Open Houses: Briar Hill Drive Home For Sale at $649K

The following homes are having open houses this weekend in Scotch Plains and Fanwood.

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Hurricane Sandy

Sandy Cost Scotch Plains Roughly $1 Million

At the Feb. 19 council meeting township manager Henry Underhill and Mayor Kevin Glover said the township is probably looking at an excess of $1 million spent on Sandy.

  During the Manager’s Report at the Feb. 19 Scotch Plains Council Meeting, the ongoing cleanup from Sandy was discussed by Township Manager Henry Underhill, who stated that originally the township borrowed $800,000 but that they probably tacked on another $200,000. According to Underhill, the township originally borrowed the $800,000 with money set aside for grinding, but are now probably near $1 million due to salaries from the police and fire department. Also, Underhill stated that he hasn’t seen the numbers from the police and fire departments as of yet, but he said he was sure the township was probably in another $200,000. “75 percent should be coming back to us,” Underhill stated. The township has been working on the report to submit…

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FCC Approves AM Radio Station for Scotch Plains-Fanwod

Both mayors have been working to get an AM radio station up and running for mostly emergency related purposes.

The following information was provided by the Borough of Fanwood. The Federal Communications Commission has approved a license for a community access radio station to be used by Scotch Plains and Fanwood to broadcast emergency and other information. Both Scotch Plains Mayor Kevin Glover and Fanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr announced they had applied for the license at their respective inaugurations on January 1, 2013. On February 16, 2013, the FCC granted the local community access license jointly to the two municipalities. The main purpose is to broadcast emergency information to citizens in the event of power, cable and other outages. Plans are under way to secure the necessary equipment to program the station and transmit the signal. …

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SOLD! Chapel Road Colonial Sells For $745K

Here's a look at the recently sold homes in Scotch Plains and Fanwood.

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SOLD! Allenby Lane Home Sells For 660K

Here's a look at the recently sold homes in Scotch Plains and Fanwood.

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Open Houses: Mountainview Avenue Split-Level For Sale at $305K

The following open houses will take place in Scotch Plains and Fanwood on Feb. 17.

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SPMC Plans to Prepare 2013 Budget Without SID Fee

The Scotch Plains Management Corporation met on Feb. 12 and planned to create a budget for 2013 that does not include the Special Improvement District fee.

  The Scotch Plains Management Corporation decided at their Feb. 12 meeting to formulate and present to the town council a budget that would not include the Special Improvement District fees for 2013. The SPMC should have proposed a budget in December and failed to do so, according to Mayor Kevin Glover who sits on the board. Moving forward, Chairman Dominick Verdic and Treasurer Tom Russo stated they would work on a budget to discuss with the board and then present it to the council. During the Feb. 12 SPMC meeting the discussion was heavily focused on whether or not the fee should be suspended and what changes the SID can make with the money they currently have to improve downtown Scotch Plains. This would be the fifth year the SPMC …

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Update: PSE&G Outage Map Reporting Power is Restored

According to PSE&G's outage map, customers in Scotch Plains and Fanwood should have power restored as of 10:25 p.m.

Update, 10:25 p.m. Residents of Scotch Plains and Fanwood should have power restored as of 10:25 p.m., according to the PSE&G outage map. Update, 9:45 p.m. The PSE&G Outage map is now reporting between 1-500 residents of Fanwood are without power. Original story, 9:30 p.m. Residents of Scotch Plains and Fanwood reported experiencing power outages a little before 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday evening.  According to the PSE&G outage center, between 501 and 2,000 Scotch Plains residents are currently without power. Also, the map reports no outages for Fanwood residents. If you are experiencing an outage contact by PSE&G by calling 800-436-7734 or logging onto your account at http://www.pseg.com/outagecenter. Are you without power? Has it recently …

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mrsp

10:07 pm on Wednesday, February 13, 2013

i appreciate the followup Nicole, here's what comes to mind: 1. how many effected. 2. why it happened. 3. can we expect this to happen more frequently going forward and if so for how long. 4. does it relate to their upgrade ("north central reliability project" i think nj.com called it recently) 5. why isn't there explicit information about this being disseminated to the public and police via the …   more ›

Scotch Plains After Storm Report: Area Received Nearly 12 Inches of Snow

Mayor Kevin Glover releases an after storm report. DPW continues to clear streets.

The following information was provided by the Township of Scotch Plains. Early reports appear to confirm that we "weathered" the snowstorm well. Approximately 12 inches of snow fell within our community yesterday evening and over night; presently we have no reports of power outages or downed trees. Most streets are passable and our DPW will be continuing their efforts to plow and salt our streets, they expect all roads to be cleared by noon.  I want to thank you all for heeding our advice to stay of the roads which clearly helped facilitate the clean up by our DPW. I also want to acknowledge our entire DPW department for their outstanding work to keep our Municipal roads open and safe, and commend our Police Department, members of our …

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Holden MaGroin

11:27 am on Monday, February 11, 2013

I'm Holden MaGroin and this is for Bo. Good to see you have a sense of humor.   more ›