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Released today (April 4, 2024), Música is a vibrant coming-of-age love story that has captivated audiences with its rich narrative and compelling visuals. Directed by Rudy Mancuso, who also stars in the film, Música weaves a tale of an aspiring creator battling with rhythmic...
The Passaic River, a vital waterway in New Jersey, is spanned by several bridges that facilitate the movement of people and goods between the Town of Harrison / Borough of East Newark and the City of Newark. Three of these bridges have recently come under the spotlight due to repair works, and...
The Cherry Blossom Festival in Newark, New Jersey is held each year in the beautiful Branch Brook Park. This festival celebrates the beauty of 5,200 cherry blossom trees that were planted in a park that was designed by Frederick Law Olmstead. During the Cherry Blossom Festival visitors are...
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. Harold Stahl continues to this day as a part-time Fire Director and has added another responsibility...
Over seventeen years ago in April of 2005, former Harrison Councilman Anselmo Millan (Councilman Millan) led a coalition of residents by collecting 900 signatures of Harrison residents opposed to the State of New Jersey’s plan to demolish 80 homes and commercial properties in Harrison to...
The William A. Stickel Memorial Bridge connects Interstate Route 280 between the cities of Newark and Harrison, N.J. The structure is a vertical lift drawbridge originally commissioned circa 1946.
In 2009 the bridge was rehabiliated by the IEW Construction Group. NJDOT awarded a contract to IEW...
