Week in Review: School Taxes Increase $127, Floodgate Report Being Reviewed, and Scarlet Rush Wins Annual Rockfest Competition

The school portion of the average homeowner’s taxes will increase $127 after the  approved the district’s $144 million budget Thursday.

Milkyway Education Center Inc, against the township. The school claims the township violated state law when it approved an ordinance limiting where dormitories can be located in the township.

The company wants to on Totowa Road.

A resident reported seeing either a coyote or fox in the vicinity of Lafayette Elementary School early Tuesday afternoon, police said.

Police Chief John Reardon said officers checked the area around Tuxedo Drive, but did not locate the animal.

A report on the operation of the floodgates on the Pompton River dam is being reviewed by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

Governor Chris Christie after touring flood-ravaged areas in the basin in March of last year.

The attorney representing senior Troy Zaffino, a former Wayne Hills football captain charged with assault, said that the charges against his client were dismissed a few weeks ago.

Local and county police officials told residents to report any suspicious activity at the first community forum organized by Concerned Citizens of Wayne.

The band Scarlet Rush won the annual Rockfest at the Wayne YMCA this week. The girls talked about their musical style and what drives them to perform.

Beer enthusiasts have cast their votes on Patch and named Wayne's  as owning the  in Bergen and Passaic counties.