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Real Estate Sales
The most up-to-date, free site for home-sale prices in Bergen and Passaic counties, as well as 2007/2008 property taxes. Tax News
Dec 01, 2008
Letters for Monday, Dec. 1, 2008
Letters on what the NJSIAA does, St. Mary's Hospital in Passaic, food bank responsiveness, Verizon as New Jersey citizen and giving sympathy to infant killer.
Nov 30, 2008
Letters: Tax credits and labor savings
Letters on increasing car sales and combining police departments.
Nov 26, 2008
Corzine to trim budget 10% more
Whether New Jersey is ready or not, Governor Corzine is preparing to slash state spending back to $30 billion — a full 10 percent cut from last year.
Fair Lawn tax ordinance fails
A proposal to levy extra taxes against borough business owners was struck down last night, with three of five Borough Council members saying the plan would not bring business owners the economic benefits it promised.
Nov 25, 2008
N.J. will retain pension strategy
New Jersey's pension fund managers plan to continue their investment strategy, favoring a patient and long-term approach, despite losing $16 billion in the last three months.
N.J. will retain pension strategy
New Jersey's pension fund managers plan to continue their investment strategy, favoring a patient and long-term approach, despite losing $16 billion in the last three months.
IRS lowers deduction for car use
Pump prices are coming down, and so is the amount the Internal Revenue Service will allow as the standard deduction for autos used next year for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes.
Nov 24, 2008
An EMS proposal that Hackensack can live with
The union representing Hackensack firefighters and emergency medical service workers has a plan that would keep EMTs under municipal control and balance EMS books.
Nov 22, 2008
Letters for Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008
Letters on religious displays on government property, the Homestead Rebate and green billboards.
Nov 21, 2008
Corzine pushes to delay pension payments
Governor Corzine is offering New Jersey's cities and towns a chance to avoid tax increases by postponing required payments into pension investment funds, but some officials contend this would only create a bigger financial mess down the line.
N.J. takes a beating
Wall Street's meltdown has gutted New Jersey's pension fund, causing losses of nearly $16 billion in the last three months — with $9 billion lost in October alone.
Ridgefield municipal budget to be voted on
A public hearing on the proposed budget will be held Monday at 8 p.m. Council members will wait to vote on the spending plan until they hear from Trenton about the requested aid.
Nov 20, 2008
UPDATE: Corzine pushes to delay payments to state pensions
Covernor Corzine said he is urging state lawmakers to allow county and municipal officials to temporarily defer payments into the public employee pension system by 50 percent.
Report: $25M in pension funds lost
A New Jersey pension fund run by one of Barack Obama’s earliest and biggest campaign fundraisers has lost $25 billion -- including $9 billion in October, a published report says.
NJ pension funds nosedive
Wall Street's meltdown has gutted New Jersey's pension fund, causing losses of nearly $16 billion in the last three months - with $9 billion lost in October alone.
Nov 18, 2008
Buying firetruck this year saved $45,000, officials say
Borough officials say they have saved taxpayers $45,000 by buying a firetruck for $521,000 this year instead of waiting until 2009.
Verizon trying to pass the tax buck
Verizon wants to put its tax burden on consumers. An Assemblyman from South Jersey says the state should repeal an obsolete law that may allow the company to do this.
Referendum could warm district's heart
A question will be added to Ringwood's April school referendum that would fund new windows and heating, ventilating and air-conditioning control repairs in two grade schools.
School board dumps custodians
Despite opposition from the public and district employees, Wanaque's school board tonight approved soliciting bids for private custodial services and slashing 8½ current custodial positions.
Nov 14, 2008
Legislators rush to get economic recovery going
Governor Corzine's plan to guide the state through the ongoing economic downturn by helping businesses and providing aid to homeowners and the poor got a boost from state legislators Thursday.
Nov 12, 2008
Taxpayers likely to cover appeals
PARAMUS — The borough plans to borrow $925,000 to cover tax appeals from commercial property owners who say they have been paying too much since a 2004 revaluation.
Nov 09, 2008
Wish list for our share
Congress members are lining up for dibs on what could be a $350 billion economic stimulus package approved by year's end. Checks wouldn't go to individual taxpayers, as they did earlier this year, but instead to states for multimillion-dollar construction projects and health programs.Here's how New Jersey could benefit in the weeks before and after President-elect Barack Obama is sworn in:
Nov 08, 2008
Letters for Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008
Letters on Paramus Councilman Frank Ciambrone, Assemblyman John Rooney's contributions to the Bergen GOP, the nation's retirement system, Maple Avenue in Fair Lawn, the price of getting to the White House and childhood vaccinations.
Nov 07, 2008
Public meeting will help determine school building's fate
Englewood's Planning Board will hold a January meeting on whether or not to declare the Liberty School an "area in need of development."
Nov 06, 2008
Ballot questionsbaffle, determany voters
More than a third of New Jerseyans who voted for president Tuesday skipped the two public questions, probably vexed by legal gobbledygook.
Ballot questions baffle some
More than a third of New Jerseyans who voted for president Tuesday skipped the two public questions, probably vexed by legal gobbledygook.
New council members want to nix borough spokesperson
Taxpayers in Paramus fork over $20,000 a year to pay a civilian to respond to media inquiries, attend meetings and write statements for officials.
Nov 04, 2008
Letters for Tuesday. Nov. 4, 2008
Letters on voting, a different kind of economic stimulus, New Jersey tax and economic policies and bow hunting.
Nov 02, 2008
Letters for Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008
Letters on Election Day contests and coverage in The Record, unreasonably broadening interpretation of the 14th Amendment, Hamas as a terrorist group, reponsibilities for the mortgage crisis and tax realities.
Oct 30, 2008
No revaluation interference, appraiser says
BERGENFIELD — An appraiser conducting the borough's revaluation said this week that residents and public officials — who are anxious about major discrepancies in home values — cannot legally interfere with the assessment process.
Oct 28, 2008
Assembly OKs relief package
Bills designed to help struggling small businesses, residents facing mortgage foreclosures and seniors dealing with rising property taxes cleared the state Assembly on Monday, part of an economic-relief package.
N. Highlands asks for $1.4M for new boilers
ALLENDALE — School officials are asking voters to fund a $1.4 million bond issue that would replace antiquated boilers and add a new generator at Northern Highlands Regional High School.
Assembly backs aid for firms, homeowners, seniors
Bills designed to help struggling small businesses, residents facing mortgage foreclosures and seniors dealing with rising property taxes cleared the state Assembly on Monday, part of an economic-relief package.
Oct 24, 2008
Englewood Cliffs seeks reassessment
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS — The borough has asked the county for permission to do a property reassessment, saying the current tax rolls don’t reflect the economic downturn.
Assessments to fund dam anger some
About 750 homeowners will have to shell out for the repair - even if they don't belong to the lake association. |
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