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A short drive from Harrison is Branch Brook Park in North Newark. The park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, the famed landscape architect. Olmsted also designed Central Park in New York City. The park was envisioned in 1862 but construction did not start until 1896.Â
In 1927, Caroline Bambe...
In 1904, the then Governor of New Jersey, Governor Franklin Murphy signed into law legislation entitled “An Act to Provide for the Election of Mayors in Incorporated Towns and to Regulate Their Duties”. Under the new law, Joseph P. Riordan ran in Harrison’s Democratic Primary in 1904 and at the Nov...
Throw Back Thursday. This week we are featuring the Harrison High School Environmental Club and Arts Club with the assistance of then Harrison’s 2nd Ward Councilman Anselmo Millan cleaned up the entrance to and exit of Route 280 by Harrison Avenue. But the clean-up was not just picking up litter it...
The Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G) continues its attack on Harrison residents now opening two fronts. On March 28, 2022, PSE&G continued its excavation to install new plastic gas lines on William Street in Harrison. The prior day it had started its excavation and ruptured a water line to a ...
Throughout the month of April 2022, the Harrison Police Department will using special funding to increase traffic patrols to encourage drivers not to text or otherwise use a handheld telephone while driving. The campaign, UDrive, UText. UPay is a law enforcement initiative targeting motorists who e...
There are history books written about the Town of Harrison and its contributions to the United States both in scientific innovation and production of goods both in peace and World War I and II. There is however a book based upon the adventures of some kids who used East Newark, Harrison, and Kearny...
Harrison Mayor James Fife announced both in a robocall and in a letter posted to the Town of Harrison website that the Town will shut off the water supply from residents' homes that are delinquent in payment of their Water & Sewer bills after May 1, 2022. Â The moratorium on the payment of Water & S...
Today, Saturday, March 26, 2022, is the Funeral Mass at Holy Cross Church in Harrison of Harrison Firefighter Vincent J. Doffont, Jr. at 11 a.m.  The public is welcome. You might want to wear your mask as a symbol of respect for the family and Firefighters who have seen first hand along with Harri...
Tributes for Harrison Fire Fighter Vincent J. Doffont Jr. have been posted online on Facebook, Instagram, and the Mulligan Funeral Home page. The tributes are not just from family, friends, fellow firefighters and elected officials but also National organizations such as the National Fallen Firefig...
Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G) has continued its replacement of natural gas lines in Harrison. On March 23, 2022,  PSE&G was on the 400 block of William Street. The PSE&G website that is supposed to alert residents of where natural gas line replacement construction is to occur is not operati...
The Urban Tandoor Restaurant has the honor of being the first restaurant submitted to Your Harrison.com's website through our Submit Restaurant page. We had to celebrate and get them up on our Restaurant page and do this little feature of the restaurant. The Urban Tandoor Restaurant was live as of ...
