions, would occur on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. As promise...
The Harrison Fire Department battled a house fire on the 400 block of Davis Avenue in Harrison on Thursday, July 7, 2022 in the early afternoon.
Three families were displaced from their homes due to the fire. When the Harrison Fire Department firefighters Battalion 3 arrived at the scene they found...
In 2011, Fire Chief Tom Dolaghan retired from the Harrison Fire Department. Mayor Raymond J. McDonough recruited Harrison resident Harold Stahl to be an interim part-time Fire Director.Ā Harold Stahl continues to this day as a part-time Fire Director and has added another responsibility being the Di...
On Sunday, June 26, 2022, the Harrison Fire Department provided the Kearny Fire Department with Mutual Aid in a 5 alarm fire in the neighboring Town of Kearny.Ā The Harrison Fire Department was joined by the Jersey City Fire Department, North Arlington Fire Department, Belleville Fire Department, No...
Delivered in December of 2018, the Harrison Fire Departmentā€™s newest addition to its Firefighting tools, is a Pierce-Arrow 107 foot Tiller Ladder Fire Engine Truck. The purchase order was signed in October of 2017 by then-Councilman Anselmo Millan as the Harrison Fire Department Chairman who along w...
