Brianna Kudisch

2 weeks ago | nj.com | Brianna Kudisch

Bitter disputes over teachers’ contracts are familiar territory in New Jersey, where teachers strike and elected officials threaten consequences. But death threats and Hitler references? That’s new. Tensions escalated higher than usual at a recent Palisades Park school board meeting, when the school board president — who said her life was threatened after the April 11 special meeting and she reported it to police — was likened to Adolf Hitler by a parent.

2 weeks ago | silive.com | Brianna Kudisch

A confessed killer is now a community leader. Four council members have abruptly resigned since February. And the mayor claims a mysterious incident precipitated that exodus from the Englishtown borough council and led to his nomination of John Alite — the former mob hitman — as a replacement. But he refuses to talk about it. “There’s a lot to unpack there,” said Marc Pfeiffer, a senior policy fellow and assistant director of the Bloustein Local Government Center at Rutgers University.

2 weeks ago | nj.com | Brianna Kudisch

A confessed killer is now a community leader. Four council members have abruptly resigned since February. And the mayor claims a mysterious incident precipitated that exodus from the Englishtown borough council and led to his nomination of John Alite — the former mob hitman — as a replacement. But he refuses to talk about it. “There’s a lot to unpack there,” said Marc Pfeiffer, a senior policy fellow and assistant director of the Bloustein Local Government Center at Rutgers University.

3 weeks ago | nj.com | Brianna Kudisch

The former Sheraton Mahwah Hotel lives to see another day (or two weeks). Officials have postponed the demolition of the 22-story Bergen County landmark, which closed two years ago. Its implosion was initially scheduled for Sunday, April 27. The demolition has now been rescheduled for the morning of Sunday, May 11, according to Ben Kezmarsky, the township’s business administrator.

1 month ago | nj.com | Brianna Kudisch

A state grand jury has declined to file criminal charges against the two Mercer County police officers who fatally shot a man last year, the Attorney General’s Office said Friday. Vincent Correa, 44, of Hamilton Township, fired a rifle at police officers responding to a reported domestic dispute last March 8, officials said. He was shot dead by two Hamilton police officers, Derek Fiabane and Paul Piromalli.