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Demarest sign draws objections
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 BY KAREN SUDOL – The Record – STAFF WRITER DEMAREST – Some residents are raising objections about the appearance and location of a new municipal electronic sign in town.
Pay-to-play foes angry at freeholders’ ‘no’ vote
BY MICHAEL GARTLAND – THE RECORD About a dozen activists came out Wednesday night to protest the Bergen County freeholders’ vote last week against implementing stricter pay-to-play regulations.
Stile: Freeholder may give up mayor’s job
By CHARLES STILE – The Record Bergen County Freeholder Jim Carroll has always been an unapologetic defender of dual-office holding
Local towns paying heavily for Bergen County loan program meant to save time, money
BY STEPHANIE AKIN AND CHRISTOPHER SCHNAARS – The Record A Bergen County loan program touted as a quick and easy way for local governments to pay for big-ticket items has instead plunged some of them into long-term debt.
Demarest council approves raise package
BY MICHELLE SARTOR - Northern Valley Suburbanite Demarest municipal employees have gotten raises for 2009.
Demarest approves affordable housing plan
BY KAREN SUDOL - The Record DEMAREST — The Borough Council has approved an amended plan to build a 12-unit condominium-style building on town-owned property to meet affordable housing requirements.
Towns look to work together
BY MARC LIGHTDALE - Northern Valley Suburbanite The Cresskill and Demarest governing bodies have passed resolutions to share services.
Ousted Bergen Tech trustee learned of removal in newspaper
BY MICHAEL GARTLAND – The Record A former trustee with the Bergen County Technical School District said Friday she did not learn about her removal from the board this week until reading about it in The Record on Thursday.
Demarest council candidate to contest election results
DEMAREST — Republican Ray Cywinski filed for a recount of the Nov. 3 election, where he lost his bid for a council seat by a slim margin of 13 votes.
Court official charged with theft
BY ASHLEY KINDERGAN AND WILLIAM LAMB - The Record DUMONT — The Municipal Court administrator for Dumont and Demarest was charged with theft on Tuesday, accused of pocketing $1,285 in court fines that violators thought they were paying in full to Demarest, authorities said.